ON-LINE LEARNING SIMPLIFIED

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Vision

We believe that every student with a web browser should have access to a

high-quality, on-line education. We intend to make that possible using

BigBlueButton.

What is BigBlueButton?

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for on-line learning.

BigBlueButton enables you to share documents (PDF and any office document), webcams, chat, audio and your desktop. It can also record sessions for later playback.

BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.

Built For Online Learning

The beta BigBlueButton

0.81release offers:

•Simplified Users Interface

•Improved APIs for integration with 3rd party applications

•Record and Playback whiteboard and webcams

•Support for IMS LTI

1.0

BigBlueButton 0.81-beta

InfoWorld selects BigBlueButton as one of the best open source

applications

for 2013

Each year, InfoWorld’s Bossies (Best of Open Source Software awards) recognize the best open source software for business.  On September 17th, InfoWorld announced that BigBlueButton was selected as one of the best open source applications for 2013. 

BigBlueButton : One of the top winners of the Mozilla Ignite

ChallengeOur proposal to build a High Quality Open Source Web Conferencing system for on-line learning ranks amongst the top four projects and is featured on the White House blog.

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Sharing four high-definition webcams, presentation, and chat in BigBlueButton. Pictured in the screen shot are Raymond Lai (above) and Fred Dixon (below). (Photo by BigBlueButton, taken by Fred Dixon)

Features

•BigBlueButton can record your lectures for later playback by students.

Record and Playback

•Whiteboard controls let you annotate and call out key parts of your presentation for viewers.

Whiteboard

•Go beyond slides. The presenter can broadcast their desktop for all students to see. Works on Mac, Unix and PC.

Desktop Sharing

•Multiple users can share their webcam at the same time. There is no built-in limit on the number of simultaneously active webcams.

Web Cam

• BigBlueButton voice conferencing supports voice over IP (VOIP)

Integrated VoIP

•The presenter can upload any PDF presentation or Microsoft office document to present, zoom, pan, and keep students in sync.

Presentation

Features that a teacher will enjoy

You are in control

As moderator, you control the audio of

all users and you can make anyone

presenter (including yourself).

Annotate your presentations

The built-in whiteboard tools

allow you to zoom, highlight, draw and

write on your presentation to make your point clear to remote

students.

See your students

Multiple users can share their

webcams, thereby giving on-line

tutoring, small group collaboration and

distance education a personal touch.

Present,Draw,Recordand much more!

Watch how you can present information to remote students

Engaging learning experience for students

Control your layout

As a viewer, you can change your layout to emphasize the

presentation, chat or video — whatever makes the most

sense for enhanced learning.

Chat with others

You can chat with everyone in the class or have a

private chat with the teacher.

View recorded sessions

Don’t worry if you’ve missed a class. BigBlueButton

records the session for later playback.

View & listen to presentations,ask questions  & participate in group conversations.

Watch how students can engage in a classroom remotely

Developer friendly environment

API Examples

The BigBlueButton installation comes with extensive, full

source API examples to demonstrate how

to integrate with your applications.

API

BigBlueButton gives you a well-

documented application

programming interface to connect

a BigBlueButton server to your application.

Learning Tools Integration

(LTI)

If your application supports IMS

Learning Tools Integration 1.0 (or

higher), your integration is done. BigBlueButton is LTI

1.0 compliant.Developer Overview

BigBlueButton offers many options and APIs for customization and integration.

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