![]() It is available in 65 languages, and teachers from all over the world helped develop it. It is the first and only interactive classroom designed specifically for students. It was produced in a classroom rather than a boardroom. A live whiteboard, slides, and built-in polls are among the many cool features included with all of this.īigBlueButton is a worldwide educational website. Thanks to their dedicated network of developers, Big Blue Button is actively evolving and launching new features as a result of their open-source existence. The Big Blue Button project launched in 2008, and the first plugin was released with Moodle version 1.9, demonstrating their dedication to the Moodle project.īigBlueButton’s reputation stems in part from the fact that it shares a key belief with Moodle in holding the program open source. So, let’s differentiate! Bigbluebutton vs Zoom: Let’s begin! BigBlueButtonīigBlueButton is a very common solution that has been installed on nearly 7000 Moodle sites around the world, with more than half of such installations occurring recently on the more recent versions of Moodle (3.5 and above). Here, we are going to compare two video calling platforms, Bigbluebutton and Zoom. Moodle does not have a video conferencing feature, but due to its open-source nature, it can be used with a variety of other software. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates.Bigbluebutton vs Zoom: The need to communicate with people all over the world through audio and video is growing in an increasingly digital world. In the future, LaceWing Tech will offer Jitsi-Meet as a product. It’s not easy to do, especially when larger companies can spend unlimited amounts of money on User Experience (UX) Designers. Not all Jitsi servers (e.g., ) are created equal, so thank you to Systemli, a Berlin tech collective and friends of ours, for providing such a stable experience! Kudos also to the Jitsi-Meet team for building and maintaining a user-friendly alternative to 2-billion dollar Zoom. Usability/User experience depends on a combination of reliability of internet connection, client, and server setup. Though Jitsi-Meet is not yet end-to-end encrypted for more than two participants, working prototypes are already deployed and tested. Jitsi-Meet supports 10 simultaneous users easily, 20 are possible, and 50 are reported possible, but probably require a rather fine-tuned server setup. Sometimes we turn our video off to help improve quality. Jitsi does a great job of keeping audio consistent while video might lag - so if video freezes, you can still have a smooth experience of the meeting. Other than that, for important meetings I try to have a backup plan ready so that if we’re unlucky, everyone knows what the next steps are. Our professional IT tip? Swear at the computer and pray. However, when someone has internet problems, things are still tough. The setup is easy and the interface is approachable - I can send someone a simple link and they can join from the browser (or on their phone). Calls with more than 8 people are also no problem. ![]() I might experience the inevitable “Can you see me? Can you hear me?” dance for 2-3 minutes, but afterwards, things go relatively smoothly. ![]() I have about 4-5 calls per day, mostly on Jitsi, and rarely have problems. Jitsi-Meet in a 10-person team - it just worksįor LaceWing Tech’s daily grind, Jitsi-Meet has all we need: screensharing, mute/unmute audio and video, chat, “raise hand”, tile view (as opposed to speaker view), and more. We will continue to test as the tool improves. Nextcloud Talk: we do not recommend using Nextcloud Talk (yet!) because it is painfully unusable.We tested Wire’s ‘Teams’ product for multiple-person video chat and it did not offer enough additional features to be worth the cost. Wire: we use the free Wire version for our team chat and 1-1 video calls.Jitsi-Meet is perfect for day-to-day work because it is simple, has just what we need, and uses less resources. BigBlueButton is best for presentations and events because it is more powerful, more stable, and has more shiny features - but it takes a lot more resources. ![]() There aren’t *that* many open source video conferencing alternatives and only two are good: Jitsi-Meet and BigBlueButton (see diagram, credits: Swecha).īoth are open source and usable, but good at different things. It’s open source, easy to use and has all the features one needs for everyday work and meetings. We at LaceWing Tech have the same problem as everyone else - how do we meet online in a sustainable, user-friendly, yet secure way? We spent a few months testing various tools and eventually settled on Jitsi-Meet. How we manage online meetings at LaceWing Tech Goodbye, Zoom! Open source video conference tools ![]()
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