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BigBlueButton
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BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system.  
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BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of audio, video, slides (with whiteboard controls), chat, and the screen.  Instructors can engage remote students with polling, emojis, multi-user whiteboard, and breakout rooms.  

Presenters can record and playback content for later sharing with others.
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We designed BigBlueButton for online learning (though it can be used for many [other applications](http://www.c4isrnet.com/story/military-tech/disa/2015/02/11/disa-to-save-12m-defense-collaboration-services/23238997/)).  The educational use cases for BigBlueButton are
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  * Online tutoring (one-to-one)
  * Flipped classrooms (recording content ahead of your session)
  * Group collaboration (many-to-many)
  * Online classes (one-to-many)
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You can install on a Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit server.  We provide [bbb-install.sh](https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bbb-install) to let you have a server up and running within 30 minutes (or your money back 😉).
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For full technical documentation BigBlueButton -- including architecture, features, API, and GreenLight (the default front-end) -- see [https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/](https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/).
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BigBlueButton and the BigBlueButton Logo are trademarks of [BigBlueButton Inc](https://bigbluebutton.org) .