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BigBlueButton
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BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for on-line learning. We believe that every student with a web browser should have access to a high-quality on-line learning experience. We intend to make that possible with BigBlueButton.
BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for on-line learning.
BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of slides (PDF and any document readable by OpenOffice), webcams, whiteboard, chat, voice over IP (using FreeSWITCH), and desktop. It can record and playback all content shared in a session. The BigBlueButton project is supported by a [community of developers] (http://www.bigbluebutton.org/support/) that care about good design and a streamlined user experience.
We believe that every student with a web browser should have access to a high-quality on-line learning experience. We intend to make that possible with BigBlueButton.
BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of slides (PDF and any document readable by LibreOffice), webcams, whiteboard, chat, voice over IP (using FreeSWITCH), and desktop. It can record and playback all content shared in a session. The BigBlueButton project 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)
* On-line classes (50 or less)
BigBlueButton is built on the [shoulders of giants] (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 Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu)
* [Download the BigBlueButton 0.81 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 improvemets to the project, see [Contribute to BigBlueButton] (http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#Contributing_to_BigBlueButton).
License
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BigBlueButton is licensed under the LGPL 3.0.
For more information on the latest release -- including installation instructions, demo server, and overview of architecture -- see [http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/](http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/).
BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of [BigBlueButton Inc] (http://bigbluebutton.org) .