Teaching with BigBlueButton | The Teaching & Learning Centre | Seneca Polytechnic

BigBlueButton information from ITS (you must be logged into MySeneca before you can access this link)

ITS has informational videos on the use of BigBlueButton for faculty, instructors, and students, as well as how faculty and instructors can add BigBlueButton to their Learn@Seneca courses.

BigBlueButton* information in the Educational Technology Tool Finder

The Educational Technology Tool Finder guides you through popular tools used by Seneca faculty, instructors, and students for increasing engagement and collaboration in their teaching and learning. The BigBlueButton entry contains a brief description, tips for using BigBlueButton, and examples of BigBlueButton in use.

Using BigBlueButton for Online Classes (May 2021) webinar recording

BigBlueButton is a web conferencing tool, integrated into Learn@Seneca, and designed specifically for synchronous online teaching. This webinar walks participants through the many features in BigBlueButton and how they might be used to optimize student engagement and learning.

This Using BigBlueButton for Online Classes webinar was recorded on May 31, 2021 and was facilitated by Kevin Pitts and David Trinh from the Teaching & Learning Centre.

webinar recording from ITS

This BigBlueButton webinar was recorded in January 2022 and was facilitated by ITS.

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How to Add the BigBlueButton Tool to a Course in Learn@Seneca
This video shows how to add the virtual synchronous classroom tool BigBlueButton to a course menu in Learn@Seneca.

How to use the BigBlueButton recording Options in Learn@Seneca
This video demonstrates some of the recording options available in BigBlueButton in Learn@Seneca, including: 1) how to enable recording, 2) how to start, pause, resume recording, 3) how to publish/unpublish recordings, and 4) how to view recordings and recording statistics.

BigBlueButton Tutorials
This site contains short tutorial videos to help you learn how to use the common features available in BigBlueButton. They have tutorials from the instructor and the student perspectives.