# BigBlueButton video conference

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/bigbluebutton-video-conference/148050>\
**Category:** Plugin\
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**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bigbluebutton-video-conference/148050 "2020-04-15T02:21:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bigbluebutton-video-conference/148050/1 "2020-04-15T02:21:53Z")

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[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbb](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbb)

This plugin integrates a Discourse instance with BigBlueButton, an open source video conferencing tool designed for online learning. You will need to have a server running an instance of BBB to use this, see [http://docs.bigbluebutton.org](http://docs.bigbluebutton.org) for more details. Compared to [Zoom](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zoom-webinars-plugin/142711), [Jitsi](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jitsi-video-conference-component/146046) and [Whereby](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whereby-video-meetings-component/146482), BigBlueButton has better browser support, in my tests it worked right away on all modern browsers, including Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android.

### Screenshots

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/7/b71db26de626cf9d5d9cf7a36ece773a99285bb7.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/6/86dabab89de051c4384773d17dcd64ac1c675cfc.png)

To add a video conference to a topic or post, use the “Add BigBlueButton” button from the options dropdown when composing:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/1/51dae8f3db0d85bb2cf6cff4fd459b0aa0fbe97e.png)

### Features

- Supports multiple rooms
- Staff users and users from a configurable group are recognized as moderators in the BBB meetings
- Administrators can choose to embed the meeting in Discourse (via iframe) or to redirect to a full page (with separate options for mobile and desktop)
- Shows avatars of users already in the video conference next to the button to join

### Notes

I would like to thank @Stephen for pointing me to BigBlueButton and for testing and providing feedback for the early versions of the plugin.

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