Please click on the following link to log in on BBB.
After creating the room, you can name it.
It is advisable to generate a code for entering the room, in case the room is to be used by one or more groups of people.
The code for entering can be generated more than once by clicking on the dice icon. You can also select other options when creating the room and change them at any time.
A room can be accessed by different people, that have gotten the link. The participant are not required to log in when taking part in the conference. They must only open the bbb link in their browser and enter the code they've been given.
Every room can be removed at any time.
All room settings can be adjusted at any time.
Note: You can only add participants who have logged into the BBB on the same server (either https://bbb.in.tum.de or https://bbb.ma.tum.de).Here you can manually add other participants to your room by clicking on Manage access. There you have to enter the name of the participant who is to be added to the room and who is already logged into BBB on the same server.
When you log into the BBB, you will see the conference room on the main page and you can start the conference by clicking * Start *.
Note: please check your microphone settings, before starting the conference with michrophone.If you do not start the microphone before the conference begins, you will not see the microphone symbol on the BBB page, but you can switch it again by clicking the headphone icon. Hier wird angezeigt, wie Sie das Mikrofon während der Konferenz aktivieren können.
After you have started the conference, you and the participants have two options to join the conference. You can only listen with the * Listen only * option or talk and listen with the * Microphone * option.
If you want to activate the microphone, select * Microphone * here. If you activate the microphone, you can deactivate it again later.
If you want to activate the microphone, select * Microphone * here.
If you want to activate the microphone, select * Microphone * here.
Allow access to the microphone.
Subsequently run the Echo-Test and say a couple words. If the test was successful, the conference will start.
The chat sidebar shows how many users are currently participating in the current conference and gives the possibility for the participants to communicate via chat function.
The messages in this chat are visible to all participants.
You can delete, copy or save the chat.
If you select Save, a .txt file containing chat messages will be downloaded.
[14:36] PUBLIC_CHAT_CLEAR [14:37] Maya Mustermann : hallo Max
Every participant can write notes and edit them. These notes are visible and editable for all participants.
If you select Mute all parties, other parties and you are muted. You can unmute it with Unmute conference.
You can create breakout rooms for you and the other participants. You can increase the number of rooms up to 8 and assign the participants to a specific breakout room by drag-and-drop. Here you can set how long the room should exist. You can allow other users to choose a breakout room for themselves. Then you and other users can choose which of the existing rooms you want to enter. If you are in a breakout room yourself, you cannot end breakout rooms.
Notice:If the above option is selected, you as moderator must also select a breakout room.Then the users see a window on the screen asking them whether they want to enter the room. If they click on Enter room, they can stay in the room until the room is closed or they leave the room themselves.
In the participant registration bar you can see which participants are in which breakout room. You can enter the room either as a spectator or actively. If you enter a breakout room actively as a moderator, you cannot return to the main conference until either the time is up or you end all breakout rooms. You and the other participants can leave the breakout room at any time.
When the breakout rooms are finished, all participants return to the main conference room.
Then a window appears where you can select the language. Select a language here and click on Start.
Then start viewing closed captions.
Adjust the subtitle settings and click Start.
When you write in the input field, the text appears on the slide. All participants can see the subtitle by clicking Start Subtitle. However, the text disappears after a few seconds.
You can click on a participant and select Start Private Chat.
You can mute a user. To do this, click on the name of a participant and select Mute user.
You can make another person the presenter. You automatically become a spectator. The presenter has access to the presentation slide and the sidebar to see and use it, you can change this setting again.
You can promote a participant to moderator and demote the moderator back to the viewer. You will not lose your moderator rights if you promote someone to moderator. If the moderator downgrades you to viewer, you lose your moderator rights and cannot downgrade the moderator you have promoted any further.
Notice: The participant who has to be promoted to moderator does not need to be logged in on BBB, it is enough to add the link in the browser and start the conference. We have tried it ourselves.You can remove one or more User. The participants must leave the conference.
You can re-enter the room via the link.
Only the Moderator can start the recording of the session. The participants can see in the middle of the page if the session is being recorded.
The sidebar has these functions:
Text or shapes in the slides can be undone.
Text or shapes in the slides can be erased.
Moderator-View:
View for other participants:
Important: The setting or the icon for the microphone will not appear on BBB if this is not activated before the conference. The microphone can be reactivated during the conference clicking on the telephone symbol.
You can stop and start the audio using the phone icon.
If the microphone was activated before the conference, the microphone symbol/button appears on the screen and can be switched clicking on this button during the conference.
You can share one of the open windows of your browser with other participants. You will then see this screen like a slide in BBB.
If this button is clicked, the list of participants becomes invisible and you can make it visible again by clicking on the person symbol again.
You can set how participants should answer the question.
The selected options are then available to the participants.
As the moderator, you can rewind or fast forward or make other settings.