The new version BigBlueButton 2.3 was launched on Monday, May 10th. The open source software is the basis for the video conference system bbb.rlp.net, which is available to all colleges / universities and schools in Rheinland-Pfalz and is hosted by the ZDV.
During the further development, the BigBlueButton development team took into account the suggestions and wishes of teachers. Better interaction with the participants was important to them. New in version 2.3 are functions such as: an independent “raise hand” button, optimized and new survey options and the random selection of participants.
The Digital Teaching Competence Team has created an overview of the new functions.
With the update to 2.3, the system architecture was fundamentally renewed. This ensured that all components will continue to be looked after by a security team in the future. The reprogramming of central components has also significantly improved performance and scalability. The ZDV team managed a smooth transition by replacing the BBB servers one after the other. In this way, failures could be prevented and users of the video conference system did not experience any impairments.
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