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You can end a Conference two ways: from the Canvas Conferences page or from the BigBlueButton meeting interface. When you create a Conference in Canvas, you can give it a time limit, or check No time limit (for long-running conferences) to keep it open.
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Either way, the Conference appears under New Conferences.
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End a Conference from Canvas

To end a Conference, select End. A message appears to confirm you want to end the Conference.
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Selecting End removes users’ ability to join and ends the live Conference. To confirm, select Ok.
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The Conference now appears under Concluded Conferences, along with any associated recordings.

End a Conference from BigBlueButton

As a moderator, you can end the Conference when you log out of BigBlueButton. To open the settings menu, select the three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the interface.
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Select Leave, then select End session for all.
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When prompted with Are you sure you want to end this session?, select End session for all users.
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