This document provides an overview of the key features and functions for using Adobe Connect as an online meeting and classroom tool. It describes how to set up a meeting room, invite students, share screens, layouts, files, and use features like audio, video, polling, chat and breakout rooms. The summary emphasizes setting up the room, sharing content, and promoting student interactivity through features like icons, chat questions, and small group discussions.

1. Adobe Connect Tutor
https://sites.google.com/site/adobeconnecttutor
Carla Piper, Ed. D.

2. Basics
http://www.brandman.edu/cii/faculty
 Opening room/enabling audio
 Selecting a layout
 Developing a welcome screen
 Saving Chat
 Using the webcam
 Recording presentations
 Accessing presentation link
 Sharing the screen
 Sharing docs/files/weblinks/videos

3. Inviting Your
Students
 From the “Meeting” menu, select
“Manage Meeting Information” for your
web address.
 Students should log in as “Guest”
 Request that they log in with their full
name.
 Send your students the name and web
address for your Room – Example: Piper's
Virtual Classroom:
http://brandman.adobeconnect.com/piperclassroom/

4. Locate your Meeting Room Address:
Manage Meeting Information
Recommendation: Never End Your Meeting – Keep it open!

5. Create a Meeting Room for Each Class

6. Manage your Meeting:
Record Each Session
 Select Record Meeting
 End Meeting and Access
the address of the
recording via Manage
Meeting Settings
 Go to Meetings Tab and
click on Recording
 Copy the URL for
Viewing
 Recommendation: Wait
a few seconds to begin
your meeting audio so
you don’t cut off the
beginning

7. Start Meeting Audio
 Click on Audio to “Start
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Meeting Audio”
Unclick the “Using Phone”
option (Not Available)
Do not use phone option if
you plan to use breakout
rooms since the audio will not
work.
Under Audio – Click on
“Microphone Rights for
Participants.”
Click on Microphone to
“Connect My Audio” to start
your own microphone.

8. Audio
 Click on Microphone to mute (line through mike)
 Notice the indications on your attendees list.
 Recommendation: Have all students click to mute
their microphones until they are ready to speak.
 Click on “Allow” for Camera and Microphone Access

9. Using Webcam:
Recommended for Instructors
 From the camera icon, click on “Start My
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Webcam”
If students are presenting, you will want to “enable
Webcam for Participants
Or click on “Start My Webcam” from your layout
screen.
Preview your webcam view
Make adjustments for lighting/ centering/etc.
Click on “Start Sharing.”

10. Promote Participant to Presenter
 Click on icon for role –
 Host
 Presenter
 Participant
 Click on icon to change the role
 If you are having student presenters –
you may wish to “Auto-Promote
Participants to Presenters.”
 Click on “Manage Access & Entry to
Auto-Promote.
 You can also invite participants from
this window.
 Recommendation: Don’t auto-promote
unless you have a small group
presenting because they will have the
power to change the pods, etc.

11. Room Layouts
Default Layout Screens
 Sharing
 Discussion
 Collaboration
Recommendation:
Copy a previous layout so you don’t
lose the 3 default layouts.

12. Layouts Menu
 Create a New Blank Layout
 Duplicate an Existing
Layout
 Recommendation:
Duplicate an existing layout
that is similar to what you
need.
 Manage Layouts (suggest
you name layouts for
specific types of activities or
by class session)
 Reset when you “over-edit.”

13. Share My Screen
 Share My Screen
(share whatever is
on my computer
screen)
 Share Document
(upload
PowerPoint, Word
document, Excel
File, etc.)
 Share Whiteboard
(collaborative
drawing board)

14. Share my Computer Screen
 Recommendation: Share Desktop
 Great way to share your Blackboard shell, website,
documents, as well as PowerPoints, etc.

15. Sharing Desktop Full Screen
 Be sure your desktop is
“clean” – no personal or
student information!
 Add New Share
 Stop Sharing

16. Sharing Documents
 Browse your computer
to locate the file
(document,
presentation,
spreadsheet, image, etc.)
 Once you have uploaded
files, they will stay in
your account until you
delete them. You would
then select “Uploaded
files.”
 Recommendation:
Upload the files you are
going to use ahead of
time. Highlight the file
you want to share.

