diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4d80b492af..b640c553fd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,36 +1,17 @@ BigBlueButton ============= -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 -======= -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) .