Updated covers BigBlueButton 2.5 version. We will show you how to learn and deploy the leading open-source audio and video platform for teachers and students - BigBlueButton. BigBlueButton is a global teaching platform. It was developed in a school, not in a boardroom. Making it the only virtual classroom built from the ground up, just for teachers. Its available in 55 languages and teachers all over the world have contributed to its design. Along with a global network of developers and companies providing commercial support, BigBlueButton is continuously evolving to meet the new real-world needs of teachers everywhere. When we make teaching easier, we improve student outcomes. By taking this course, you will save hundreds of dollars being spent on the costly & propriety video conferencing platform. BigBlueButton enables you to share your audio, slides, chat, video, and desktop with students. Built-in polling makes it easy to engage students and recording your lectures means that you can make them available for later review. When using the whiteboard tool in BigBlueButton, annotations are automatically displayed back to the students in real time. Presenters also can zoom, highlight, draw, and write on presentations making their points clearer to remote students. There is no limit on the number of webcams you can share in a session (only limited by bandwidth).The course is designed to help the fresher or experienced professional install, manage, and customize this wonderful free open-source audio-video solution platform. You will learn to deploy, and customize the BigBlueButton aka BBB on the AWS platform. The course is recorded with hands-on screen practice sessions and activity-based labs that help students to learn the course with real-time skills.