17. Sharing
PowerPoints
 PowerPoint
Presentations and Word
documents are the
easiest to use effectively.
 Consider a welcome, an
agenda, or brief
introduction to
discussion questions for
the week, etc.
 Use the forward and back
arrows to move around in
the presentation.

18. PowerPoints with Whiteboard
 Activate the whiteboard
along with your presentation or
document and make notations,
draw arrows, create text boxes,
collaborate, etc. in the
whiteboard.
 Click on “Draw” on the top
menu
 When you are done with your
presentation/discussion, click
on “Stop Sharing.”
 Once you have uploaded a file,
it will remain as an optional
pod unless you delete it.

19. Creating New Layouts from Pods Menu
 Notes
 Attendees
 Video
 Chat
 Files
 Web Links
 Poll
Q&A
 Managing Pods
Example:
Notes Pod

20. Pods: Adding New Share
 Students can download files you have uploaded for
them).
 Go to the Pods menu on the top file bar
 Select Files

21. All Files Stay with Account

22. Sharing Weblinks
 Go to the Pods menu and select Add New Weblinks
 If you want students to visit a website – or several websites
during your session, you might include the web link for
sharing.

23. Videos
 Video must be Flash file
 Flash files not supported
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on ipad, iphone, or android
tablet/phone
Select “Share Document”
and locate your swf video
flash file for upload.
Requires Adobe Connect
extension for viewing
YouTube videos in the share
document window.
Download the custom pod –
Connectube.swf
Upload the swf file to Adobe
Connect under sharing
document
Attend CII
Training!

24. Additional Adobe Extensions
 Locate Adobe Connect Extensions http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect/extend.ht
ml
 Download free extensions to your computer
 Upload the extensions through “Share My Screen”
and select “Document”
Attend CII
Training!

25. Designing Interactive Presentations
 Promoting students to presenters
 Assigning participant roles
 Using the icons or status symbols
 Break out rooms
 Polling students

26. Student Interactivity
 Promote students from participant to presenter when you
want them to share their screen.
 Chat is one of the easiest ways to promote interactivity
 Have students respond to questions or chat on a specific topic
 You can “rename” your chat and use it for specific questions or
attendance
 Go to “Manage Pods” on your top file menu

27. Create Customized Chat Questions
 Ask students to sign in with full
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name, campus, subject matter,
etc.
If you are having audio
problems, you may want to
“Remove Audio Rights from
All”
Ask specific questions and have
everyone answer
Email Chat History to yourself
Great way to take attendance
Add New Chat ahead of time
under the Pods menu
Set up layout with multiple chat
questions in different chat
pods.

28. Prepare Layout with Chat Questions
 Add New Chat ahead of
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time under the Pods
menu
Key Ideas, Attendance,
Files, Attendees, Personal
Welcome Pods
Set up additional chat
pods with specific
questions.
May want to click to show
timestamps so you have
record of time
Email your chat to
yourself as a record.
Require chat responses
on any topic frequently
so that students stay
involved.

29. Using Icons/Status Symbols
 As you are talking, ask for
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students to respond by
using the icons for agree or
disagree, raise hand,
applause, etc.
Icons appear to the right of
the attendees’s name
A pop-up will also appear
Use this tool frequently
during your session so that
students have to participate!
Clear Status when
everyone has answered

30. Watch for Symbols and
Pop-Ups on Status

31. Breakout Rooms
 Perfect for Small Group
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Discussion or Presentation
Click on the Breakout Room Icon
(icon in the middle)
Hold mouse on a name and click on
break out room you would like the
student to go to.
You can add break out rooms by
clicking on the + icon
Click on “Start Breakouts” to have
students begin small group work
Reminder: Do not connect the
phone line or the groups will have
no audio access.

32. Managing Breakout Rooms
 Instructor can post a message
(Example: “1 minute left”)
and then Broadcast Message
 Click on “End Breakout” to
get everyone back to the main
room

33. Polling Students
 From the Pods menu, select “Add New Poll.”
 Type your poll question and each answer on separate line

34. Instructor and Student Views of Poll
 Instructor: Type question and answer responses one per
line.
 Click on Open Poll
 Broadcast Results for student viewing

35. Poll Layout for PowerPoint Questions

36. Mobile Devices and Adobe Connect
 Students can access Adobe Connect Meetings with a Mobile Device.
 Encourage students to use earbuds with a microphone for audio.
 Flash Video is not supported in these mobile devices.