Using Conferences / BigBlueButton in Canvas Instructure 

This is the third tutorial on Big Blue Button I've watched and turned out to be the most relevant to my needs as a teacher using Canvas. Thank you.

Jason, watched view of the big blue button/canvas tutorials - this one is the best, most focused, to the point, and complete tutorial. Thanks for doing this!

This video is a godsend given the current situation.

This was really helpful - in the present circumstances, I've had to get familiar with this very quickly! This has really helped!

Thank you, Jason. Truly a remarkable teaching resource. I shall be using it to assist a number of learners with language and mathematics.

This video tutorial was very helpful. I will be using this very soon to present online lessons to my middle school students. Thank you for your help.

Excellent tutorial. Very organized and efficient going over BigBlueButton. Thank you.

It was a fantastic presentation on using BBB. Keep up the excellent work. It was friendly to use and helpful. Thanks.

I am very nervous of any technology, especially when I feel it is not my choice to use it. This presentation calmed my nerves about using the BBB with students and I will set-up practice sessions asap. Thanks so much

Jason, Thank you very much for a 'Highly Professional' session. This demo will allow blended learning to spread and create connectiveness.

Very thorough explanation that helped me to better understand the possibilities that this platform has to offer to teachers for their courses. Thank you!

I'm am so very NON-TECHIE, and your video made me feel capable of conducting an online class. Thanks..

Thank you so much this video saved me on my first day of doing virtual hours from home.

Thanks for the tutorial which is really helpful to see the basic advantages of this conference solution.

Wow, this is really helpful. Such a detailed explanation of all the features of BBB. Thank you so much. Sharing it with my other colleagues.

Thanks for clearing things up. Really helpful

Thank you very much for the informative sharing of BBB presentation.

Excellent videos! I hope to incorporate this method of communication with my learners soon.

Thankyou that was great help and I can now continue to teach my interrupted classes online

Thanks for outlining all that this program can do. How do students take notes during a presentation. Many are most comfortable using their laptops for note-taking and I haven't found information that clarifies if that's an option?

Mr. Johnston, Thank you so much for your great and easy to understand tutorial!

Excellent session Jason! Thank you!

Hi Jason, I came across this video. Great work!. Thanks for showing all the pieces together and specially for sharing.

Very well done, Jason..I'll watch it a 2nd time to absorb more detail..Thank-you.

Thanks for a very informative session. I am certainly going to explore BBB more.

Absolutely. It was helpful. Thanks. We need an effort together to teach through this system in Europe due to COVID19. Thanks again.

Thanks for the explanation Jason, excellent tutorial

Hi Jason. Thanks for doing this! I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. (1) How did you get the ppt into the conference in the first place? Was that something that you did when you set up the conference? (2): My department folks are now comparing different discussion tools. I think a big advantage of bbb is that if the course uses canvas then you already have every student in there, so inviting them to the conference is a simple click of the box, while other systems may require you to connect to each student individually. (3) What is the limit for the number of students in the bbb discussion? (4) Do you know if it is possible to hook up a doc cam to canvas so you can actually write on paper and feed the recording into the discussion? I am not comfortable with writing with the mouse. Writing on paper comes closes to what we would do in a regular class, hence the question.

Jason, this is very helpful. Is there a way I could have students use Big Blue Button to practice presentations before the formal date?

Great tutorial! This was made in 2016 but I believe it is now accessible on mobile devices, right?

This is a fantastic quick and dirty tutorial, Jason! Thanks a lot!

Hi Jason Johnson, these recorded videos are very informative. However, downloading the videos seems to be impossible as I can only have access to the videos for only 14 days. I really wish that you can make the same available for long-term storage and use.

Thank you professor.

Awesome and presentation very helpful

Thank you. your presentation is very helpful.

Jason, I have learned so much from your videos. I have a Canvas question. I have a teacher who accidentally replaced all her personal modules while importing from the team course. Do you know if she can retrieve her content?

Thanks, Jason. This WAS helpful. Much appreciated!

Good stuff!!! Very clear and helpful.

Great tutorial. I use the conference for my classes, how do I change my background.

This is great, thanks! for how long will the recording available for students?

This was very helpful to me tonight. Thanks so much!

How does the program take attendance?

Great overview! I'm gonna try it out! ;)

Thank you. This was very helpful. I plan to use conferences in my economics courses at RVCC. Dr. M. Ali Chaudry

I love this, thank you. Will be attempting it for the first time this week. One question, does it record attendance or feed through to the attendance feature within canvas?

You are a lifesaver!! Thank you!! I wanted to ask you, every time you do a 'Conference' you have to create it minutes before the class or you can set it up as a appointment?

Super helpful, thanks.

Wonderful tutorial, and especially needed now!

Hello, Jason thanks for making this. Is there a way to assign a conference session as an assignment under modules? Or to have watching the conference be an assignment that can be posted in modules?

