Adobe Connect
What is Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect (formerly Breeze) is a web conferencing and data collaboration tool. It provides you with a virtual meeting/classroom environment for sharing your presentations, images, and desktop applications with remote participants. You can also take advantage of features like a digital whiteboard, text chat, polling, and audio/video broadcasting. To attend your web meeting, your students need only a Web browser with the Flash plugin (almost all computers have this already) and a broadband Internet connection.
Why might I use Adobe Connect?
- To deliver online classes
- To invite remote guest speakers to your class
- To hold online virtual office hours
- To provide students with collaboration and presentation space
- To provide remote desktop support and training
How do I get started?
See the IU Connect Meeting Service site for basic information, including links to:
- Apply for an account
- Download the appropriate players and plug-ins
- View the Getting Started materials and documentation
Articles of Interest
Instructional Techniques
- Hosting Meetings (web page): This document from Penn State contains scenarios, tips, and how-to documentation for coordinating attendees, accommodating guest speakers, moderating questions, etc.
- Best Practices for Delivering Virtual Classroom Training (pdf): This paper from Adobe provides some useful tips for teaching online and/or delivering remote presentations.
- Case Study: Indiana University (pdf): This report profiles Megan Palmer's use of Connect to engage students in active learning in online and hybrid classes.