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The Basic and New Features Of MSU Centralized Adobe Connect Pro 7.5
2010 MSU IT Conference
Breakout Session 3
Presented by Catherine Zhang
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What is Adobe Connect
• Adobe Connect is a web communication system that lets users engage in web conferencing in real time as well as multimedia content
• Adobe Connect Pro (real time meeting)• Adobe Presenter
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Topics
Background of MSU centralized Adobe Connect
General features of Adobe Connect Pro
Introduction to new features in Adobe Connect Pro 7.5
Help and Support
Create and manage content and meetings
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Background of MSU Centralized Adobe Connect
• In 2005, MSU Breeze system was centralized from College of Veterinary Medicine
• In 2008, Breeze has been upgraded and rebranded by the vendor to Adobe Connect after Adobe bought Macromedia
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Timeline of Breeze/Adobe Connect at MSU
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What you need to use Adobe Connect
Computer and Internet connection
A Web Browser
Adobe Flash Player
Windows
Mac
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Web Conferencing Solutions
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General Features of Adobe Connect Pro
• Meeting module
• Training module• Events module
• Meeting module
• Presenter module
• Training module
• Events module
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Meeting Module
• The meeting module is a technology Adobe using to facilitate live meetings over the internet. Meeting module is used to create meeting rooms
• The meeting room is an online application that you use to conduct a meeting
• The meeting room consists of various display panels (pods) and components
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Presenter Module
• Adobe® Presenter is a plug-in to Microsoft PowerPoint
• Presenter functions are accessed from within PowerPoint on the menu bar
• Saved in different format. Such as SWF, PDF, PPT or PPTX and PPCX , for publishing or uploading to Connect Pro Server
• Presenter enables authors to create content
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Training Module
The Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Trainingapplication consists of the following:• Content• Courses• Curriculums• Virtual classrooms
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Events Module
• An event is a meeting, seminar, presentation, course, curriculum, or virtual classroom wrapped with pre-event and post-event management features
• Event management features include registration, reminders, and event-tracking surveys and reports
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Universal Voice
• Stream a live telephone audio conference to Adobe Connect Pro Meeting and allow participants to listen using VOIP
• Works with any audio (phone) provider• No additional software to install• No more cost to participants• Meeting can be recorded and accessed later
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Share PDF files in meeting rooms
• PDF files are automatically converted to SWF files to be shared in the meeting rooms
• Uploaded to content library, the PDF files are stored in the content library as PDF files
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Support and Status links in the Meeting Room Help menu
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Contact support and system status links in meeting room
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Improved Microsoft® PowerPoint support
• Share PPTX documents in meetings in higher fidelity, including documents that contain smart art, charts, text, and shape effects
• Use less bandwidth to view PowerPoint content by pre-loading PPT or PPTX content to a meeting room
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•Increased accessibility functionality
•New iPhone application
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Summary of Major Features
Meeting rooms Max meeting size 80,000 *
Cross-platform Screen sharing
Chat, notes, whiteboard Teleconferencing
Audio through computer speaker/mic Persistent content in meeting rooms
Meeting recordings Customizable layouts
Multiple meeting rooms per user Polling
Audio/video upload (MP3 and FLV) Central content library
Course and curriculum/learning management
Event management
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Help and Support
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MSU User Support Contact
Distance Learning Services (DLS)
517-355-2345 or 1-800-500-1554 Email (contact form): https://contact.cl.msu.edu/contact.php?service=breeze
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Training class offered at MSU for Adobe Connect Pro Service
• Adobe Presenter & Connect training classhttp://train.msu.edu
• Upcoming class on 10/6/2010• Enroll online
http://lcttpenroll.msu.edu/
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Adobe Connect Help Resources
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Create and Manage Content and Meeting
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Content
• Content refers to files stored in the Acrobat Connect Pro content library
• Content can be any of the following file types: PPT, PPTX, FLV, SWF, PDF, GIF, JPG, PNG, MP3, HTML, or ZIP
• No individual user information is stored with content
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Major operations for content
•Create Content•Update content•Managing Content
•Create Folders•Edit file or folder information•Move files or folders•Delete a file or folder
•View data about content
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Create Content
• Start with “Content” from the “Create New” bar
• Locate and select the target file to upload
• Give a title to the new content file
• The new content file is assigned a unique URL (manually or automatically)
• “Invalid file format selected” error message appears if the target file format is not supported
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Update Content
•Content Content List
•Navigate to select the content file to be updated
•Locate and select the new content file to upload
•Save
•The new content file overwrites the old one
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Managing Content
•Create folders
•Move files or folders
•Edit file or folder information
•Delete a file or folder
•View the usage statistical data about the content
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Create folders
• Content My Content or Shared Content
• Navigate through the file structure for location
• New Folder
• Name the folder and fill in folder info
• Save
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Edit file or folder information
• Content My Content
• Navigate to and select the target file or folder
• Edit Information link
• Save
• You are allowed edit file name and associated information but not the URL
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Move files or folders
• Content My Content
• Navigate to and select the target file or folder
• Move
• Select the destination folder
• Move
• The URL to the moved file remains unchanged.
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Delete a file or folder---be careful!
• Content My Content
• Navigate to and select the target file or folder
• Delete
• Confirm Delete
• The content is removed permanently. Check if any modules are still using (linked to) this content before deleting.
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View data about Content
• Content Content Dashboard
• View the graphic charts and list about Content over the last 30 days:
Most viewed content---by the number of times viewed
Most effective presentations---by percentage of slides viewed across all viewers
Most recently viewed content (in sorted list)
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Meeting
• Adobe Connect Pro Meeting is a live online conference for multiple users
• The meeting room is an online application that you use to conduct a meeting
• The meeting room consists of various display panels (pods) and components
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Major operations for meetings• Create meeting• Create and use meeting room templates• Start a meeting• Enter a meeting• Manage meetings• Edit meeting information• View and modify a participant list• Change a participant’s meeting permission• Send meeting invitations for an existing meeting• Viewing Data About Meeting
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Create meeting
•Start the Meeting wizard
•Enter meeting information
•Select meeting participants
•Send invitations
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Create and use meeting room templates
• A template is simply a meeting room that has already been designed. It can contain one or several layouts with different display panels (pods), configurations and content
• Applying a template to a meeting reduces repetitive customization effort
• Default meeting templates available--- 3 layouts: Sharing, Discussion, and Collaboration
• An existing meeting room can be converted to a template
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Start a meeting
As a host:
• Log in to your meeting room
• Invite others via email, instant message
• Specify meeting information
• Accept or decline requests to join the meeting
• Rearrange pods and type in notes
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Enter a meeting• Home page My Meetings
• Locate desirable meeting
• Open
Or
• Meetings Click on specific meeting
• Click on Enter Meeting Room
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Email URL
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Manage Meetings
• Edit meeting information• View and modify a participant list
• View a meeting participant list• Add meeting participants• Remove meeting participants• Change a participant’s meeting permission
• Send meeting invitations for an existing meeting
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Viewing Data About Meeting
•Meeting Meeting Dashboard
•View graphic charts about meetings over the last 30 days:
Most Active Meetings---by number of sessions
Most Participant Meetings---by number of participants
Most Viewed Recordings---by number of times the meeting is viewed
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