Activity — BigBlueButton
Run a live virtual-classroom session over BigBlueButton from inside the course.
What it is
A BigBlueButton activity hosts a live virtual classroom — audio/video, screen share, whiteboard and breakout rooms — over the open-source BigBlueButton platform, launched as an activity in your course.
Before you start
Video conferencing needs server credentials configured under Settings → Integrations. The platform resolves keys in a three-tier cascade — server → reseller → tenant — so a BigBlueButton URL/secret must be set at one of those levels before sessions will start.
How to add it
- In Course content, click Add activity in a topic.
- Pick BigBlueButton.
- Title the session and set its options in the video-conference form (configMode: videoconf) — an optional Session length in minutes and a Recording toggle.
- Click Add to course.
What students see
- Students open the session from inside the course (openMode: viewer) and join the live room when it is running.
Completion
- Not graded; completion is manual (e.g. mark done after attending).