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ffdixon
Fred Dixon
Rank:
Partner
Title:
CEO
Joined:
May 20, 2015 3:55:15 AM
Posts:
97
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35
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517
Bio:
I am the co-founder of BigBlueButton Inc., the virtual classroom built-into Canvas. I also moonlight as the CEO of Blindside Networks, the company that provides hosting of BigBlueButton to Canvas since 2012. I am also the product manager for BigBlueButton.

Most Liked Posts

Hi Melissa,I'm the product manager for BigBlueButton and the CEO of Blindside Networks, the company that started the BigBlueButton project in 2009.  We provide the Free Tier and Premium tier hosti...
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Hi Jenn,Working hard on it.Our focus for the last few weeks has been to finish up a new version of BigBlueButton for all Instructure customers that provides multi-user whiteboard and shared notes.  Se...
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Hi Cindy,Thanks for the kind words.  It was great working with you and your team as well.--Regards,... FredCEO Blindside Networks
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We're excited too as we've been working on these features based on feedback from the community.   Looking forward to hearing any feedback you have after the updates roll out.For a bit of fun, ...
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Hi Laura,I am the product manager for BigBlueButton. While I work at Blindside Networks, the company that provides hosting for Canvas Conferences to Instructure, and can't speak on behalf of Instr...
Likes: 4

Most Recent Posts

HI Belen, I think we may have figured out the issue -- and a fix is being rolled out.  Can you try it again and let us know if the refresh still results in an error?   Regards,... Fred
Mar 06, 2025 19:27 PM
Hi Belen, I'm the product manager for BigBlueButton, and while I don't work for Instructure and can't speak on their behalf, I can help. Thanks for the screen shot!  Can tell me if this is...
Mar 05, 2025 17:50 PM
Hi, I’m Fred Dixon, the product manager for BigBlueButton. While I don’t work at Instructure and can’t speak on their behalf, I can answer your question. You can view a maximum of 25 webcams in BigBlu...
Jan 12, 2025 17:19 PM
Hi Colin, > Is there a way to download the audio separately?  I believe in the presentation recording format, both videos are visible.  One video is for the webcams and audio, the other is for scre...
Jun 22, 2024 16:04 PM
Hi, I’m Fred Dixon, the product manager for BigBlueButton.  While I don’t work at Instructure and can’t speak on their behalf, I can answer your question. > I wanted to make "my recorded BBB se...
Nov 06, 2023 05:27 AM

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