Can you tell us about your company and how you help your clients?
Blindside Networks: Blindside Networks are the creators of BigBlueButton, the world’s only open-source virtual classroom. BigBlueButton empowers teachers to teach and learners to learn within a virtual classroom that emphasizes applied learning and feedback.
Have you been to a MoodleMoot before? What were your impressions?
Blindside Networks: Yes, our luggage has Moodle stickers all over it from attending over a dozen Moodle conferences in the past years.
How long has your company been working with Moodle?
Blindside Networks: We started working with Moodle in 2010 and the good old days with Moodle 1.x.
What recent work or project would you like to highlight?
Blindside Networks: We would highlight the work with the New Executive Language Centre based in Spain.
“We are all very happy using BigBlueButton, and all the people that I work with, the teachers and trainers, everybody from a trainer point of view, it is much more suitable for training and teaching than other platforms – and with the integration with Moodle, it makes a seamless course and experience for us.”
Eileen Wallace, Moodle Trainer & E-Learning Facilitator at NELC
NELC (New Executive Language Centre) is a Language Centre based in Spain that is specialized in teaching English to professionals and companies.
What are you most looking forward to at the global MoodleMoot in 2023?
Blindside Networks: We are looking forward to reuniting with many of the customers and members of the Moodle community who are using BigBlueButton within Moodle.
We are also looking forward to another awesome Moodle Party!
Is there anything else that you would like to share or discuss about your company, services, or experiences?
Blindside Networks: Because of the deep integration, the use of BigBlueButton skyrocketed during the pandemic.
Examples:
- According to moodle.org, BigBlueButton is used by over 20k Moodle sites around the world. https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_bigbluebuttonbn
- Baden-Wuttenberg, a state in Germany, ran 4,000 BigBlueButton servers that supported 3,000 Moodle-based schools and peaked at over 185,000 concurrent users. https://bigbluebutton.org/2021/06/23/bbb-case-study-baden-wurttemberg/
- We support Moodle Cloud as well and have supported over 80 million minutes of online sessions in the past 24 months.
Blindside Networks has helped many organizations deliver effective virtual classrooms that increase learner outcomes.
We designed BigBlueButton to help educators teach and learners learn.
If you’re an educational institution with online programs that are central to the success of your business, contact us! The Moodle + BigBlueButton solution can provide you better results than other solutions.
How can people contact you if they would like to know more about your company?
Blindside Networks: You can reach us at our website at blindsidenetworks.com.