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+@mod @mod_bigbluebuttonbn
+Feature: Manage BigBlueButton session timings
+  As a teacher
+  I want to set and manage the open and close times for BigBlueButton sessions
+  So that I can control when students can join the sessions
+
+  Background:
+    Given a BigBlueButton mock server is configured
+    And the following "courses" exist:
+      | fullname | shortname |
+      | Course 1 | C1        |
+    And the following "users" exist:
+      | username | firstname | lastname | email                |
+      | teacher1 | Teacher   | One      | teacher1@example.com |
+      | student1 | Student   | One      | student1@example.com |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exist:
+      | user     | course | role           |
+      | teacher1 | C1     | editingteacher |
+      | student1 | C1     | student        |
+    And the following "blocks" exist:
+      | blockname         | contextlevel | reference | pagetypepattern | defaultregion |
+      | calendar_upcoming | System       | 1         | my-index        | side-post     |
+
+  Scenario Outline: Setting and verifying BBB activity open and close times
+    Given the following "activities" exist:
+      | course | activity        | name  | openingtime   | closingtime   |
+      | C1     | bigbluebuttonbn | BBB 1 | <openingtime> | <closingtime> |
+    When I am on the "BBB 1" "bigbluebuttonbn activity" page logged in as student1
+    And "Join session" "link" <buttonvisibility> exist
+    And I should see "Open:"
+    And I should see "<openingtime>%A, %d %B %Y, %I:%M##"
+    And I should see "Close:"
+    And I should see "<closingtime>%A, %d %B %Y, %I:%M##"
+    And I am viewing calendar in "month" view
+    And I <calendarvisibility> see "BBB 1"
+    And I am on site homepage
+    And I follow "Dashboard"
+    And I <upcomingeventvisibility> see "BBB 1" in the "Upcoming events" "block"
+
+    Examples:
+      | openingtime    | closingtime             | calendarvisibility | buttonvisibility | upcomingeventvisibility |
+      | ##tomorrow##   | ##tomorrow 10:00##      | should             | should not       | should                  |
+      | ##1 hour ago## | ##+2 hours##            | should             | should           | should not              |
+      | ##yesterday##  | ##yesterday +3 hours##  | should not         | should not       | should not              |