Would this take the place of meeting with small groups via a TEAMS meeting in Canvas or is it just an alternative option?

Perfect presentation. Could called it BigBlueButton for Idiots. Thank You Jason, really helpfull.

Hi. I am a teacher and I use this. But the students do not hear the audio of the videos I share. Can you help me? Thank you very much from Iran.

Thanks! Very helpful and well done.

Great explanation, Jason, thanks! Is there a way to do breakout rooms for small discussions in a conference? Also, can I lock students from chat, or can I see the private chats that go on between students? I have some issues with bullying that I need to monitor. Thanks!

my students cannot see (and join) the conference meeting I created earlier on Canvas even after I start the meeting. However, they can see and join the newer one I create as a replacement, why do you think?

Hi, Jason: Thanks for your instructive video. For instructors who have never used BBB, are you aware whether a sandbox training environment exists?

Thank you this presentation was very helpful!

Thank you so much, Jason! it's really helpful ...should i start to sign-up an account first, right!

Bertha M Jones I will be using the BBB from time to time as needed

Thank you, Jason. It was a very well developed presentation. My question is: Could I hire a simultaneous translator for those with a different language? Could he be able to use BBB to communicate with those students while listening to the presentation in the original language? Once again, thank you BBB seems very appealing right now to communicate knowledge and experience around the globe.

Thank you, Jason, for this instructive video tutorial! One question: is it also possible to show video fragments directly to the students (and interrupt at certain points, for example) or do I do this by sharing the instructor's screen? Thank you in advance for your answer!

Jason, what tools did you use to create this video? Looks like a great way for me to create lectures for my students.

Thanks. A great help. Clear.

Thanks. This was really great!

Jason, I teach a foreign language and I would like to use BBB as a personal introduction, students posting a video giving their personal intro for all to view. I do not want to conduct a live conference. Can students post and view all postings/videos of their classmates?

Jason, When I log out of Big Blue Button, my presentation disappears as well. How do I save my presentation in Big Blue Button until after I present to my students? Do I have to remain logged in until after the class? I am using Chrome. Thank You.

Excellent presentation

is there a way to allow users to have a voice chat in pairs, for language practice?

Thank you, Jason, very good tutorial!

Thank you--this is so helpful!

Thanks Jason. It's comprehensive and simple (the video + the tool ) . I've got a question : if I have a mindmap or a concept map to use for the presentation ( Png format... or other depending on the software / app used), will it be possible to use on BigBlueButton and does it enable to zoom all of the presentation parts? Thanks

is there any limit of students?? that only 15 or 20 students can join conference in this.

Can I ask my students to write the answer of my question on the whiteboard, during conference?

I was hoping to learn how to cast or import documents found in canvas (assignments) into the conference environment. If the students' assignment is not on my hard drive, other than screen sharing or copy and paste is there a way to import the document?

How do you get to see the users icons on the top right. I really like this product

I have a video conference with teacher tomorrow so how do i do it

Great video - clear and concise! Thank you. In the presentation space, can you go to the internet? I'd like to talk students through a literature review search.

Thanks for the helpful presentation, Jason. Question: I am teaching a class of 20 students remotely using BBB. Is there any way to have the students break into four separate teams to work on an assignment in class as teams and then, after a period of time, for all the students to rejoin the conference? Would each team leader have to create a separate team conference, and then perhaps come back to the whole class conference to discuss?

If a student has a PC without speakers or microphone, can they watch and use a phone to dial in for the audio feed?

my pc can not load the 10 modules it hangs at that stage when i try to join the live session how do i solve it

God bless you, keep up like that!

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How do I do a live class presentation using BBB?

My version of Canvas and conference no longer look like this. Most of the functions are the same. Be aware: When bigbluebotton converts powerpoints, you lose all of your animations.

I have a hearing-impaired student who needs to be able to see an interpreter. How can the interpreter share his/her video so my hearing-impaired student can view it?

Great information, Thank you!

thank you,that was very helpful

Hi Jason, Thanks for this video. I have a question. I just discovered that I can save videos in canvas for only 14 days and then they disappear. How can I upgrade so that I can save videos indefinitely?

Hello! Is it available now in China?

How do you invite people to join conference? How notified? How do they log in?

How many students live in same time in conference ?

In my canvas installation it does not show this options. How to do I set it up first?

I would like to know how I can share the screen with my students and be able to write on a white board so they can see examples of the sentences (I teach Spanish). I'm not sure if there are more tutorials about this. Thank you!

This was sort of helpful but our version of BigBlueButton is different, particularly the emojis and private chat features.

buenos dias como puedo cambiarlo a español no me da la opcion

Can teachers read the private messages of students?

it works alright but if only it would create meeting code for easy access

mine doesnt even look like this

как ее установить-то?

lol T'Challa was invited in the group conference !