Use BigBlueButton Breakout Rooms

Jenae Cohn, Academic Technology Specialist for PWR, Stanford University

Beth Seltzer, Academic Technology Specialist for Introductory Studies, Stanford University

Dr. Wendi Prater, Director of eLearning, McNeese State University


Pedagogical Recommendations

Use BigBlueButton Breakout Rooms to help students talk in smaller groups (just as they would do break-out groups in a larger class environment). See this article for help on using BigBlueButton. 

Additional articles:

Configuring a Breakout Room in BigBlueButton

Students Joining a Breakout Room in BigBlueButton

Monitoring Breakout Rooms in BigBlueButton