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Adobe Connect 1
Adobe Connect
1 Background
Adobe® Connect™ is an enterprise web conferencing solution for online meetings, eLearning, and webinars used by leading corporations and government agencies. And it's based on Adobe Flash® technology, so you can deliver rich interactions that participants can join easily.
2 How to create a Meeting using Adobe Connect
1. First log a Call-IT so that you can be promoted to a host in other words to be enabled to create meetings.
2. When you are granted, go to the URL: http://econference.nwu.ac.za
3. Login with your email address and your Novell password (the one you use in the morning).
4. Click the Meeting button next to Create New: to create a new meeting.
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5. Complete the form with the information of the meeting. Please take note: Fields with red asterisks () are obligatory.
Name: Type the name of the meeting, which must be between 1 and 254 characters long, in the space provided.
Custom URL: Type a name for the URL (address) in the field provided otherwise the system will generates one.
6. Click the Next button after completion of all fields
Select the start date & time of the meeting and the duration
You can use the same name for the URL as what you call the meeting: e.g. webpublishing
Decide which access type
This section is currently under construction
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7. Select the participants whom you want to attend the meeting. For example: Adriaan van Graan (invited) and Elize van Dijken (host). Your name is automatically added and will appear in the column below Current Participants For ... because you are hosting the meeting.
8. To Add the participants, click the Search button and type the surname of the first person to be invited.
9. Scroll down till you find the person’s name; click the name and then the Add button or just double click the person’s name. That person’s name will now appear in the column below Current Participants For … Add the other participants in the same way.
10. To Delete a person, click the name in the column on the right hand side and then the Remove button at the bottom.
11. Click the Next button when done adding all the participants.
Type the surname of the person(s) that you want to invite to the meeting
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12. The feature, Send Invitations, on the next screen allows you the opportunity to send invitations (email) to your participants. The default is: Do not send invitations.
13. Click the Finish button when done.
14. The next screen will contain the detail of the meeting. Click the Logout button at the top on the right-hand side of the screen when done.
3 When entering the Adobe Connect Meeting
Check the following:
You also have a choice as to which participants you want sending an invitation.
The email will include the URL, start time, end time and description of the meeting.
You can also add other information in the message if necessary.
Click this option to progress to the meeting
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3.1 Your Speakers
3.2 Microphone
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3.3 Webcam
4 How to share a document in Adobe Connect
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5 Options in Adobe Connect
Main Menu: Home, Content, Meetings, Reports, Administration
5.1 Home
5.2 Content
The host can use this option to upload files that need to be shared with other participants.
5.2.1 Uploading a file
1. Click the New Content button to upload a file.
Info that the host can view
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2. On the following screen:
3. Click the Save button when above has been completed
5.3 Meetings
Show more info about the meetings that have been created.
Permissions is set to default permissions of the system
Browse to a file
File types that maybe uploaded
Enter document title
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5.4 Reports
This option allows you to generate reports - The greyed out areas are not available for use at this stage.
1. Select the type of report you would like to create; for example: a Meeting report by clicking the topic.
Example: Click the down arrow and choose the type of report you want to create.
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5.5 Administration
This option is currently not allowed
Original details: Geraldine Gerhardi(12407496) P:\2011 IT Web Information and Docs\Share Service Catalogue Docs\Adobe Connect Procedure.docm 15 December 2011