BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing system, widely used for e-learning purposes. eFront offers a native BigBlueButton integration to let you make the most of its video-conferencing, live-chatting, as well as its document and desktop-sharing capabilities.
Before integrating eFront with BigBlueButton, you first, have to set up your own BigBlueButton server as described in this manual.
Once you're done, follow these simple steps:
- Sign in to your eFront portal as the administrator; go to Locations and click on Add Online Location (1)
- From the Choose service drop-down list, choose BigBlueButton (2)
- In the fields Server URL and Secret, add the BigBlueButton URL and salt respectively
- You can select the session recordings to start by default, by checking the box of the Start BBB recording automatically (3) option.
Note: You can set a different specific time-zone, and even set this location to be owned by a specific branch ('Click to set branch ownership' and choose the branch). - With all data added and after making sure that all settings are correct, click on Add to confirm
A confirmation message will let you know that the integration is set, and the respective location has been created.