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’