BigBlueButtonBN
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BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for distance learning. The goal of the project is to enable universities, colleges, and K12 to delivery a high-quality learning experience to remote students.
BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of slides (including whiteboard), audio, video, chat, and desktops. It also record lectures for later playback, specifically:
| Playback | v0.80 | v0.81 |
| slides | yes | yes |
| audio | yes | yes |
| chat | yes | yes |
| video | no | yes |
| desktop | no | no |
see release notes.
The BigBlueButton project was started in 2007 by Blindside Networks. In addition our work on BigBlueButton core, we created this module so you can fully leverage BigBlueButton's capabilities from within your Drupal sites.
What this module does
- Pre-set multiple meeting rooms for on-line sessions accessible from your site
- Restrict users (viewers) from joining a session until a privileged user (moderator) joins the session
- Launch BigBlueButton in a separate window (in development)
- Create a custom welcome message that appears at the top of the chat window when joining the session
- Record a session (requires BigBlueButton 0.8 or later)
- Access and mange recordings
How it works
The BigBlueButtonBN module works out-of-the-box with test-install.blindsidenetworks.com, a BigBlueButton server that Blindside Networks maintains for the community to help test your installation with BigBlueButton.
The following YouTube video to demonstrate how to install and use this module.
Potential Issues
The BigBlueButton client is a Flash component embedded in a HTML web page. So when users join in a BigBluebutton session, they need all the capabilities offered by the browser. For administrators the join feature will not work when the Drupal overlay module is enabled.
More information
For information on setting up your own BigBlueButton server, see Install BigBlueButton 0.80.
For information on how to install and use this module, see BigBlueButtonBN Drupal Module.
http://www.blindsidenetworks.com/integrations/drupal/
Support
For issues pertaining to BigBlueButton you can find commercial support contacting Blindside Networks, and free support using the BigBlueButton open source project resources
For issues on this module use the issue queue for bug reports and feature requests pertaining to the Drupal module.
BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton logo are trademarks of BigBlueButton Inc.