By accessing an invitation link at BigBlueButton Meetings, students have the opportunity to take part in the online meeting using their own chosen names and pronouns. For you as a lecturer it is a small change, but for the students it can make a big difference to be able to participate in the online meeting with their real names.

To create an invitation link in BigBlueButton, you must first set up access via link in the room settings.

1. To do this, click on the 3 dots of the room that is to be made accessible via an invitation link under Meetings. Then click on the first point: Room settings (here highlighted in red)

2. Then under 'Authorisations' click on 'Moderator access via link' and 'Access via link' so that the blue tick is visible.

3. Finally, save the changed settings under 'Save changes'.

Create invitation link

4. The invitation link can now be created under 'Invite participants'. A default guest name must be entered first. Here: 'Guest'. A link is now generated under 'Create invitation link'.

Make the invitation link accessible as a file for all students in the seminar

So that all students can access the invitation link independently, it can be saved as a web address under Files.

5. Click on 'Add document' under the 'Files' tab for the course.

6. The link can be inserted under 'Web address'. As an example of the desired file name, 'Invitation link Gender Studies Colloquium' is used here