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 […]
Category: Connect 11
How do I use the new QuizConnect Pod?
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 […]
How can I have attendees virtually sign, or agree to a document or terms?
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 […]
How can I manage access to my rooms after the update to Connect v11.2?
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, […]
Can I check my account to see what content I have that is or is not HTML compliant?
As Flash Player has been phased out of Connect with Connect 11, you may want to identify content that you have uploaded or that is in rooms that you need to convert or replace. Note that you can buy yourself some time to update your rooms and content by managing the transition as I have […]
Connect 11 – This is confusing…how can I manage my transition to the upgrade?
The upgrade of your account to Connect 11 is going to make you nervous. Here is what you can do to give yourself some breathing room (and probably a little more sleep). The relative complexity of these settings is a result of the many different requests from Connect users to support older browsers, traditional workflows, […]
Connect 11 – New Manual Available for GetConnect Clients
I have spent some time rewriting the manual ‘Getting Started with Adobe Connect 11 Rooms’. It has been completely updated to Connect 11 (HTML interface and features). This 64 page manual should cover everything you need to know about your Connect rooms. I have also added detailed sections on editing recordings, breakout room use and […]
Connect 11 Transition FAQ
If you have any additional questions to add to this list, please email me directly at [email protected] Connect Account Q. When is my Connect account going to be upgraded to Connect V11? A. If you are on the ‘hosted/cloud/multi-tenant’ deployment of Connect (your account URL is in the form ‘companyname.adobeconnect.com) you will be upgraded on […]
Connect 11 – How to transition on ‘Day One’
The change from Connect v10 to Connect v11 is a huge one, finally removing the last vestiges of Flash Player. Even though the call to remove any dependency on Flash Player has been strong, not everyone is able to make the move at the same rate and the initial plan for v11 was ‘all-or-nothing’…meaning on […]
Connect 11 Training Materials
This blog post will serve as the ‘one-stop-shopping’ place for training materials for the Adobe Connect v11 release. We will continue to add to these resources as new materials are created. Note – For the time-being, I *suggest* you use the Adobe Connect Desktop App. to view the recordings. You can use the current HTML […]