<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
(	O
except	O
for	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
database	O
software	O
)	O
virtual	O
classroom	O
application	O
designed	O
for	O
online	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accessed	O
most	O
commonly	O
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
the	O
application	O
provides	O
engagement	O
tools	O
and	O
analytics	O
for	O
educators	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
their	O
students	O
remotely	O
,	O
while	O
giving	O
educators	O
access	O
to	O
metrics	O
that	O
display	O
student	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
affiliate	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
Initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
name	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
initial	O
concept	O
that	O
starting	O
a	O
web	B-Protocol
conference	I-Protocol
should	O
be	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
pressing	O
a	O
metaphorical	O
big	B-Protocol
blue	I-Protocol
button	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
Richard	O
Alam	O
,	O
Denis	O
Zgonjanin	O
,	O
and	O
Fred	O
Dixon	O
uploaded	O
the	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
source	O
code	O
to	O
Google	O
Code	O
and	O
formed	O
Blindside	O
Networks	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
pursuing	O
the	O
traditional	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
business	I-License
model	I-License
of	O
providing	O
paid	O
support	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Thomerson	O
added	O
an	O
application	O
programming	O
interface	O
(	O
API	O
)	O
which	O
the	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
community	O
subsequently	O
used	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
Sakai	B-Language
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
Moodle	B-Application
1.9	I-Application
,	O
Moodle	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
,	O
Redmine	B-Operating_System
,	O
Drupal	B-Application
,	O
Tiki	B-Protocol
Wiki	I-Protocol
CMS	I-Protocol
Groupware	I-Protocol
,	O
Foswiki	O
,	O
and	O
LAMS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	O
accepted	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
into	O
the	O
2010	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
indicated	O
its	O
intent	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
independent	O
,	O
not-for-profit	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
Foundation	O
to	O
oversee	O
future	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
core	O
developers	O
announced	O
they	O
were	O
adding	O
record	O
and	O
playback	O
capabilities	O
to	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
0.80	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
released	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.2	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
and	O
server	O
to	O
support	O
HTML5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.2	O
was	O
awarded	O
by	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
ENTD	O
,	O
Pasquale	O
Aiello	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
web	B-Protocol
conferencing	I-Protocol
system	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
UNIOPEN	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
for	O
Digital	O
Skills	O
and	O
Job	O
Coalition	O
action	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
continued	O
to	O
depended	O
on	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
which	O
became	O
proprietary	O
in	O
version	O
3.6	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.3	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
which	O
recommends	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	O
MongoDB	B-Application
version	O
,	O
but	O
remains	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
free	O
software	O
3.4	O
MongoDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
was	O
directly	O
embedded	O
into	O
the	O
Moodle	B-Application
4.0	O
core	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
released	O
two	O
new	O
updates	O
that	O
included	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.4	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
and	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.5	O
in	O
late	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
continues	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
organizations	O
that	O
include	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
National	O
Education	O
(	O
France	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Air	O
Education	O
and	O
Training	O
Command	O
,	O
not-for-profits	O
such	O
as	O
School	O
on	O
Wheels	O
,	O
and	O
schools	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
remote	O
learning	O
and	O
teaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
provides	O
educators	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
management	O
,	O
relationships	O
,	O
engagement	O
and	O
assessment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Educators	O
can	O
share	O
audio	O
,	O
webcams	B-Protocol
,	O
slide	O
,	O
and	O
screen	B-Protocol
sharing	I-Protocol
between	O
themselves	O
and	O
their	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
educators	O
to	O
use	O
multi-user	O
whiteboards	O
(	O
meaning	O
students	O
can	O
use	O
it	O
simultaneously	O
)	O
,	O
breakout	O
rooms	O
,	O
chat	B-Protocol
(	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
)	O
,	O
polling	O
,	O
shared	O
notes	O
,	O
random	O
user	O
selector	O
,	O
and	O
emojis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
2.5	O
.	O
provides	O
further	O
enhancements	O
to	O
its	O
feature-set	O
such	O
as	O
its	O
breakout	O
room	O
(	O
message	O
broadcasting	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
set-up	O
and	O
modification	O
)	O
,	O
whiteboard	O
(	O
anti	O
social-conformity	O
measures	O
that	O
hide	O
students	O
 '	O
mouse	O
cursors	O
so	O
they	O
have	O
more	O
agency	O
in	O
their	O
responses	O
)	O
,	O
polling	O
(	O
allowing	O
for	O
multiple	O
responses	O
)	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
application	O
,	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
front-end	O
uses	O
React	B-Application
and	O
the	O
backend	O
uses	O
MongoDB	B-Application
and	O
Node.js	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
uses	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
to	O
maintain	O
an	O
internal	O
list	O
of	O
its	O
meetings	O
,	O
attendees	O
,	O
and	O
any	O
other	O
relevant	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
BBB	O
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
many	O
FLOSS	B-License
focused	O
non-profits	O
including	O
Wikimedia	O
Australia	O
,	O
Constant	O
vzw	O
and	O
new	O
FLOSS	B-License
focused	O
coops	O
like	O
Catalan	O
's	O
The	O
Online	B-Protocol
Meeting	I-Protocol
Cooperative	O
.	O
</s>
