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

Virtual Classrooms

BigBlueButton

Integrating BBB with LMS

MOODLE

Conclusion

Agenda

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

Cons

Choice of courses is limited (As of now)

Equipments needed for learning (Audio, Video, Computer, Internet, etc)

Delayed Feedback for Offline Mode

Contents should be interesting

Pros

Location independent

Access can be from any devices (Computer, Tablet or a Phone)

For physically challenged, its a kind of gift

Flexibility in the timings (Sometimes)

E-Submission and E-deliverables

Immediate Feedback

Features

Webcam that can be shared between users

Private and group chat (in case the teacher wants to chat with a student, or the students and teachers want to chat within a group)

It is free and Open Source

Can be deployed on our Own Server

Desktop Sharing

Recording and playing back the entire session

Whiteboard for lectures (similar to a blackboard in a classroom)

Integrated VoIP for listening and speaking

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.