For BigBlueButton conferences, there have been more functionalities for studying and teaching since the beginning of the year. An overview of the most important changes:
- Your own background can be blurred when the camera is released and various virtual backgrounds are available
- New layout manager: switch between "focus on presentation" and "focus on webcams" possible; the moderator can set the layout for all participants
- More flexible handling of the breakout rooms (group rooms) through individual naming and extension of the term
- Recordings include poll results from polls and links from shared external videos
- No more tunnel effect (recursive, shrinking display) when releasing the entire screen
- Messages from moderators are highlighted in public chat
- The list of participants shows who has released the camera
The VCRP has created a video on the most important innovations:
https://video.vcrp.de/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1727c220-4c83-4559-85d6-adfe012061e4
The video conference system bbb.rlp.net is available to all colleges / universities and schools in Rhineland-Palatinate and is hosted by the ZDV at the JGU.
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