JAN 2011

WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE CONNECT 8?

RESOURCES FOR BASICS

• Today: What’s New in Connect 8?• Today’s session assumes you’ve used Connect

before• Basic how-to and tips for effective webinars• Creating Engaging Webinars In Adobe Connect• http://

www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/co.shtml#onli

NEW PLUG-IN

• Need to go to test site to download new plug-in and test connection speed• http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/common/hel

p/en/support/meeting_test.htm• Attendees should go there again for new version • Once is enough

• Particularly important for hosts and presenters

ATTENDEE STATUS

• No longer in attendee pod• Now in top toolbar• I put instructions for doing this in my

opening layout• A good idea to put any necessary “how-to”

instructions in your opening layout• They can use chat pod or, if option is enabled

and they have a mike, they can talk

• Let’s try it!

NO MORE LAYOUT NAVIGATION BAR

• Used to move from layout to layout during a presentation

• Sadly, no more…• Use the Layout menu instead

CAMERA AND VOICE POD

• Click “Start My Camera”• Gives you a preview• New step: Click “Start Sharing” to share• Pause is in lower right; roll-over to see• Turn on/off Video in top toolbar pulldown as well

SOUND

• Meeting>Audio Setup Wizard is still there• Essential!!!

• Two new sound icons in toolbar• Speakers• Off, Mute conference, volume

• Microphone• Disconnect, mute, volume• Don’t click the icon!• It’ll disconnect the microphone

AUDIO MENU

• Audio menu allows:• Single Speaker mode• Only one person can talk • Disables mike for other participants• Asterisk means you are the speaker

• Enable Audio For Participants• Multiple speakers• Very easy to step on each other’s sound• Set up ground rules if you use this option

• E.g. – Raise hand before you speak

POD OPTIONS ICONS

• No longer in lower right corner• Now in upper right corner• Specific options depend

on the pod

NOTE POD

• Allows formatting• Text size• Color• Italics• Bullet points

• You can format selected portions of text• Previously it was all or nothing

SHARE POD: START-UP

• Only one pulldown, that shows you all options• Share your screen• Share a PowerPoint, PDF or .jpg• Bring up a whiteboard

SHARE PODS: FULL SCREEN

• For any share pod• An End-user or Presenter option• Participants can go Full screen with any share pod• Click “Full Screen”

• Hosts can go full screen WITHOUT affecting Participant view

• To force full screen as host, go to “Pod Options” and choose “Force Presenter View”

• Then click “Full Screen”

SHARE POD: DRAWING, POINTER

• Whiteboard (Draw) and pointer options are now at top right of pod

• Last and next buttons, and sidebar (which is helpful for speaker’s notes) still at lower left

ACCESSING YOUR NOTES IN POWERPOINT

ATTENDEE POD

• Divides participants into three groups• Hosts, Presenters, Participants

• You CAN’T raise hand from here• Use top toolbar for that

• You can start a private chat from here• Click on the person you wish to chat with

ATTENDEE POD: PROMOTING• Click a name to promote to Presenter or Host

• You can enable their camera and sound from here too

• They need to then turn on their own audio/video from top toolbar

BREAKOUT ROOMS

• Click icon at top of Attendee pod• Drag attendee icons into rooms• Default is to evenly distribute

• Click “Start Breakouts” to start

CHAT POD

• Options pod allows you to:• Change text size and color• Text size change only applies to your screen • Color change will be seen by all

• Start private chat• More convoluted path to a private chat than previous

versions• Easier from Attendees pod

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MORE RESOURCES 1

• Adobe Tutorials and Quickstart Guides• http://www.adobe.com/support/connect/gettingstarted/• Or, Google “Adobe Connect 8”

• Creating Engaging Webinars In Adobe Connect• http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/comptrain/

co.shtml#onli

MORE RESOURCES 2

• Practice Room:• http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/coloprac/

• Iowa State tutorials (Breeze=Connect):• http://www.ext.colostate.edu/breeze/index.html

• Lynda.com tutorials• http://lynda.colostate.edu/• Free, need username and CSU eID

• Connect’s Help menu• http://www.adobe.com/support/connect/gettingstarted/

index.html