{"id":11725,"date":"2021-11-26T11:42:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbb-feb.bigbluebutton.org\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2023-08-28T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T22:50:41","slug":"digitalocean-donates-25000-to-bigbluebutton-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/articles\/digitalocean-donates-25000-to-bigbluebutton-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"DigitalOcean Donates $25,000 to BigBlueButton Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11725\" class=\"elementor elementor-11725\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5348e55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5348e55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebd3a0a\" data-id=\"ebd3a0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627eef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"627eef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digital-ocean.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11733\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digital-ocean.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digital-ocean-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digital-ocean-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digital-ocean-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f31f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f31f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DigitalOcean Donates $25,000 to BigBlueButton Inc. <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-046b634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"046b634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We all know when the pandemic began: it was early 2020. As it spread, pretty much every school in the world shutdown and moved online using virtual classrooms. Using web browsers, mobile phones, and laptops, teachers and students collaborated together in virtual classrooms, sharing their audio, video, and slides as they worked together through the course material. The classrooms of the world shifted, and the school year continued.<\/p>\n<p>At BigBlueButton, an open source virtual classroom platform supported by Blindside Networks, the pandemic meant a massive increase in usage of BigBlueButton in just a few weeks. Following a two week sprint in 2020, Blindside Networks spun up over 1,000 servers on DigitalOcean, which has led to over half a billion minutes of online classes being hosted on DigitalOcean. We are excited to share that today, DigitalOcean has furthered their support of BigBlueButton by donating $25,000 to BigBlueButton Inc., which will use the donation to promote awareness and advocacy, foster and recognize research, introduce contribution awards, and support more collaboration amongst the BigBlueButton community, all benefiting teachers world-wide.<\/p>\n<p>BigBlueButton started at Carleton University in 2007 with one goal: to provide the most teacher-centric virtual classroom in the world. As an open source project, it enabled anyone in the world to run on their own servers. For years, Blindside Networks, the main developer of BigBlueButton, was hosting it for many large and small schools all over the world using physical servers.<\/p>\n<p>That all changed in February 2020 when the pandemic hit, when schools closed, and when the company needed to move virtually very quickly. Blindside Networks had an existential challenge: they could not scale fast enough with physical servers. Two weeks later &#8212; thanks to the simplicity of DigitalOcean\u2019s API and a lot of caffeine &#8212; they had fully virtualized, scalable hosting of BigBlueButton running across DigitalOcean\u2019s world-wide data centers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71e878f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71e878f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73be3da\" data-id=\"73be3da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f9caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59f9caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11738 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-julia-m-cameron-4144038.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/534;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52dd20a\" data-id=\"52dd20a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c8552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2c8552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>It was also at this moment that BigBlueButton began experiencing an accelerating increase in use from schools around the world. Examples in 2020\/2021 include:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China) setup 20 BigBlueButton servers to go fully online in early 2020<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg (Germany) used BigBlueButton to provide virtual classrooms for 3,000 schools with peak usage of 185,000 concurrent teachers and students\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange County Public Schools (USA) held over 30,000 classes per week in BigBlueButton<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe1e773 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe1e773\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e51af83\" data-id=\"e51af83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18baae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18baae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Behind the scenes, most successful open source projects have an independent foundation that supports the community. BigBlueButton (the software) has BigBlueButton Inc., a member-based, not-for-profit that supports the global development of BigBlueButton. It holds the copyright for source code, manages its open source license, and owns the trademark for the project.<\/p><p>BigBlueButton is localized into over 55 languages by the community, a strong metric of its global adoption.<\/p><p>\u201cWhen we looked at the underlying foundation behind BigBlueButton, and their focus on creating a world-class virtual classroom for everyone, we wanted to support them directly.\u201d says Yancey Spruill, CEO of DigitalOcean. \u201cDigitalOcean believes our community is bigger than just us, and we saw supporting BigBlueButton Inc. as a way to give back to the global community focused on improving access to high-quality online education.\u201d<\/p><p>DigitalOcean\u2019s donation represents the largest donation to-date for the project.<\/p><p>The BigBlueButton project is currently in the final stages of releasing 2.4, which provides the teacher with metrics of student attendance, engagement, and learning during an online class. It runs very well on DigitalOcean\u2019s C-8 servers, supporting up to 200 concurrent teachers and students with full recordings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-30dd3a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30dd3a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-db7c700\" data-id=\"db7c700\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51fc4a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51fc4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/digitalocean-logo-vector-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11767 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebdb53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ebdb53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About DigitalOcean<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7cc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b7cc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDigitalOcean takes the daunting concept of cloud infrastructure and computing and simplifies it. This innovative company provides users with the required services, including developer-friendly features, scalability, and an affordable, predictable pricing structure. They currently boast 598,000 customers across 185 countries and 14 data centers distributed worldwide. For more information see <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalocean.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/digitalocean.com\/<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-89f1bcc\" data-id=\"89f1bcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea9b706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea9b706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"70\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigbluebutton-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigbluebutton-logo.png 318w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigbluebutton-logo-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/elementor\/thumbs\/bigbluebutton-logo-p44ds2csv8278se0rpzkcti90c9n48cgkan8r8rhum.png 159w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 318px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 318\/70;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4eb6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b4eb6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About BigBlueButton<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8197bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8197bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBigBlueButton is an open source virtual classroom that enables teachers to effectively engage remote students. BigBlueButton\u2019s features are developed by a world-wide community of teachers, commercial companies, and educational organizations.\u00a0 The project focuses on deep integration with popular learning management systems, tools to engage students for online learning, and analytics to guide the teacher in delivering effective online classes. For more information see: <a href=\"bigbluebutton.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bigbluebutton.org\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DigitalOcean Donates $25,000 to BigBlueButton Inc. We all know when the pandemic began: it was early 2020. As it spread, pretty much every school in the world shutdown and moved online using virtual classrooms. 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