Introduction

Introduction

SoftSysVideo is a serverless video conferencing platform designed to work as a seamless replacement for BigBlueButton (BBB) in Moodle. It provides all the conferencing features Moodle relies on — meetings, recordings, and participant management — without requiring you to maintain a dedicated video server.

How it works

SoftSysVideo exposes a BigBlueButton-compatible API. Your Moodle installation communicates with SoftSysVideo exactly as it would with a standard BBB server. No changes to the Moodle plugin are needed.

Moodle (BigBlueButton plugin)
    ↓  Standard BBB API calls
SoftSysVideo
    ↓  WebRTC
Video meeting room

When a student or teacher clicks Join in Moodle, they are redirected to the SoftSysVideo meeting room. When the meeting ends, the recording is processed and made available back through Moodle.

Key concepts

Term	Description
Tenant	Your organization’s isolated environment in SoftSysVideo. One tenant per Moodle installation.
API URL	The endpoint you configure in the Moodle BBB plugin settings.
Shared Secret	The password used to authenticate requests between Moodle and SoftSysVideo.
Dashboard	The web interface at app.softsysvideo.com where you manage meetings, recordings, billing, and settings.
Meeting Room	The browser-based video interface where participants join calls.
Recording	A video file generated automatically when recording is enabled.

What you need

To get started with SoftSysVideo you need:

1. A SoftSysVideo account — register at app.softsysvideo.com
2. A running Moodle installation (version 3.9 or later)
3. The BigBlueButton plugin installed in Moodle (mod_bigbluebuttonbn)

No additional software installation is required on your Moodle server.