Sakai: Meetings

To learn about the most recent updates in Sakai Meetings, visit What is New in BigBlueButton.

Meetings (Web Conferencing)

Meetings (BigBlueButton) is a web conferencing tool available in Sakai that allows you to communicate with your students remotely.

• You can display presentations, use a white board, use audio and/or a webcam, chat with your students, add polls, and share your device.
  
• Meetings is a synchronous tool, which means users have to be online at the same time to interact.
  
• You can record your Meetings, and students can view the recordings in Sakai.

Web Conferencing from Start to Finish Equipment Required Bandwidth Considerations Add and Create a Meetings Session in Sakai Getting to Know the Meetings Presentation Area How Do I Use the Moderator Features During a Meeting? How Do I Use the Presenter Features During a Meeting? Participant (Student) User Features Troubleshooting my Meeting sessions Recordings and Statistics Video Tutorials

Accessibility

• Are Meetings/Chat/Recordings Accessible to those using screen readers? Yes, since release 0.8+.
• Here is a video about the Live Closed Captioning support and step-by-step instructions.
• Here is the official Accessibility Statement and VPAT.