using adobe connect for video conference meeting attendees
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Using Adobe Connect for Video Conference
Meeting attendees
Join meeting
• Select the meeting link provided in email• The first time you join, download Adobe
Connect add in – takes only seconds– Ensure flash player is current
• Enter your name in the ‘guest’ area
• Turn on webcamera– Select icon and ‘start my webcam’– Or select ‘start my webcam’
• You will need to connect ‘start sharing’
• Turn on microphone Select icon and ‘connect audio’
Hints and trouble shoot
• Highly suggest if there are more than 2-3 attendees, that you use headphone with built-in microphone – iphone/ipod earbuds w mic work very well
• If one person is talking a long time, others mute their microphone
• If you can not connect speakers, mic, walk through set up
Sharing documents/desktop
• PDF, powerpoint files can be shared
• Other files need to be viewed via ‘sharing your desktop’– Share desktop – only hosts
• Share my screen• Select desktop
– Hint – close everything else on your desktop
• Open file and proceed• At end – stop sharing by closing file
and selecting adobe icon, then ‘stop sharing’
Sharing documents/desktop
• PDF, powerpoint files can be shared
• Select ‘share document’– Follow browser to your
document– Upload
• To change documents to share, select share document and change to one you wish to share
Host information• Host joins on• At start, ensure microphone
rights for participants and enable webcams
• Finally, host can promote participants to hosts to allow them to share screen – drop and drag the participant to the desired level
Sharing desktop• If using a Mac, to share a desktop, ensure current
adobe flash is downloaded (will ask you to if you don’t).
• Then will need to allow safari to access adobe website – in safari select ‘safari’ then ‘preferences’ then ‘manage website settings’
Sharing desktop• Then under smfm…. Select allow always or ‘run in
unsafe mode’