{"id":9530,"date":"2025-11-10T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:28:29","slug":"nato-deep-vc-portal-upgraded-to-bigbluebutton-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/e-academy\/nato-deep-vc-portal-upgraded-to-bigbluebutton-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO DEEP VC Portal Upgraded to BigBlueButton 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NATO DEEP VC Portal has been successfully updated to BigBlueButton version 3.0. BBB is not only a virtual classroom software but a purpose-built solution that empowers teachers to teach and learners to learn. It is now available in 55 languages, with full support for left-to-right languages such as Arabic. More about BBB at: https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/. Version 3.0 introduces several improvements in usability, engagement, and performance. It aims to make teaching and collaboration on the platform more efficient and intuitive. Main new features include: (1) Enhanced whiteboard \u2013 new tools and improved stylus support, (2) Improved audio experience \u2013 seamless switching between Listen Only and Microphone modes, with the option to change devices directly during a session, (3) Extended chat functions \u2013 users can now edit, delete, react to, and reply to messages. Private messages include a \u201cseen\u201d indicator, (4) Clearer polling results \u2013 polling summaries are now easier to read and visually consistent with chat results, (5) Simplified interface \u2013 updated Raise Hand, Away Mode, and a visible Leave Meeting button for quick access. No action is required from current users (account owners) &#8211; the platform is ready to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NATO DEEP VC Portal has been successfully updated to BigBlueButton version 3.0. BBB is not only a virtual classroom software but a purpose-built solution that empowers teachers to teach and learners to learn. It is now available in 55 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/e-academy\/nato-deep-vc-portal-upgraded-to-bigbluebutton-3-0\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-academy","category-main-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9532,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9530\/revisions\/9532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepportal.hq.nato.int\/eacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}