bigbluebutton canvas video conference

Integración autohospedada de BigBlueButton y Canvas LMS

Cerrando la brecha: cómo integrar BigBlueButton con Canvas LMS

Good day! In this how-to I will show you how to integrate BigBlueButton web conferencing system and Canvas LMS (canvas learning management system). As a starting point I have two servers – one server with the latest version of Canvas LMS and the other server with the latest version of BigBlueButton installed on it.

La integración de Canvas/BigBlueButton es un proceso sencillo y directo.

1. En primer lugar, busque la URL de la API de BigBlueButton y la sal (clave secreta). Pregunta a tu Alojamiento BigBlueButton proveedor o ejecute el siguiente comando en su servidor BigBlueButton:

$ bbb-conf --salt

La URL y el salt se verán así:

URL: https://bbbdemo.webhostingzone.org/bigbluebutton/
Secret: DUFSeEyrBLk7BBEpFhCVk3pFpU8bv2

2. Now you can configure BigBlueButton plugin in Canvas. Go to Canvas > Site Admin > Plugins > BigBlueButton. Enter a domain name and salt into the plugin settings. Save changes. Note: Bigbluebutton url looks like https://bbb.example.com/bigbluebutton/. You need to enter only “bbb.example.com” in Canvas BBB plugin settings.

3. BigBlueButton and Canvas LMS have different freeswitch “destination_number” format. To make audio working in BigBlueButton you need to edit two files:

Edite /opt/freeswitch/conf/dialplan/default/bbb_echo_test.xml y cambie el texto en negrita

<extension name="bbb_echo_test_direct">
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^9196$|^9196(\d{5,20})$">

Edite /opt/freeswitch/conf/dialplan/default/bbb_conference.xml y cambie el texto en negrita en dos lugares:

<extension name="bbb_conferences_ws">
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^(\d{5,20})$">
.
<extension name="bbb_conferences">
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^(\d{5,20})$">

Después de realizar los cambios anteriores, reinicie BigBlueButton.

4. At this point you should be able to create a new conference in Canvas LMS. To create a conference go to a course created in Canvas > Conferences > New Conference.

bigbluebutton plugin in canvas
img. 1 – BigBlueButton plugin in Canvas LMS

Create a New Canvas Conference
img. 2 – Create a new BigBlueButton conference in Canvas LMS

join canvas conference
img. 3 – Join BigBlueButton conference in Canvas

BigBlueButton conference with webcam shared
img. 4 – BigBlueButton conference window with a shared webcam