bigbluebutton-Github/README.md

BigBlueButton
=============
BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.  

It supports sharing of slides (PDF and any document readable by OpenOffice), webcams, whiteboard, chat, voice over IP (using FreeSWITCH), and presenter's desktop. It can record and playback sessions (slides, audio, and chat), runs on Mac, Unix, and PC computers, and is supported by a [community of developers] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/support/) that care about good design and a streamlined user experience. 

The use cases for BigBlueButton are
  * One-to-one on-line tutoring
  * Small group collaboration 
  * On-line classes (25 or less)

BigBlueButton is built using over [fifteen open source projects] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/components/).

Getting Started
===============
All the core information is at the [Google Code project page] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/).  Here are a few quick links

If you want to see how BigBlueButton works, check out these two videos
  * [presenter] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)
  * [viewer] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)

After watching the videos, if you want to immediately try out BigBlueButton, the project maintains a live [demo server] (http://demo.bigbluebutton.org) that anyone can join.  

To quickly get started running your own BigBlueButton server
  * [Install on Ubunt 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu)
  * [Download the BigBlueButton 0.80 Virtual Machine] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/BigBlueButtonVM)

See also [history of project] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/history/).

If you like the work we've done with BigBlueButton and would like to contribute back, see [Contribute to BigBlueButton] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#Contributing_to_BigBlueButton).

License
=======
BigBlueButton is licensed under the LGPL 2.1+.

BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of [BigBlueButton Inc] (http://bigbluebutton.org) .
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00			`BigBlueButton`
			`=============`
			`BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for distance education.`

			`It supports sharing of slides (PDF and any document readable by OpenOffice), webcams, whiteboard, chat, voice over IP (using FreeSWITCH), and presenter's desktop. It can record and playback sessions (slides, audio, and chat), runs on Mac, Unix, and PC computers, and is supported by a [community of developers] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/support/) that care about good design and a streamlined user experience.`

			`The use cases for BigBlueButton are`
			`* One-to-one on-line tutoring`
			`* Small group collaboration`
			`* On-line classes (25 or less)`

Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`BigBlueButton is built using over [fifteen open source projects] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/components/).`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
			`Getting Started`
			`===============`
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`All the core information is at the [Google Code project page] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/). Here are a few quick links`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
			`If you want to see how BigBlueButton works, check out these two videos`
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`* [presenter] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)`
			`* [viewer] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/videos/)`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`After watching the videos, if you want to immediately try out BigBlueButton, the project maintains a live [demo server] (http://demo.bigbluebutton.org) that anyone can join.`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
			`To quickly get started running your own BigBlueButton server`
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`* [Install on Ubunt 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu)`
			`* [Download the BigBlueButton 0.80 Virtual Machine] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/BigBlueButtonVM)`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`See also [history of project] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/history/).`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`If you like the work we've done with BigBlueButton and would like to contribute back, see [Contribute to BigBlueButton] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#Contributing_to_BigBlueButton).`
Editing README.md for quick summary information on the project 2012-07-29 05:10:39 +08:00
			`License`
			`=======`
			`BigBlueButton is licensed under the LGPL 2.1+.`

Editing changes to README.md 2012-07-29 05:15:17 +08:00			`BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of [BigBlueButton Inc] (http://bigbluebutton.org) .`