BigBlueButton - Change the default presentation

The default presentation is loaded by default in BigBlueButton. It makes up the majority of the BigBlueButton branding. Many of our clients want to change these presentations to their own PDF or PowerPoint presentations. Changing the default presentation is as easy as uploading a file.

Default Presentation


Bare BigBlueButton Server

Modify:

/etc/bigbluebutton/bbb-web.properties

Add the following line:

beans.presentationService.defaultUploadedPresentation=${bigbluebutton.web.serverURL}/default-2.pdf

Upload your default presentation file default-2.pdf to: /var/www/bigbluebutton-default/assets

Big Blue Manager - Our hosting service

First login to any account in Big Blue Manager.

On the left-hand menu, click BigBlueButton / API.

Then click GUI and API Settings.

Finally choose a file to upload, it should ideally be a PDF with blank pages left at the end that act as a whiteboard.

Upload the file by pressing SAVE SETTINGS on the top-right or the bottom of the page.

You can then click the TEST AS USER or TEST AS MODERATOR button to see the result in BigBlueButton.

Change default presentation