Virtual classrooms aren’t just used to enhance every student’s learning experience. Sessions held through the platform can encourage students to engage more and build a sense of community.
Virtual classrooms in BigSky use Bongo, which is different from Zoom and Google Meet. While Zoom and Google Meet are for live meetings, Bongo focuses on video-based assessments and interactive learning, like recorded presentations and video feedback. It integrates with BigSky to support assignments and evaluations.
Schedule an Online Meeting
- On the BigSky homepage, select the course for which you’d like to schedule a meeting.
- From the Navigation Bar, click Content.
- On the left side panel, choose the module you want to set up the virtual classroom for.
- Click on the Add Existing Activities button, and a drop-down menu will appear.
- Scroll through the drop-down menu and click on Virtual Classroom.
- A pop-up window will open with the message “Application Bongo Prod v3.5 by YouSeeU is trying to access your information. Would you like to proceed”? You have the option to tick on “Do not ask me again for this application” to skip this step every time. To proceed, click on Continue.
Make sure you have cookies enabled for your browser. If cookies are blocked, this will prevent your browser from accessing Bongo, and you’ll receive an alternative message saying, “Please click the link to launch Bongo." If encountered, see the steps to address this issue.
- The pop-up will now display Class Meetings. Click on Schedule meeting.
- Fill in the Title, Date and Time, and tick on the options for Duration, Recording, Participants, and Repeat settings.
- Select Save.
- You may now close the Class Meetings pop-up window, and the scheduled meeting will appear on the Content page under Course Schedule, found on the left side panel.
Start the Online Meeting
- On the BigSky homepage, click on the course where you have a scheduled meeting.
- From the navigation bar of the course homepage, click on Content.
- On the left-side panel, select Course Schedule.
- From the list, separated by dates, find and choose the scheduled meeting, then click on its link.
- Bongo will open in a new tab and display the meeting’s details. Click on the Join button once you’re ready.