There will be session that you want to limit only to a specific group of attendees. Typically this would be a discussion of confidential information or programs. While there is no way you can guarantee that the session is completely secure (we cannot stop an attendee videoing the screen or even re-sharing the room using […]
If you have a lobby where your attendees are waiting before your session starts, you can play music by loading an MP3 into a Share Pod. But what if you want to have your attendees choose their own waiting music. Here we describe how you can do this using just PowerPoint and some .wav music […]
I am often asked what audio devices work well with Connect. This is pretty subjective as ‘what works well’ can relate to convenience, fidelity and comfort. The recording below covers 6 of my audio device options and you can make your own decisions on where you might fit in. I have also included below my […]
The QuizConnect Pod is an excellent interactive, customizable, gamification and competitive pod created by Adobe’s Alistair Lee. Some of you may have used the previous version, but this version has the excellent advantage of a quiz creator as well (previously, you would need to edit a text file to create quizzes and it was reasonably […]
You may have situations where you want your attendees to acknowledge that they have read a document in your room, or even to sign the document. At this time, fillable PDF forms do not work in Adobe Connect. Below are some workarounds that may help you in this process. Scenario #1 – Use the whiteboard […]
As a part of the accessibility for Adobe Connect, Closed Captioning (CC), has been available in Adobe Connect for a while, but as an extension (essentially and ‘add-on’ app for your Connect rooms). In Connect v11.2, the CC functionality has been embedded into the core product. This blog post covers how to use this CC […]
As of today’s date (February 19th 2021), Adobe has released a new version of the Connect Desktop App., essentially, this is the desktop app. designed to work with Connect v11.2. Additional Resource – for more information on ‘How can I manage access to my rooms after the update to Connect v11.2?’, see my blog post […]
Overview Connect 11.2 is being released in late February 2021. You can see the exact date for your account to updated from the widget in the link below: Adobe Connect Downloads and Updates The Connect v11.2 release will not be forced as a Desktop App. update, but it is likely you will want to upgrade, […]
In Connect v11 there is the option to allow multiple subtitle tracks to an MP4 that is displayed in your Connect room. In this scenario, each attendee in your room can choose to display the subtitles for the movie independently…so one use might choose ‘English’ as their subtitle track, another user might choose ‘French’. Each […]
Unfortunately, in Connect 11 there is a known issue where PowerPoint slides can advance on their own. The Connect team is aware and working on this, but in the meantime, there are some workarounds. What is Happening? – The slides are essentially ‘playing’ in the mode of an Adobe Presenter presentation. To be clear, this […]