Using Adobe Connect for Video Conference

Meeting attendees

Join meeting

• Select the meeting link provided in email• The first time you join, download Adobe

Connect add in – takes only seconds– Ensure flash player is current

• Enter your name in the ‘guest’ area

• Turn on webcamera– Select icon and ‘start my webcam’– Or select ‘start my webcam’

• You will need to connect ‘start sharing’

• Turn on microphone Select icon and ‘connect audio’

Hints and trouble shoot

• Highly suggest if there are more than 2-3 attendees, that you use headphone with built-in microphone – iphone/ipod earbuds w mic work very well

• If one person is talking a long time, others mute their microphone

• If you can not connect speakers, mic, walk through set up

Sharing documents/desktop

• PDF, powerpoint files can be shared

• Other files need to be viewed via ‘sharing your desktop’– Share desktop – only hosts

• Share my screen• Select desktop

– Hint – close everything else on your desktop

• Open file and proceed• At end – stop sharing by closing file

and selecting adobe icon, then ‘stop sharing’

Sharing documents/desktop

• PDF, powerpoint files can be shared

• Select ‘share document’– Follow browser to your

document– Upload

• To change documents to share, select share document and change to one you wish to share

Host information• Host joins on• At start, ensure microphone

rights for participants and enable webcams

• Finally, host can promote participants to hosts to allow them to share screen – drop and drag the participant to the desired level

Sharing desktop• If using a Mac, to share a desktop, ensure current

adobe flash is downloaded (will ask you to if you don’t).

• Then will need to allow safari to access adobe website – in safari select ‘safari’ then ‘preferences’ then ‘manage website settings’

Sharing desktop• Then under smfm…. Select allow always or ‘run in

unsafe mode’