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Safari on iPad cannot share its screen directly into BigBlueButton. To share an iPad screen, mirror the iPad to a Mac using QuickTime Player, then screen-share the QuickTime window from the Mac in your BigBlueButton session. The result is that other users in the session see your iPad screen as a live view.

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Connect the iPad to your Mac

Connect your iPad to your Mac with a USB-C cable. When the iPad prompts you, select Allow.
iPad Allow connection prompt
To verify the connection, open Finder. Your iPad appears under Locations — for example, iPad Pro (2) in the screenshot below.
Finder showing connected iPad in Locations

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Mirror the iPad with QuickTime Player

Open QuickTime Player and select New Movie Recording.
QuickTime Player New Movie Recording menu
Select the arrow next to the red Record button to open the source menu.
QuickTime source menu next to the Record button
In the source menu, choose your iPad by name (for example, iPad Pro (2)).
QuickTime source menu with iPad selected
You do not need to actually record. The goal is to display your iPad screen on the Mac so it can be screen-shared.

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Screen-share the QuickTime window

In BigBlueButton, select Share screen in the media bar. Choose Window, then Movie Recording, then Share.
Browser screen-share dialog with Movie Recording window selected
BigBlueButton shares the iPad screen to all users in the session. Anything you do on the iPad is visible to everyone live.
iPad screen shared in a BigBlueButton session