Conferences (aka BigBlueButton) is a video conferencing solution, previously available from your Canvas course navigation menu. BigBlueButton is hosted by a third party (Blindside Networks) and Instructure was not able to adequately support it.  There were often issues with audio/video in BigBlueButton due to Blindside withholding resources from users in the free tier to better support those paying for their premium version. 

Since we have Zoom as a video conferencing solution in Canvas – Conferences aka BigBlueButton was disabled. 

If you have any questions, don’t forget that you can always reach out to your SOE Instructional Technology Consultants for one-on-one assistance.