The document provides an overview of Adobe Connect training for conducting online meetings and virtual classrooms. It outlines the learning goals, describes the key features of Adobe Connect including accessing the software, meeting roles, presentation and interaction tools. It also offers best practices for using the virtual classroom tools effectively such as knowing your audience and developing an engaging presentation style.

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Adobe Connect Training
How to Conduct a Meeting
By: Kari Busard

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Learning Goals
① Access Adobe Connect
② Learn Adobe Connect functions and attributes
③ Learn Video and Audio capabilities
④ Learn Best Practices for Virtual Classrooms

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Adobe Connect Overview
① What is Adobe Connect?
② How can I use Adobe Connect?
③ What are the benefits of Adobe Connect over other virtual
software?

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What is Adobe Connect?
 A web conferencing tool for
online meetings, eLearning,
and webinars
 Uses Flash-enabled web
browser and an Internet
connection to participate in
synchronous online sessions.
 Many instant features to make
your web conferencing
experience easy and efficient

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How Can I Use Adobe Connect?
 Meetings
 Conduct multi-participant meetings with video and audio features
 Online Classrooms
 Teach students from all over the world using file sharing
 E-learning
 Hold seminars for a wide audience with file sharing

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How Does it Compare?

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Create an Adobe
Connect Meeting
① Set-Up
② Meeting Roles
③ Meeting Functions and Attributes
④ Video and Audio Capabilities

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Setting Up a Meeting
 All online
 Sign in with username and
password

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Setting Up a Meeting
 Create a new meeting
 Specify Date and Time
 Describe your meeting
 Set user access
 Share the URL with your
participants
 Now just wait for
them to join!
 EASY AS PIE!

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Meeting Roles
 Three Roles
 Host
 Presenter
 Participant Relationships of Roles:
Host = Principal
Presenter = Teacher
Participant = Student

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Meeting Roles - Host
 Hosts – Managers of the Adobe Connect Session
 Has FULL control
 Set-up meeting and invite participants
 Control the meeting layout
 Determine who is a presenter and participant
 Eject, demote, or promote users
Host = Principal

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Meeting Roles - Presenter
 Presenters – Those who are conducting the meeting or
presentation
 Has MODERATE access
 Full presentation control
Presenter = Teacher

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Meeting Roles - Participant
 Participant– Those who are conducting the meeting or
presentation
 Has LIMITED access
 Can listen, view, and chat
 Can interact with participant initiated questions and polls
Participant = Student

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Pods – What You Can Do
 Present information
 File sharing (ex: Word
Document, PowerPoint
 Share Desktop
 Direct Participants to
Websites
 Interact with Participants
 Create a Poll
 Have a Q & A
 Chat

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Share Pod
 What you can share
 Documents
 Word, PowerPoint,
Excel, Etc
 Choose from files on
your computer
 Whiteboard
 Write, Draw, type,
share ideas in real-
time
 Computer Screen
 Share your desktop

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Attendee List
 View who is in the room
 Change various
privileges for each
attendee
 Change access rights
 Change Raise Hand
Status

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Chat
 Chat with participants
while conducting the
training
 Answer questions
 Clarify confusion
 You or a moderator can
monitor chat

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Note
 Functions just like Word
 Share a note with
attendees
 Talking point to discuss
later
 Extra information for
your attendees
 Information they can
view on there own at
a later date
 Extra Resources

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Poll
 Create your own Poll
 Choose your own topic
and create your own
answers
 Multiple Choice
 Multiple Answers
 Track Responses

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Weblinks
 Direct attendees to a
website in one click
 Adobe Connect
automatically opens your
desired webpage on all
attendees desktops

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Video and Audio
 Broadcast Video and Audio to
all attendees
 Choose one or the other
 Control audio and video of
attendees

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Recording
 Record your meeting or training
in 1-click
 Allows attendees to review
information on their own
 Share your session in other
venues
 YouTube
 Conferences
 Networking

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Virtual Classroom Best
Practices
① Know Your Audience
② Have a Presentation Style

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Best Practices
 Know Your Audience
 What does your audience already know
 What is their role? (Faculty, Students, Administration)
 Determines content you include and the amount of explanation
provided

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Best Practices
 Know Your Presentation Style
 Holding Attention
 Think about what you find appealing?
 Take from TV, Radio shows
 Classroom to Online
 Stories: Keep them brief and relevant
 Practice until you are comfortable with the content
 Have visual content – video, photos, websites. Have more than you
need
 Announce if you need a minute for technical difficulty, or to find
something
 Briefly introduce your self via video – allows attendees to connect to you
 Ask users to introduce themselves via chat or poll

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Q&A and Practice Session

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Evaluations