P ROFESSIONALS IN S URETY B ONDING Presented by: Charnita Lee, Professional Development December 10, 2014 N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION O F S URETY B OND P RODUCERS Adobe Connect Staff Demonstration

What is Adobe Connect Adobe® Connect™ is a web conferencing platform for web meetings, eLearning, and webinars. You can have real-time, online meetings whenever you want. It integrates the ability to share your screen and all files on your computer, have a phone conference, and broadcast live video from your web camera. 2

Requirements Participants must have the following:  Internet connection Adobe Connect supports nearly any operating system Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris  Web browser  Adobe Connect supports most widely used browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome  Adobe Flash Player version 10.1 or greater 3

Adobe Connect Roles, Rights and Views Host (all NASBP staff will have host capabilities)  Schedules meetings & invites guest, adds layouts & pods, uploads content, promotes participants. Presenter  Adds content or screen share from an existing share pod, answers questions from a question or chat pod. Participant/Attendee  Views content being shared, sees & hears presenter’s audio and webcam, uses polls, questions and chat pods and will be able to speak via the audio-conference connection. 4

Set Up Go to Adobe Connect log-in page. Type in username and password (there is one shared NASBP username and password). 5

Set Up You’ll be redirected to NASBP’s home page of Adobe Connect. Click Seminars tab 6

Set Up Click on Seminar rooms Click on SeminarLicense folder 7

Set Up Click and create New Seminar Room 8

Set Up Now create your meeting. 9

Set Up 10 At end, hit “Finish” (not “next”)

Set Up 11

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Set Up 13

Set Up  Click “Allow” and an Outlook will be created 14

Set Up 15

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Set Up 17

Set Up 18

Set Up 19

Hosting a Meeting 20

Hosting a Meeting 21

Hosting a Meeting 22

Hosting a Meeting 23

Hosting a Meeting 24

Hosting a Meeting 25

Hosting a Meeting 26

Hosting a Meeting 27 Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting 28 Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting 29 Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting 30 Sharing Layout – Share My Screen

Hosting a Meeting 31

Hosting a Meeting 32 Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting 33 Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting 34 Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting 35 Sharing Layout – Share Document

Hosting a Meeting 36 Sharing Layout – Share whiteboard

Hosting a Meeting 37 Sharing Layout – Share whiteboard

Hosting a Meeting 38

Features  Meeting Tab  Layouts  Pods  Audio The above features will be reviewed in the next few slides. 39

Meeting Tab Manage Access & Entry Preferences Audio Setup Wizard Record Meeting Switch to Prepare Mode Presenter Only Area Full Screen End Meeting Exit Adobe Connect 40

Layouts Create new layout  Create a new blank layout or duplicate an existing layout Available layouts  Lobby – has NASBP logo with welcome  Sharing – will be used the most.  Discussion  Collaboration Manage layouts and reset layouts  Format order of layout types Open layout bar 41

Pods Share Notes Attendees Video Chat Files Web Links Poll Q&A Move and Resize Pods Manage Pods 42

Audio Microphone rights for participants Enable single speaker mode Audio conference settings 43

Resources 44  The Adobe Connect website has information and holds demos every week on using the software:  There’s an Adobe Connect info folder on the L drive with additional information: L:\Professional Development\Virtual Seminars\Adobe Connect info

Questions? If you do not have the opportunity to have your question addressed during the seminar, you may contact the presenter directly: Name: Charnita Lee Company: National Association of Surety Bond Producers 45