Virtual Classroom and Lab

using
BigBlueButton

T S PRADEEP KUMAR
SCSE, VIT Chennai
http://www.pradeepkumar.org
http://www.nsnam.com
Email: tspradeepkumar@vit.ac.in
Agenda

Virtual Classrooms

BigBlueButton

Integrating BBB with LMS

MOODLE

Conclusion
Virtual Classrooms

Teaching and Learning through

computers

Interactions are through Voice over

Internet and Video Conferencing

Delivery of materials and

presentation through online
Features of Virtual Classrooms
 Features of Virtual Classrooms

Class activities

Quiz and Surveys

Forums

Student - teacher - student interaction.

Assessments online

other activities
Pros and Cons to Virtual
Classrooms
 Pros and Cons

Pros

Location independent Cons

Access can be from any devices (Computer, Choice of courses is limited (As of now)
Tablet or a Phone)
Equipments needed for learning (Audio,
For physically challenged, its a kind of gift Video, Computer, Internet, etc)

Flexibility in the timings (Sometimes) Delayed Feedback for Offline Mode

E-Submission and E-deliverables Contents should be interesting

Immediate Feedback
 Features

Desktop Sharing
Webcam that can be shared between users
Recording and playing back the entire
session
Private and group chat (in case the teacher
wants to chat with a student, or the students
Whiteboard for lectures (similar to a
and teachers want to chat within a group)
blackboard in a classroom)
It is free and Open Source
Integrated VoIP for listening and speaking
Can be deployed on our Own Server
Presentations (any PDF or presentation file
can be uploaded for teaching)
MOODLE with BigBlueButton
MOODLE

Its the best Free and Open Source Learning

Management System in the globe

Its fully customizable as per the user requirment

The entire teaching learning process can be

automated using this tool.

Successfully deployed at VIT Chennai for all the

6700 users of this university. More than 10000
assignments were submitted in E-mode and more
than 3TB of content have been generated in these 5
years.
 Moodle with BigBlueButton
• Two plugins are supported by BigBlueButton for MOODLE
• One for creating an activity of BigBlueButton Server
• Another to record the entire activity of BigBlueButton Session.
• A Teacher can control the entire session of Virtual Classrooms or labs.
• Teacher creates activity by specifying the timing and other information
• The students of his slot or group can join the session during the said timing
• The student can join only as a listener/ listener cum speaker
• A Teacher can talk as well as listen.
A Demo - MOODLE With BigBlueButton
 Conclusion
• MOODLE with BigBlueButton leads to the
current Flipped Classroom method.

• "Make hay while the sunshines" - We

should move forward for the Year 2020
mission.

• This system enables a faculty and

students to join for a discussion or a
Virtual Classroom lecture that can be
scheduled even after the sun sets.
 References

• http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/

• http://moodle.org

• BigBlueButton - BigBlueButton: The

Handy Web Conferencing Software, "Open
Source For you" magazine, June 2015.