BigBlueButton: Sharing a Presentation
Margarita Berezyanskaya
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Note: To access comprehensive information on session facilitation and explore additional features, please visit the BigBlueButton Session Facilitation article.
A common way to focus learners in an online session is to have a set of slides in the presentation area of BBB. It is a good practice to convert files to PDF format before uploading a slide show.
1. Click on the Plus icon at the bottom of the screen.
Note: The default.pdf on top of the menu is the BigBlueButton Welcome screen. If you have used other presentations or shown your Shared notes as a presentation previously in the session, they will also appear on the upper part of the menu.
2. From the presentation menu, choose the Upload/Manage presentations option.
3. The Presentation screen appears.
4. Drag your presentation file into the Drag files here to upload box.
5. Click on the Upload button. The upload may take a minute.
6. Once uploaded, the slideshow appears in the main part of the BBB screen.
At the bottom or side of the presentation screen, there are a number of Annotation options and a button that allows the instructor to Turn on or off whiteboard annotations for other users. The multiuser whiteboard allows users to interact with the presentation area. These features can be used by the instructor while leading a lesson or by learners responding to instructor directions. The instructor can know which student is doing what by the name tag on their cursor.
The annotations bar provides options for:
- Select
- Pan
- Draw line
- Erase
- Draw shape
- Draw arrow
- Add text
- Add sticky note
Two more icons on the side of the annotations toolbar allow for More formatting options and Clearing annotations.
Another toolbar is also available on the presentation that provides Styles options for the annotations. These include color, shape fill, line design, and font size and alignment.
Note: By default, students can see all cursor movements and name tags. Teachers can change this setting so that each student only sees their own cursor. This is configured in the Manage Users, Lock viewers area.
Note: At any time during a presentation, a teacher or student can take a snapshot of the current slide (whether it is annotated or not.)
Note: To access comprehensive information on session facilitation and explore additional features, please visit the BigBlueButton Session Facilitation article.