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Use the Conferences app

Customers outside of Canada only.

Schoology Conferences by BigBlueButton enables you to hold:

  • Virtual office hours

  • Group collaborations

  • Full online classes

  • One-on-one tutoring

To support these use cases, Schoology Conferences by BigBlueButton provides a virtual classroom platform that offers built-in activities for active learning and live analytics to ensure every student learns. This enables schools and organizations to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.

You can access Schoology Conferences by BigBlueButton via the built-in Conferences app. Using the Conferences app, course and group admins can create, plan, and hold live audio and video conferences with up to 250 participants, making it best suited for sessions of up to 250 students.

The Conferences app from BigBlueButton is hosted by Blindside Networks. All organizations using Schoology Enterprise have access to the free version of BigBlueButton via the Conferences app. Organizations that have Premium licensing with Blindside Networks also have access to an additional set of features within the Conferences app.

Install the app in your courses and groups

Instructors can install Conferences from the Schoology App Center directly to each course and group they administer. System Administrators can install the app for all courses and/or groups in their organization.

Only course and group admins can create and start a conference, but by default, all course members can participate. To prevent other members from participating in a conference, select Course/Group admins only when installing the app.

To install the Conferences app from the App Center as a System Administrator:

  1. Click the App Center icon at the top of Schoology, then click App Center.

  2. Locate the Conferences app and click the title.

  3. Click Install App.

  4. Click Add to Organization.

  5. You will be taken to Organization Apps to continue the installation.

  6. Click Install/Remove.

  7. Select the box next to All Course and/or All Groups.

  8. If desired, check Course admins only or Group admins only to prevent other members from participating in the conferencing.

  9. Click Submit.

  10. Click Configure to approve the app for your organization. If you have a Premium license for BigBlueButton, this is where you can enter your credentials provided by Blindside Networks.