Video Classroom
A live classroom built for teaching, not meetings: whiteboard, screen sharing, breakout rooms, polls and recordings. It runs in the browser, works inside the platform you already use, and we set it up for you.
Set-up, training and support included in your plan.
Not sure which solution fits?
Video calls were built for meetings. Lessons need more: a board to explain on, groups for practice, a quick check that everyone has understood, and a recording for the student who was ill. Video Classroom gives teachers those tools in one live room, without asking students to install anything.
It runs on one of two open-source engines, BigBlueButton or plugNmeet, and you can try them below. MynaParrot provides the technology and can help with hosting, integration and support. We connect the classroom to your Moodle, Chamilo, other platforms through LTI or your website when you need it.
Both are open source, both run in the browser and both cover everything a live class needs. There is no wrong choice. These are the honest differences.
Pick plugNmeet if…Both do this: Both do this: whiteboard, screen sharing, breakout rooms, polls, chat, recordings with MP4 download, joining from the browser on a computer, tablet or phone, live streaming, and working inside Moodle.
Still not sure? Try both live above. Try both live
| Topic | BigBlueButton | plugNmeet |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The long-established open-source virtual classroom, widely used in education | A newer open-source classroom on a modern WebRTC stack, provided by MynaParrot, the technology provider |
| Licence | Open source (LGPL-3.0) | Open source (MIT) |
| Whiteboard, screen sharing, breakout rooms, polls | Yes | |
| Recordings | Yes, with MP4 download | Yes, MP4 |
| Live streaming (e.g. to YouTube) | RTMP | RTMP and WHIP |
| In Moodle | Standard Moodle activity (since Moodle 4.0) | Plugin on the Moodle plugins directory |
| Other platforms | Chamilo, Greenlight, WordPress and other BigBlueButton integrations | Plugins for WordPress and Joomla, plus other platforms through LTI |
| AI captions, live translation, summaries | Not part of this offer | Yes, optional, powered by Gemini from Google |
| Attendance counted towards completion in Moodle | Possible with a Moodle setting we turn on | Yes, with completion rules (time attended, participation) |
| Your branding | Your logo and colours | Yes, including embedding in your site or Moodle |
| Moving from one to the other | — | Speaks the BigBlueButton API, so many BigBlueButton integrations can switch over |
plugNmeetChoose the situation closest to yours.
Built on: BigBlueButton or plugNmeet (open source).
Works with: Moodle, Chamilo, WordPress, Joomla and Moodle, Chamilo, other platforms through LTI or your website.
Good to know: We check the integration against your platform's version before setup.
Being honest: if your school already pays for a meeting tool, your teachers are happy with it and you mainly run meetings, you may not need anything else. Video Classroom makes more sense when:
Most tools we mention are open source — BigBlueButton, plugNmeet, Moodle and others — so you can run them on infrastructure you control. Self-hosting is a broad topic; at a high level it usually involves:
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No. Video Classroom runs in a modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Students join from a link or from inside your course.
Yes. Try plugNmeet live in your browser today. For BigBlueButton you can watch the recorded tour or request a guided demo.
BigBlueButton if your teachers already know it and you want the familiar tool. plugNmeet if you want AI captions and translation, attendance-based completion in Moodle or your own logo and colours inside your platform. We can help you decide.
Yes. BigBlueButton is a standard Moodle activity, and plugNmeet has its own Moodle plugin. We check both against your Moodle version.
Chamilo connects to BigBlueButton through its videoconference plugin. WordPress and Joomla have plugNmeet plugins, and other platforms can add the classroom through LTI.
The free service is meant for trying things out, not a full weekly timetable. If you teach full classes every week, you need a hosted service sized for your timetable, set up by MynaParrot.
No. Your activities stay, and only the server settings change. Moving to plugNmeet can keep the same integration, because plugNmeet speaks the BigBlueButton API.
Yes. Recordings appear in the course and can be downloaded as MP4 files.
With plugNmeet, you can add live captions, live translation and a summary after class, powered by Gemini from Google. They're optional and switched on only for the classes that need them.
MynaParrot provides the technology and can help with hosting, integration and support.
We help with set-up, training and day-to-day support. MynaParrot provides the technology and the demo rooms behind it, and can help with hosting, integration and support.
We configure the service for your timetable and your classes.
We size the service for your classes and your busiest hour.
It depends on your users, hosting and the services you need. We send you one written proposal covering the technology and services.
Scope, pricing and support are set out in a written proposal for you. MynaParrot provides the technology behind it.
Tell us how you teach. An experienced MynaParrot sets up your classroom, connects it to your platform and trains your teachers.
Contact us →Set-up, training and support included in your plan.
Open plugNmeet in your browser today and invite a colleague. For BigBlueButton, watch the recorded tour or request a guided demo.
The long-established open-source virtual classroom, and the standard live-class activity in Moodle.
Built on: BigBlueButton (open source, LGPL)
A newer open-source classroom on a modern WebRTC stack, provided by MynaParrot, the technology provider
Built on: plugNmeet (open source, MIT)
Demo rooms are provided by MynaParrot, the technology provider behind Video Classroom. They are for testing: please don't use real student data.
Want to see it inside your Moodle or with your own case? Request a demo