Adobe® Connect™
What is Adobe® Connect™ Meeting?
Adobe® Connect™ is WSU Extension’s supported web conferencing application that provides the delivery of real-time course lectures and meetings. Users only need a Flash-enabled web browser and an Internet connection to participate in these live (synchronous) online sessions. Adobe® Connect™ allows great flexibility to deliver rich content, including streaming audio, video, and software demonstrations. Additionally, this package offers various collaboration tools that can be customized to facilitate various lecture, training, and meeting situations. The uploaded meeting room content is automatically maintained for future sessions, which dramatically reduces preparation time.
Adobe Connect Meeting Environment. View Details.
To test your system for compatibility with the system, access this site: http://breeze.wsu.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
For a quick overview of Adobe® Connect™ go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
Note: At this time, Voice over IP is limited through the WSU Extension system. The current best practice is to additionally schedule the voice section through the “meet me” phone bridge through MeetingPlace.
Whom do I contact for Adobe Connect Meeting Support?
If you to wish to set up a Connect meeting, have general questions about getting started, need help prior to hosting, help prior to participating in a meeting, or creating an account please contact Computing and Web Resources Technical Support at cwr.support@wsu.edu or go to: http://eces.wsu.edu/cwr/supportqueue.html
Is There a Cost Associated with Adobe® Connect™ Meeting?
Adobe® Connect™ is available for free to all faculty and staff at WSU Extension.
Can I download the Adobe® Connect™ Plug-in?
Adobe® Connect™ Meeting uses the Flash Player, which is probably already installed on your computer. If not, you can download the Flash Player from the Adobe Web site. If you will be presenting at meetings, you will need an additional add-in, which you can get by running the Adobe Connect Connection Test. If you are already in a meeting room, you can use the Connect Help Menu to install the plug-in.
To create a meeting with an Adobe Connect account and begin using Adobe® Connect™ open the following URL in your web browser: http://breeze.wsu.edu.
Meeting Host:
- Meeting Roles and User Interface Overview (video)
- Adobe® Connect™ Quick Start Guide (video)
- Connect Pro Meeting Visual Quick Start Guide (.PDF)
- Getting Started with Adobe® Connect™ (HTML)
- Optimizing Meeting Performance (video)
- Recording a Meeting (video) (Note: Recording a meeting requires Voice over IP, VOIP, to record both audio and video. WSU Extension does not guarantee VOIP is a reliable service at this time. 7/10/2009.)
Meeting Participant
- Setting Up your Computer for Voice Over IP (video)
- Using Voice over IP (VoIP) Audio (video)
- Participating in a Connect Pro Meeting Visual Quick Start Guide (.PDF)
- Getting Started with Adobe® Connect™ (HTML)
Managing & Organizing your Meeting Space
- Managing Layouts (video) (Advanced feature)
- Managing Pods (video) (Advanced feature)
- Manage Meeting Attendees (video) (Basic feature)
- Using the Camera and Voice Pod (Basic features)
- Sharing Webcam Video (video)
- How to use an External Webcam with Connect Pro on a Mac with a built in iSight camera (video) (Basic feature)
- Video Best Practices (video)
- Webcam Best Practices (video)
- Using the Universal Talk Feature
- Using Voice over IP audio (video) (Note: WSU Extension does not guarantee that VOIP is a reliable service at this time. 7/10/2009.)
- Setting Up your Computer for Voice Over IP (video) (Note: WSU Extension does not guarantee that VOIP is a reliable service at this time. 7/10/2009.)
- Using Voice over IP (VoIP) Audio (video) (Note: WSU Extension does not guarantee that VOIP is a reliable service at this time. 7/10/2009.)
- Using the Acoustic Magic Voice Tracker Array Microphone with VOIP (.PDF) (Advanced feature)
- Visual Quick Start Guide : Getting Started with VOIP in Adobe® Connect™(video) (Note: WSU Extension does not guarantee that VOIP is a reliable service at this time. 7/10/2009.)
- Using the Chat Pod (video) (Basic feature)
- Using the Note Pod (video) (Advanced feature)
- Using the Poll Pod (video) (Advanced feature)
- Using the Web Links Pod (video) (Basic feature)
- Using the File Share Pod (video) (Basic feature)
- Using the Sharing Pod
- Screen sharing and Application Sharing (video) (Basic feature)
- Sharing PowerPoint Presentations (video) (Basic feature)
- Sharing Images, Audio, and Custom Flash applications (video) (Basic feature)
- Using Apple Keynote Presentations with Adobe® Connect™ (video) (Advanced feature)
- Using the Full Screen function in your meeting (.PDF) (Basic feature)
- Controlling Another User's Desktop, Applications, or Windows (video) (Advanced feature)
- Sharing Flash Video (video) (Advanced feature)
- Using the Whiteboard (video) (Basic feature)
- Presenter Only Area (video) (Basic feature)
- Using the Q & A Pod (video) (Advanced feature)
- An Introduction to Breakout Rooms (video) (Advanced feature)
- Manage and Monitor Meeting Bandwidth (HTML) (Basic feature)
Frequently Asked Questions
Review the Acrobat Connect Pro Meeting FAQs and the Acrobat Connect Pro User Community for assistance with frequently asked questions.
