Big blue button for 100 users

Big blue button for 100 users

by Zeid Fanous -
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Hi all,


I’ve been using bug blue button for a while now and a new project requires a webinar for around 100 users.

I’ve never done this before so is it possible to do this with big blue button - what kind of server specs and speed connections is recommended OR should we use a different tool ?? Your feedback is highly appreciated.


We are using noodle 3.6 smile thanks 

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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Howard Miller -
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This really isn't a Moodle question - I would have thought you should be asking this over at BBB.

Having said that - good luck. I never got BBB to work with more than about 20 users, even then not terribly reliably. 
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Marcus Green -
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How many simultaneous users do you regularly have on your current system? My advice is to get the people who make it do your hosting
https://bigbluebutton.org/
It is hard to scale that sort of application and it is what they do for a living.
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Howard Miller -
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+1

This stuff is witchcraft. Don't try and run it yourself. That way lines pain.
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Marcus Green -
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"That way lines pain"
He speaks the truth
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Zeid Fanous -

Thank you so much for your prompt replies.  You guys scared me now hahaha. I contacted big blue button for their advice.

Do you recommended using other tools even if more expensive ?? 

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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Learn Moodle MOOC https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=388630 conducts its sessions on Big blue button. They should know.
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Zeid Fanous -
Thanks Behan and Visvanath,

Alright what i did was use zoom pro and webinar subscription while i setup the BBB on a separate server. I think this will work out nicely ... anyone had experience with Zoom?
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Howard Miller -
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Yep - big Zoom user. I recommend it. Works fine and - even better - we get almost no support calls about it (my test of a good product)
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Small Zoom user. ;) I use Zoom for workgroup/personal meetings, to avoid the big player Skype (Microsoft) scraping our data. Even managed to convince a few others who insisted on other video conferencing tools.

This reminded me to integrate the the tool in to Moodle. BBB is perhaps the pioneer. I saw that there is a plug-in for Zoom too. Ease of use will be the no. 1 criteria. Still good to know how scalable theses things are.
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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Helen Foster -
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As Visvanath says, we use BBB for live sessions in our twice-yearly Learn Moodle Basics MOOC. We use a service hosted by BigBlueButton and found it working fine with the number of users approaching 100. BBB integrates nicely with Moodle, with upcoming sessions listed in users' timelines.

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Re: Big blue button for 100 users

by Brian Schmidt -
We also use them (Blindside Networks) to host our BBB server. We have hosted multiple sessions with 100+ users (no webcams) with zero issues.
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