Creating and starting a Conference

Instructors can create a Conference in a Canvas course to host virtual lectures, run virtual office hours, and meet with student groups. You can create a new Conference and start a created Conference. Creating a Conference is a course permission. If you cannot create a Conference, your institution has restricted this feature; contact your Canvas administrator for more information. Conference invitations are sent when you create the Conference in Canvas. We recommend creating a course event in the Calendar to alert invitees of an upcoming Conference, then creating the Conference 30 minutes before the host time.

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Create a new Conference

BigBlueButton is available within the course menu. To create a Conference, select BigBlueButton [1] in your course navigation, then select the Add Conference [2] button. The New Video Conference Setting [3] window appears and prompts you to add your Conference details.

1. Name: The title of the Conference you are creating.
2. Duration in Minutes: How long students can join after the Conference starts, after which the session closes its doors.
3. Enable recording for this conference: Check this to enable start, pause, and stop recording, along with recording recovery.
4. No time limit: Keeps the Conference open after starting, so the join option is always visible.
5. Enable waiting room: Creates a waiting room so you can admit selected students or everyone when you are ready.
6. Add to calendar: Adds the Conference to the course calendar.
7. Description: Add details about your Conference.
8. Create: Confirms creation of the Conference with these settings.

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Start a created Conference

To launch the Conference, select Start. Canvas redirects you to your BigBlueButton Conference.