Do I need to download BigBlueButton?

Unlike many commercial web conferencing systems that require you to install software, BigBlueButton runs within your web browser. To join a BigBlueButton session, you click a link (such as in Greenlight) that opens a valid join URL in your browser. There is no plugins to download, no software to install.

How do I install BigBlueButton?

Install

Update your server.
Install apt-get key for BigBlueButton repository.
Back up custom configurations.
Install BigBlueButton.
Install API demos (optional)
Restart your server.
Next steps.

Why is BigBlueButton so bad?

Cons: BigBlueButton has a horrible tendency to freeze up and distort video, and sometimes audio, at the most inopportune times. This has cause me to move BBB from my main to my back up conferencing software, only being used when I need one of the features that only it provides.

Is BigBlueButton a video conferencing?

BigBlueButton is a free software web conferencing system for Linux servers. Its intended use is online learning. BigBlueButton is an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative.

Can students see each other in BigBlueButton?

For most Premium Tier accounts, you can share webcams in BigBlueButton and students can see each other by unlocking the See other viewers webcams (in the lock settings). Viewers now see (up to) five (5) webcams at a time.

Can moderators see private chats on BigBlueButton?

Overview. Everyone can send public and private chat messages in BigBlueButton. Note: Moderators can prevent writing public and private messages. In this case, viewers are marked as locked in the people list and the text field for public chat is disabled.

How do I start a BigBlueButton meeting?

Select the meeting you would like to enter from the list of available meetings. Select Join Session to enter your BigBlueButton meeting. When active, the meeting home page will provide an overview of the conference in progress including the start time and number of current participants, including their roles.

Is zoom better than BBB?

I have used BBB and zoom both. But I found BBB much easier than zoom also safer in terms of controlling anonymous participants. I agree BBB has issues with refreshing though. There are many tools for meetings or teaching online, and I will recommend Google Meet or Hangouts Meet app (Android).

Can students see each other on BigBlueButton?

For most Premium Tier accounts, you can share webcams in BigBlueButton and students can see each other by unlocking the See other viewers webcams (in the lock settings). However, we recommend keeping the overall number of streams under 200 for best performance.

Can other students see you on BigBlueButton?

Because of the dramatic increase in usage of Conferences, BigBlueButton (the default Canvas Conferences provider), has temporarily turned off the ability for students to see each other’s webcam feeds. The instructor/presenter and any moderators can still see the students camera feeds.

Can my teacher see me on BigBlueButton?

What kind of server do I need to install BigBlueButton?

To set up for a successful install of BigBlueButton, we recommend starting with a ‘clean’ Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit server dedicated for BigBlueButton. By ‘clean’ we mean the server does not have any previous web applications installed (such as plesk, webadmin, or apache) that are binding to port 80/443.

What are the ports that need to be open for BigBlueButton?

What ports must be open for external users to connect to BigBlueButton. For TCP ports, clients must be able to connect to the BigBlueButton server on port 80/443 (HTTP/HTTPS). For UDP ports, clients must be able to connect on a port within the range 16384-32767 for WebRTC-based audio.

How many webcams can be shared in BigBlueButton?

We designed BigBlueButton to be a highly collaborative system. We’ve seen examples where there have been 21 webcams shared in a session! If we wanted to handle hundreds of simultaneous users, we would have restricted the sharing of webcams and audio channels. There is no such restriction in BigBlueButton.

Why is my BigBlueButton having audio problems?

Also, if the user’s client takes over a minute to load, they are likely tunnelling through port 80, which will further degrade the audio. In general, if all users are encountering audio problems, the issue might be with the BigBlueButton CPU being overloaded or the bandwidth to the BigBlueButton server is saturated.

Do I need to download BigBlueButton? Unlike many commercial web conferencing systems that require you to install software, BigBlueButton runs within your web browser. To join a BigBlueButton session, you click a link (such as in Greenlight) that opens a valid join URL in your browser. There is no plugins to download, no software to…