PROFESSIONALS IN SURETY BONDING

Presented by: Charnita Lee, Professional Development

December 10, 2014

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SURETY BOND PRODUCERS

Adobe ConnectStaff Demonstration

What is Adobe Connect

Adobe® Connect™ is a web conferencing platform for web meetings, eLearning, and webinars.

You can have real-time, online meetings whenever you want. It integrates the ability to share your screen and all files on your computer, have a phone conference, and broadcast live video from your web camera.

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Requirements• Participants must have the following:

Internet connection• Adobe Connect supports nearly any operating system

• Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris

Web browser Adobe Connect supports most widely used

browsers:• Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome

Adobe Flash Player version 10.1 or greater

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Adobe Connect Roles, Rights and Views• Host (all NASBP staff will have host capabilities)

Schedules meetings & invites guest, adds layouts & pods, uploads content, promotes participants.

• Presenter Adds content or screen share from an existing share

pod, answers questions from a question or chat pod.

• Participant/Attendee Views content being shared, sees & hears presenter’s

audio and webcam, uses polls, questions and chat pods and will be able to speak via the audio-conference connection.

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Set Up• Go to Adobe Connect log-in page. Type in username

and password (there is one shared NASBP username and password).

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Set Up• You’ll be redirected to NASBP’s home page of Adobe

Connect.• Click Seminars tab

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Set Up• Click on Seminar rooms • Click on SeminarLicense20141223142337000 folder

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Set Up• Click and create New Seminar Room

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Set Up• Now create your meeting.

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Set Up

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At end, hit “Finish” (not “next”)

Set Up

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Set Up

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Set Up

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Set Up Click “Allow” and an Outlook email will be created

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Set Up

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Set Up

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Set Up

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Set Up

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Set Up

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting

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Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share whiteboard

Hosting a Meeting

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Sharing Layout – Share whiteboard

Hosting a Meeting

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Features Meeting Tab Layouts Pods Audio

The above features will be reviewed in the next few slides.

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Meeting Tab• Manage Access & Entry• Preferences • Audio Setup Wizard• Record Meeting• Switch to Prepare Mode• Presenter Only Area• Full Screen• End Meeting• Exit Adobe Connect

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Layouts• Create new layout

Create a new blank layout or duplicate an existing layout

• Available layouts Lobby – has NASBP logo with welcome Sharing – will be used the most. Discussion Collaboration

• Manage layouts and reset layouts Format order of layout types

• Open layout bar

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Pods• Share• Notes• Attendees• Video• Chat• Files• Web Links• Poll• Q&A• Move and Resize Pods• Manage Pods

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Audio• Microphone rights for participants• Enable single speaker mode• Audio conference settings

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Resources

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The Adobe Connect website has information and holds demos every week on using the software: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/connect/9.0/using/index.html

There’s an Adobe Connect info folder on the L drive with additional information: L:\Professional Development\Virtual Seminars\Adobe Connect info

Questions?If you do not have the opportunity to have your question addressed during the seminar, you may contact the presenter directly:

Name: Charnita LeeCompany: National Association of Surety Bond ProducersEmail: clee@nasbp.org

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