Webinars with BigBlueButton - settings

    BigBlueButton (BBB) is an open-source web conferencing system readily available inside the learnins digital learning platform. You can use this feature inside any of the courses that you create and host on learnins without having to install additional software. Here we will give you an overview over the most important functionalities BBB has to offer. 
    To set up a BBB room, go to your course, turn editing on and select “BigBlueButton” from the activities’ menu. 

    In the settings you can already decide if you want to allow recordings of your session.

    It is also possible to only start the session whenever a moderator enters the room. 

    The roles of “moderator” and “viewer” are not connected to platform roles on learnins – this means that you can also give all participants of the session “Moderator” rights so that they can share the screen, etc. Be sure that you have the right role for the session so that you can e.g. share your screen and presentation. 

    Usually, you want to schedule your session for a specific point in time. This means that the virtual classroom is only open for this time period. We recommend planning with a little buffer to make sure that everyone is able to enter and leave the meeting on time.

    To make sure that participants from different parts of the world can join the session on a timely manner, you may need to indicate the exact timezone of the scheduled session in the description so that confusion can be avoided.  

    After being done with the basic settings, click “save and display”. The session is now available in your course. If the starting time has arrived all participants will see a “Join session” button to enter the BBB room. 
    For further guidance, you can also have a look at the tutorials from BBB:

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