Virtual Classroom and Lab using BigBlueButton T S PRADEEP KUMAR SCSE, VIT Chennai http://www.pradeepkumar.org http://www.nsnam.com Email: [email protected]
Virtual Classroom and Lab using
BigBlueButton
T S PRADEEP KUMAR SCSE, VIT Chennai
http://www.pradeepkumar.org http://www.nsnam.com
Email: [email protected]
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.