CommTools: Adobe Connect Professional

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Adobe Connect Professional at UC Davis

IET-Academic Technology Services (IET-ATS) will begin charging for the Adobe Connect service on January 1, 2012. Host privileges for Adobe Connect will cost $32 per month per host. Hosts can create meeting rooms with up to 100 participants (including the host) in a room. For meetings over 100 participants, IET-ATS offers a pay-per-use seminar room that can accommodate up to 300 users.

To gain, or retain access to Adobe Connect, use the "Request UC Davis Adobe Connect account" link to sign up and provide all of your information WITH a billing account (and subaccount if applicable). The SLA on the sign-up page outlines all pertinent information, including billing and responsibilities. If IET-ATS does not have this information by December 28, 2011, access to your account will be turned off. Once your account is turned off, you will no longer have access to meeting recordings. You have until December 28th to download your recordings. Instructions for doing this can be found here: http://iet.ucdavis.edu/teaching/ac_meeting_recordings/.

If you have questions regarding this change or anything else about the service, please do not hesitate to contact connectpro@ucdavis.edu or call Jennifer Radke at 530-752-1260.

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES (ANR) FACULTY AND STAFF ONLY
Everyone in the ANR Directory already has an account on the Adobe Connect Pro server hosted by Adobe and the charges mentioned above do not apply to you. Go to your ANR Portal and click on Adobe Connect under My Links. Updated information about ANR's use of Adobe Connect Pro will always be available there.

If you have an account you can log in at:
http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/.

Detailed Feature List

Presentation Tools

upload and share any printable document converted to Flash (using FlashPaper)
direct support for PowerPoint, Flash, and Captivate, including high-resolution graphics, animations, and streaming video
enhanced PowerPoint presentations created with Adobe Presenter

Communication Tools

internet audio broadcasting
multipoint video conferencing (supports USB or FireWire webcams, with support for multiple simultaneous video attendees)
public, private and moderated chat
moderated Q&A
polling tools

Collaboration Tools

whiteboard and annotation tools (can be applied to any shared content)
application and desktop sharing (including remote desktop control)
file sharing tool allows upload/download of any file type (no viewing)

Meeting room Layout

layouts allow host to organize content and control flow of meeting
standard set of screen layouts (sharing, collaboration, discussion)
user generated layouts and tool (pod) combinations
"presenter mode" used to upload content and arrange meeting room in private

Meeting Management

control meeting start times, participant access, and email invitations
view reports of meeting participants, running time, content
configure multi-level participant permissions
attendee management tool allows host to view participants' role and status
permanent, friendly URLs for meeting rooms