Big Blue Button Conferences

Big Blue Button Conferences are used to conduct synchronous (real-time) discussions within a course. Conferences allow instructors and students to broadcast real-time audio, and video, share presentation slides, and share any other online resources. 

• Instructors may invite students to course-wide conferences or set up personal conferences.
• Conferences are grouped in two parts: New Conferences and Concluded Conferences. Both always display the name and the description of the conference.

To access Conferences, select BigBlueButton in the Course Navigation.

New Conferences can be created by using the +Conference button 

New conferences will be listed in the index, but they cannot be accessed until the host has started the conference with the start button.

When the conference is available, students can join by clicking the Join button.

Once a conference has ended, it will be displayed in Concluded Conferences.

Concluded conferences show the date of the conference. Canvas will display the length of the conference. The length of the conference is indicated in hours: minutes.

Concluded conferences also shows the state of each individual conference:

• No recording mean the conference was not recorded.
• View means the conference is available for viewing. Note: Recordings are automatically deleted 14 days after the conference ends.
• Preparing video means the conference is being processed.