adobe acrobat connect pro presented by: jeff bohrer and paul zenke
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Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro
Presented by:Jeff Bohrer and Paul Zenke
Today’s Agenda
• Getting started with Adobe Connect• Q & A
What is Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro? (formerly Adobe Breeze)
• A live web-conferencing, training, and eLearning platform• Runs on Adobe Flash Player
– Already installed on 98% of all computers– No downloads required
– Adobe Connect Add-on required to screen share/upload files
• Interactive features:– Whiteboard– Streaming video– Screen sharing– Quizzes (via Adobe Presenter)– Flash animations– Pubic and private chat– Breakout rooms– Extensions
Getting Started With Adobe Connect• Logging into Acrobat Connect Pro• Creating your own meeting• A/V setup• Layouts and Pods • Recording a Meeting• Attendee roles and permissions• Sharing (presentations, files, desktop, etc…) • Breakout Rooms• Current uses on campus
Login to Acrobat Connect Pro Access your account: http://wisc.na4.acrobat.com
Create a personal room using Custom URLs Username = Full email address Password = LDAP Password Home Page Content Tab Meetings Tab My Scheduled Meetings
Create Your Own Meeting
Meeting Name is editable
Create a Custom URL with your login name, (optionally, create another with an ambiguous name).
Select your access permissions.
It is a good practice to add meeting details such as date created, meeting owner, if this meeting is a
one time use, etc…
Date and Duration do not need to be updated unless you plan to
have Connect send the meeting invitations.
A/V Setup
• Connection speed– Meeting/Manage My Settings/My Connection
Speed/LAN • Audio Setup– Meeting/Manage My Settings/Audio Setup Wizard
• Video Setup– Meeting/Manage My Settings/Select Camera
Layout and Pods (Demo)
• 3 Standard layouts– Sharing– Discussion– Collaboration– Custom layouts
• Pods– Customizable– Resizable– Sharable
Extensions
• Ex. Doorbell• Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro User Communityhttp://www.connectusers.com/learning_center/extensions/• Adobe Connect Exchange Prohttp://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/
Recording a Meeting
• Meeting/Record Meeting– Enter the title and summary information into the
dialogue box– Once you push the record button it notifies the
participants that they are being recorded– You can stop the recording by pushing the “Stop
Recording” button in the upper-right corner
Viewing a Recording
• Meeting/Manage Meeting Information/Recordings– Recordings are available almost instantly– All links and files still work – Can be made available offline as Flash Video files
Attendee Rolls• Participant
Captive Audience Limited Permissions Chat/Q&A/Polls
Presenter Main role is to share content (Share Pod and Notes) Different view Voice/Camera /Polls / File Share / etc
Host Administrator of meeting - Start/stop/block Attendee privileges/access/removal/promotion Create pods and layouts
There can be more than one Host or Presenter at a time
Sharing Supported file types:
PowerPoint files (PPT, PPTX) MP3 FLV SWF JPG
Options for screen sharing: Desktop Window Application
Note: You can convert non-supported files (.doc, .xls) using FlashPaper
Breakout Rooms
• Divides participants into smaller discussion groups• Meeting/Create Breakouts…• The breakout menu is only visible to hosts• Assign users to rooms (auto/manually)• Begin Breakouts (green light)• New user view (send msg to host, lower title, truncated
attendee list, new controls share/talk)• New host view (send msg to all rooms, move between
rooms)• To end click the “Breakouts Active” button
Current uses of Adobe Connect on over 3,000 college campuses
• Faculty/TA office hours• Lecture capture• Conferences• Peer-to-peer tutoring• Research group collaborations
• How might you use Adobe Connect?
How do I get Adobe Connect?
• Licenses can be purchased through the DoIT Tech Store ($100/year).
• Instructors of credit (timetable) courses are eligible for a subsidized license at no cost through DoIT Academic Technology.
• Licenses expire on June 30 and are renewable on an annual basis.
How do I get Adobe Connect? (cont.)
• Important: Licenses can only be obtained for individuals, not departments or groups.
• Each individual license holder has the ability to host a meeting with up to 100 total attendees.
• License holders may create an unlimited number of meeting rooms, however, the license holder can only use one of their rooms at any one time and rooms cannot be accessed unless the license holder is present. License holders must be individuals, not groups or generic logins, and a license cannot be shared between more than one individual.
Contact Info
Jeff BohrerDoIT, Sr. AT Consultant [email protected]
Paul ZenkeDoIT, eLearning Specialist [email protected]