Does WSU Extension Offer Instructor-Led Training for Adobe® Connect™?
Yes. Instructor-Led training for Adobe Connect is currently an on-demand class. Webinars have been presented throughout the system on how to use Connect and will be repeated as demand dictates. If a group of you are interested in this type of training, contact Jim Lindstrom at Jlindstr@wsu.edu to schedule.
System Requirements (Basic feature)
Test your computer to make sure that your computer meets the hardware and software requirements for participating in an Adobe® Connect™ meeting.
Additional Resources
Capturing and Encoding Video for use in Adobe® Connect™
- Video Best Practices for Adobe® Connect™
- Camera Test: What Yields the Best Results in Adobe Acrobat Connect?
- Using Captivate 3 with Connect Pro
- Sharing Content in Breakout Rooms
- Selecting a Microphone
- Improving Accessibility for Disabled Users in Connect Pro Meetings
- Contact CWR Technical Support or Jim Lindstrom for suggested Headsets, Web cams, and microphones.
Research & Articles
- Is Online Life a Breeze? A Case Study for Promoting Synchronous Learning in a Blended Graduate Course by Yun Jeong Park and Curtis J. Bonk for the MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning.
- The Battle of the Online Conferencing Systems
- Student Engagement Strategies
- Ten Tips for Writing and Delivering Effective Poll and Survey Questions
- Selecting a Virtual Classroom System: Elluminate vs. Macromedia Breeze(Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional) by Shauna Schullo, Melissa Venable, Ann E. Barron, and Amy Hilbelink for the MERLOT Journal of Online Teaching and Learning.
- 144 Tips on Synchronous E-Learning Strategy + Research by Adobe for the E-Learning Guild.
- Synchronous Learning Experiences: Distance and Residential Learners’ Perspectives in a Blended Graduate Course by Yun Jeong Park and Curtis J. Bonk for Journal of Interactive Online Learning.
- Learning When You’re Not There: a case study of a virtual interactive classroom by Ryan C. LaBrie and Gregory S. Debo.
- Using Adobe Acrobat Connect to Promote Online Community
- A Lean Approach to Engineering Education online by Brian Mulligan, Brian Coll and Grace Corcoran for International Symposium for Engineering Education.
- Adobe® Connect™ Pro and Presenter Beef Up Elearning Features by David Nagel for Campus Technology.
- Imagining Tomorrow's Future Today by Art St. George and the 2007 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee for Educause Review.
- Top Synchronous Training Myths and Realities by Nanette Miner for Learning Circuits.
- How Dale Maeder Grades Participation in His Online Courses by Dale Maeder from UCLA
- The Value of Using Synchronous Conferencing for Instruction and Students by Michael M. Grant and Jongpil Cheon for the Journal of Interactive Online Learning.
- Asynchronous and Synchronous E-Learning by Stefan Hrastinski for the EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4 (October–December 2008).
- Synchronous Teaching and Learning Experiences Mediated by Macromedia Breeze Collaboration Tool and Telephone Conference Tool by Yun Jeong Park and Curtis J. Bonk of Indiana University for Sloan-C.
- The Synchronous Trainer's Survival Guide by Jennifer Hofman
- Synchronous Meetings:A Way to Put Personality in an Online Class by Barba Aldis, PATTON, Ed. D. for The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE) October 2008.
- Synchronous Communication in an Online Course, a post on the University of Houston Victoria blog.
- Discussion Paper: How Important are Synchronous Tools in Web Based Teaching and Learning Environments, by Michael Coghlan.
- Student Engagement Strategies for Adobe® Connect™ Meetings by Rochester Institute of Technology
Resource info:
Connect Meeting Quick Start Resources
- Pre-flight Checklist
- Request an online meeting room
- Adobe® Connect™ Quick Start Guide (video)
- Step-by-step:
Creating a Meeting
Launching a Meeting - Meeting Roles and User Interface Overview (video)
- Connect Pro Meeting Visual Quick Start Guide (.PDF)
- Getting Started with Adobe® Connect™ (HTML)
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