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BigBlueButton + Moodle Integration
Fred DixonBigBlueButton Developer
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Last updated: 2011-05-04
Overview
• Overview of BigBlueButton open source project
• Integration with Moodle
– Setup a BigBlueButton Server
– Install BigBlueButton Activity Module (1.9 & 2.0)
• Project Roadmap
• Developer Information
• Resources
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About BigBlueButton
• BigBlueButton is a open source web conferencing for distance education
• 3+ Years of development
• 868 members on developer mailing list
• Active community: 11k+ messages
• Google Summer of Code 2010
• 9 Releases
• Install in 15 minutes (or your money back!)
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IntegrationsMoodle 1.9 & 2.0
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Typical Setup
Synchronous(real-time)
SlidesVideoAudio
Desktop sharingChat
Asynchronous(non-real time)
LMSGradebook
Portfolioetc.
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Interface
Slides
Audio
Video
ChatDesktop Sharing
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Want to see 20+ webcams?
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Use Cases
1. Virtual Office Hours
2. Small Group Collaboration
3. Distance Education
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Quick Guide for Integration
1. Visit– http://bigbluebutton.org/
2. Watch overview videos– http://bigbluebutton.org/content/videos
3. Setup a BigBlueButton server (public test server available)
4. Install Moodle Activity Module (1.9 & 2.0)9BigBlueButton + Moodle Integration04/05/2011
• Requirements– Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit server
– 2+ cores, +2GHZ, +2G memory
• Instructions– http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu
last command:
sudo apt-get install bigbluebutton
Install BigBlueButton
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Get URL and Salt
Use `bbb-conf --salt` to get API URL and Salt from the server
$ bbb-conf --salt
URL: http://test-install.blindsidenetworks.com/bigbluebutton/
Salt: 8cd8ef52e8e101574e400365b55e11a6
We’ll use this URL and Salt (shared secret) to configure the activity link in Moodle
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Install Activity Module
1. Download BigBlueButton Moodle Activity Module
– http://bigbluebutton.org/support
2. Unzip in moodle directory
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3. Click ‘Upgrade’
4. Insert URL and Security Salt for your BigBlueButton server
URL
Salt
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5. Insert BigBlueButton link into course
6. Specify title
Students wait until teacher joins
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7. Done!
• Roles automatically assigned– Students -> Viewers
– Non-students -> Moderators
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Project Status
• BigBlueButton 0.8 (in development)
– Record and Playback
– Pre-uploading of slides
– Pre-flight checklist
• Roadmap to 1.0– http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/RoadMap
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Record and Playback
1. Record content (data + media)
– Use open standards for content
2. Open architecture for multiple playback formats
3. First release include HTML5 playback
– Audio + Presentation + Events
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Scenario
Class starts at 7:00 PM
1. Students login to Moodle
2. Click “CS 101 Thursday 7-9PM”
3. Enter BigBlueButton
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After session ends
2011-02-01 7:02 PM View2011-02-02 6:58 PM View
Links to recordings
** Mockup **
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HTML5 Playback(Slides + Audio)
Audio
Slides
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Commercial Support Available
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http://bigbluebutton.org/support
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For Developers
https://github.com/bigbluebutton
http://hudson.bigbluebutton.org:
http://devbuild.bigbluebutton.org/
Source Code
Continuous Integration Server
Latest developer build
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Cool Projects
• Android version of BigBlueButton now in development by team in Brazil
• See
– http://bit.ly/iaE7NJ
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Other features
• Localized into 24 languages
• Use dial-in numbers for voice conference
– Try on http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/
• Built-in Google Translate
– Chat with people all around the world on the demo server
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Resources
• Videos
• http://bigbluebutton.org/content/videos
• Demo server
– http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/
• FAQ (>100 answers)– http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ
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Follow our project
• Twitter– http://twitter.com/bigbluebutton
• Blog– http://bigbluebutton-blog.blogspot.com/
• FaceBook– http://www.facebook.com/bigbluebutton
• Google Groups:– bigbluebutton-users– bigbluebutton-setup– bigbluebutton-dev
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Summary
• Our goal:
To enable universities and colleges to provide remote students a high-quality learning
experience
• How can you help?
– Try out BigBlueButton and share your experience!
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Contact info
• Fred Dixon, [email protected]
– BigBlueButton Developer
– BigBlueButton Activity module for 1.9 and 2.0• http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=4536&filter=1
• Recent interview on FLOSS Weekly– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjvt831vtUQ
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