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Change text in BigBlueButton Guest Page

You might have noticed that your students see the standard message - BigBlueButton - Guest Lobby - while waiting on the guest page for the online session to start. Do you want to customize it? Read on.
25 Jan, 2022

You might have noticed that your students see the following message while waiting on the guest page for the online session to start:

BigBlueButton – Guest Lobby

Do you want to change the text to something more interesting? Or, show your branding?

Read on.

Edit /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser/app/locales/.json

  • Look for app.guest.windowTitle and add your preferred text to change Guest lobby title.
  • Look for app.guest.guestWait and add your preferred text to change the Guest lobby waiting message. 
  • Do the same for : /usr/share/meteor/bundle/programs/web.browser.legacy/app/locales/<language-code>.json
  • Finally restart the bbb: bbb-conf –restart

That’s all!

Now you would have a customized Guest page for your students to view, while waiting for the class to start.

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