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  1. Student Accommodations

    McNeese State University is committed to ensuring equal access to information for all faculty and students. The Office of Disability Services and eLearning have gathered the articles and resources below to assist with student accommodation requests ...
  2. Guide to BigBlueButton

    BigBlueButton is a learning tool that allows instructors to host live online classes, record class sessions, or host office hours within their Moodle course. Students can also collaborate in groups within the course. Its features include: A priva...
  3. BigBlueButton supports live (closed) captioning

    BigBlueButton supports live captioning during a session - faculty members can enter captions for a selected language during the class and BigBlueButton will display those captions, in real-time, to other students. After the session is finished, the ...
  4. Starting a BigBlueButton Conference in Moodle

    In order to begin a big blue button conference in Moodle follow the steps below. 1. Open the course 2. Turn editing on 3. Select Big Blue Button 4. Give conference a name 5. Save 6. Start conference.
  5. Recording a BigBlueButton Lecture

    First, start by adding a BigBlueButton activity to your course in Moodle Then follow the steps below. 1. Open the course. 2. Check to make sure that "Turn editing on" button appears on your dashboard.  If the button shows "...
  6. Adding BigBlueButton to a Moodle Course

    1. Enter  your course from the Moodle homepage   2. Select the "Turn editing on" button   3. Scroll to the section that you want to add the BigBlueButton activity to and then s elect  “Add activity or ...
  7. Creating a video in BigBlueButton in Moodle

    1. Enter  your course from the Moodle homepage   2. Select the "Turn editing on" button   3. Scroll to the section that you want to add the BigBlueButton activity to and then s elect  “Add activity or ...
  8. Web Conference, Virtual Meeting, Virtual Classroom Resources

    Supported Resources Microsoft Teams and BigBlueButton are a video-conferencing platforms that McNeese supports.  Both services allow you to engage in live Web conversations with your students using audio, video, and text-based chat feature...
  9. Add Members to Team Meeting Group in Bulk (Add all students in a class)

    You can add multiple members or students to a group for Teams Meeting sessions.  To bulk add guests or an entire class to a Teams Meeting group first create the group in Outlook. Create a group in Outlook Note: If the instructions below don...
  10. Guide to Microsoft Teams Meeting

    Microsoft Teams brings together faculty, staff and students in conversations with added features to share content.  MS Teams can easily connect individuals and groups for virtual meetings and virtual classroom instruction. It is integrated with...