bbb-jamboard
The default whiteboard of BigBlueButton has limited features including no eraser. Many teachers wish to have a more features-rich whiteboard that would help them better in conducting online classes.
BigBlueButton core team is working to improve the Whiteboard feature. Quoting Fred Dixon, "we've got plans to improve the whiteboard (eraser, editing/moving objects, etc.) in future updates. I think with some specific updates, we could get BigBlueButton closer to what others are looking for in a whiteboard with full support for recording".
In the meantime, we have an excellent alternative solution!
With bbb-jamboard, you can easily integrate Google Jamboard into your BigBlueButton server.
Jamboard is a digital interactive whiteboard developed by Google and can be used in stead of the default BugBlueButton whiteboard. Google Jamboard has the eraser feature that has often been requested by BigBlueButton users.
Key Features
- Works for BigBlueButton 2.3 and 2.4 versions
- Works with BigBlueButtin recording
- Can easily be stored and shared for later references
How to Use
The screencast below shows how you can launch Google JamBaord from within a BigBlueButton session.
How to Install
Please run the following command to install bbb-jamboard
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manishkatyan/bbb-jamboard/main/deploy-integration.sh)
How to Uninstall
In case you change your mind, here is how to uninstall bbb-jamboard:
mv /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser/head.html.default /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser/head.html
mv /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser.legacy/head.html.default /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser.legacy/head.html
Artificial Intelligence powered Online Classes on BigBlueButton
Use live transcription, speech-to-speech translation and class notes with topics, summaries and sentiment analysis to guarantee the success of your online classes
Transcription DEMO
Help your students understand better by providing automated class notes
- MP4 class recordings with subtitles
- Full transcription of the class with topics, summary and sentiments
Translation DEMO
Speech-to-speech translate your classes in real-time into 100+ languages
- Hear real-time translation of the class in any of 100+ language such as French, Spanish and German
- View the captions in translated languages
BigBlueButton-as-a-Service
Everything you need for online classes at scale on BigBlueButton, starting at $12 / month:
- HD video
- View attendance
- Stream on YouTube
- Integrate with Moodle
- Upgrade/cancel anytime
More on BigBlueButton
Check-out the following apps to further extend features of BBB.
bbb-twilio
Integrate Twilio into BigBlueButton so that users can join a meeting with a dial-in number. You can get local numbers for almost all the countries.
bbb-mp4
With this app, you can convert a BigBlueButton recording into MP4 video and upload to S3. You can covert multiple MP4 videos in parallel or automate the conversion process.
bigbluebutton-chatgpt
Use ChatGPT to improve your BigBlueButton online classes. With this app you can ask questions to chatgpt and get response in public chat.
bbb-streaming
Livestream your BigBlueButton classes on Youtube or Facebook to thousands of your users.
bbb-recording-server
With this app, you can process BigBlueButton recordings on a separate server, called BBB Recording Server. Separation of recordings from BigBlueButton (client) improves performance as all server resources are dedicated towards conducting live classes.
bbb-admin
Scripts for BigBlueButton admins including extracting IP of users joining, participants attendance, poll answers and many other analytics.
100 Most Googled Questions on BigBlueButton
Everything you need to know about BigBlueButton including pricing, comparison with Zoom, Moodle integrations, scaling, and dozens of troubleshooting.