Forum LAMS for Tech-Heads - General Forum: Re: BigBlueButton info?

By: Jonathan Maybaum

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Spyros,
I was able to open the screenshots...thanks. (although, if there was some kind of narrative text I could not see that)

It looks to me that you are showing two different ways to use BBB:

#2 - When everyone reaches the gate, the instructor starts the BBB conference, and then the conference finishes and everyone moves on to finish the sequence

#1 - There is an "inline" BBB conference for the learners, as above, that is available only while they are passing through it, and in addition, there is a BBB conference as a support activity that is available continuously.

Is that accurate?

I am still unclear, though, about this: When the BBB conference is starts, does it open in a new window? This is a key point because I have found switching among screens to be confusing sometimes....

Cheers,
--Jon M

Posted by Jonathan Maybaum

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Jon,

We used to have a BBB server to play with but it has gone the way of the dodo now, but I quickly set up a BBB server following these instructions and was able to create a demo to show you how this works.

You were right about the info on the wiki being too little, so hopefully this tutorial helps out a bit.

Have a look:

http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/Big+Blue+Button+Conference+Tutorial


Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Jonathan Maybaum

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Thanks, Ernie...that does give me a much better idea.

I think that the answer to my overall question is that using BBB conferencing would be similar to using a separate conferencing solution with regard to the necessity of navigating between the conference window and the LAMS window....

--JM

Posted by Jonathan Maybaum

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Jon,

Yes, pretty much.

However, there's a seamless single-sign-on in place though. So teachers and learners won't need to login again and/or set their permissions roles, etc.

Thanks,

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi John

I attached the file in pdf format to be able to see the screenshots.

Cheers,

Spyros

Posted by Spyros Papadakis