One important aspect of eLearning platform is to provide an online classroom. To achieve this we need to have a video-classroom solution. I am listing few of these video-conferencing tools which you can integrate with Moodle and any other eLearning platforms and fulfill the business objectives are:
BigBlueButton
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. BigBlueButton supports real-time sharing of audio, video, slides (with whiteboard annotations), chat, and the screen. Instructors can engage remote students with polling, emojis, multi-user whiteboards, shared notes, and breakout rooms.
Moodle Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_bigbluebuttonbn
OpenMeetings
OpenMeetings is a project of The Apache Software Foundation, provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools. It uses API functions of Media Server for Remoting and Streaming Kurento.
Moodle Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_openmeetings
Jitsi Meet
A free open-source video conferencing software for web & mobile. Jitsi is a set of Open Source projects which empower users to use and deploy video conferencing platforms with state-of-the-art video quality and features.
Moodle Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_jitsi
Zoom
Zoom helps consolidate communications, connect people, and collaborate better together in the boardroom, classroom, operating room, and everywhere in between.
Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_zoom
Google Meet
A video communication service developed by Google, This helps you to stay connected and collaborate with a team via Video call and screen sharing and Virtual training classes & Virtual interview.
Moodle Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_googlemeet
Microsoft Teams
Team collaboration application developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft 365 family of products, offering workspace chat and video conferencing, file storage, and integration of proprietary and third-party applications and services.
Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_msteams
AdobeConnect
AdobeConnect comes with a modern user interface, helps in having virtual classrooms with storyboards. This also includes persistent rooms designed for training using pods and layouts.
Plugin: https://docs.moodle.org/404/en/Remote_Learner_Adobe_Connect_Pro_Module
Cisco Webex
A leading collaboration platform in the unified communications area and is geared toward both small group collaboration for SMBs as well as large group meetings for enterprise. This includes online meetings, team messaging and file sharing.
Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_webexactivity
Kaltura
A centralized, fully customizable video-hosting hub that's tailored to your organization's branding needs and content. This helps in having virtual events, communication, learning.
Plugin: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?id=447
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