Plugin Configuration

Moodle Plugin Configuration

This guide covers configuring the BigBlueButton plugin in Moodle to connect to SoftSysVideo.

Prerequisites

• You have a SoftSysVideo account at app.softsysvideo.com
• You have your Server URL and Shared Secret from the SoftSysVideo dashboard (Settings → Integration)
• The mod_bigbluebuttonbn plugin is installed in Moodle

Step-by-step setup

1. Log in to Moodle as administrator

   You need site-administrator privileges to access plugin settings.

2. Navigate to BigBlueButton settings

   Go to: Site administration → Plugins → Activity modules → BigBlueButton

   

   Or search for “BigBlueButton” in the site administration search bar.

3. Enter the Server URL

   

   In the BigBlueButton server URL field, enter your SoftSysVideo API URL. You’ll find your unique URL in the dashboard under Settings → Integration. It looks like:

   https://api-xxxxxxxx.softsysvideo.xyz/bigbluebutton/api/

   Caution

   Use the URL from your dashboard — it is unique to your account and ends with a trailing slash (/). Do not use a generic or example URL.

4. Enter the Shared Secret

   In the Shared secret field, paste the shared secret from your SoftSysVideo dashboard.

   To find it:

   1. Log in to app.softsysvideo.com
   2. Go to Settings → Integration
   3. Copy the Shared Secret value

5. Save and test the connection

   Click Save changes.

   The plugin will attempt to connect to SoftSysVideo. If successful, you will see a green confirmation message.

   If you see a connection error, double-check:

   • The URL has a trailing slash
   • You copied the shared secret without extra spaces
   • Your Moodle server can reach your api-xxxxxxxx.softsysvideo.xyz endpoint over HTTPS

Verifying the connection

After saving, you can verify the connection by:

1. Going to any course
2. Adding a BigBlueButton activity
3. Opening the activity — it should show the meeting as “Not started”
4. Clicking Join session — you should be taken to the SoftSysVideo meeting room

Optional plugin settings

The BigBlueButton plugin has additional settings you can configure per your needs:

Setting	Recommendation
Enable recording	Enable if you want Moodle activities to support recordings
Default maximum participants	Set based on your typical class size
Welcome message	Customize the default message participants see when joining

These settings are in the same BigBlueButton settings page in Moodle.