A session around using Adobe Connect in Higher Education

1. Communicating and Collaborating
with Adobe Connect
10 December 2014 10-12
James Little
SDDU

2. Communicating and Collaborating with
Adobe Connect
• This session will introduce you to Adobe Connect:
An online meeting tool which can be used to
videoconference with others, present webinars
and be used as a collaborate tool from anywhere
in the world.
• This session will feature some demonstrations
and examples of real-world use at the University
of Adobe Connect as well as time to become
familiar with Adobe Connect and try it for
yourself hands on.

3. Communicating and Collaborating with
Adobe Connect
By the end of this session you will be able to:
• Experience an Adobe Connect session
• Be aware of the multiple uses for Adobe Connect:
– Videoconferencing
– Lecturing
– Webinars
– Collaboration
• Understand the enhancements it could bring to different
pedagogical approaches
• Understand how students can make use of this within different
educational scenarios
• Be aware of the options for use in distance-learning and
communicating with others synchronously all over the world

4. Communicating and Collaborating with
Adobe Connect
• Communicating and Collaborating?
• What is Adobe Connect?
• Examples of Use:
– School of Languages Cultures & Societies - Dr. Dragos
Ciobanu
– School of Healthcare - Russell Gurbutt
– Faculty of Medicine & Health – Shagufta Bibi
– WWI MOOC - Gillian Snape
– Exploring Anatomy: the Human Abdomen MOOC – James
Little
• Hands-on time
• Current Context

5. Communicating and Collaborating with
Adobe Connect
• Relaxed and balanced session
• Approaches to use, real-world examples and
hands-on experience.
• A space to explore without the pressure of
deadlines

6. Communicating and Collaborating with
Adobe Connect
• Activity One - Initial Thoughts

7. COMMUNICATING AND
COLLABORATING?

8. Communicating and Collaborating?
• Approaches to technology use:
– Purpose / Aim – What educational purpose?
– Context – many options. Adobe Connect is one
– Models: SAMR

9. WHAT IS ADOBE CONNECT?

10. What is ADOBE CONNECT?
• Adobe Connect is a solution used by leading corporations and government
agencies to improve collaboration and get work done faster. Within Higher
Education it is a tool of choice alongside Blackboard Elluminate. It enables you to
provide rich interactions, while ensuring easy meeting entry. The solution consists
of the following three components:
• Adobe Connect for Web Meetings addresses a full range of online meeting needs,
from simple screen sharing to mission-critical, real-time collaboration, and allows
your teams to work more efficiently, increasing productivity and helping reduce
costs.
• Adobe Connect for eLearning provides novices and experts alike with the
capability to create and deliver compelling, self-paced online courses, conduct
highly interactive virtual classes, and efficiently manage training programs.
• Adobe Connect for Webinars enables organizations to increase attendance, boost
response rates, and generate more interest through rich, engaging, highly
interactive online events.
Description from http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/adobeconnect/faq.edu.html

11. What is Adobe Connect?
• A ‘Room’ setup:
– https://adm-leeds.adobeconnect.com/
– Invites
– Join Room (generated URL)
• Roles:
– Participant
– Presenter
– Meeting Host

12. What is Adobe Connect?
• Layout Pods and Views:
– Activity-based
• Presenting
• Chat
• Interaction
• Video conferencing

13. What is Adobe Connect?
• Options:
– Video
– Audio
– Chat
– Break-out rooms
– Recording
– Synchronous and asynchronous uses

14. Adobe Connect @ Leeds
• A pilot of Adobe Connect has been running at the University of
Leeds since July 2010. SDDU was awarded £2K funding to initiate a
pilot project with emphasis on using Adobe Connect for lecture
capture and also for live streaming and virtual meetings.
• In June, 2011, the BLFG were presented with a report on the
progress of the pilot. £10k was awarded to further the pilot, with
emphasis on exploring Blackboard integration, broadening the user
base and investigating costing models.
• The current licence model is of a ‘Named Organizer Pricing Model’
which means that at any one time there can be a maximum of 55
people assigned as hosting a meeting (these can be changed as
needed). There is a limit of 100 attendees per meeting.
• Hosting is provided by Adobe on their servers.

15. Adobe Connect @ Leeds
by 22 June,
2011
by 17 Nov, 2011 by 20 Feb, 2012 by 10 May
2013
by 10 May
2014
Total users 48 76 93 264 430
Distinct meeting
rooms
42 65 73 169 191
Total online time ~1,089 h ~2,342 h ~3,246 h ~9214 h ~7483 h
Peak concurrent
meeting users
29 30 61 273 59
Storage
consumption
~ 10 GB ~12 GB ~16 GB ~50 GB ~32 GB
Currently renewed until July 2015

16. EXAMPLES OF USE

17. SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES CULTURES &
SOCIETIES - DR. DRAGOS CIBANOU
Examples of Use

18. SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE
- RUSSELL GURBUTT
Examples of Use

19. School of Healthcare
- Russell Gurbutt

20. FACULTY OF MEDICINE & HEALTH –
SHAGUFTA BIBI
Examples of Use

21. School of something
FACULTY OF OTHER
Faculty of Medicine & Health
Virtual Preview Event Guide
Adobe Connect
11th September 2014

22. Why Virtual Preview Events?
• A virtual preview event will allow us to engage
prospective students in different markets who are
unable to attend a real University of Leeds
postgraduate event. The virtual preview event
will give us an opportunity to:
• Engage with both UK and international students
considering FMH postgraduate programmes
• Gain useful customer insights through the
question and answer sessions
• Potentially gain more diversity in our
postgraduate student body

23. Target Market & Messages
• Target Audience
• Prospective FMH postgraduate students.
• Key Messages
• The FMH Postgraduate Experience -
communicate USP’s of programme,
School/Faculty and Leeds.

24. Adobe Connect
Participant View

25. EXPLORING ANATOMY: THE HUMAN
ABDOMEN MOOC – JAMES LITTLE
Examples of Use

26. Exploring Anatomy: the Human
Abdomen MOOC
• Adobe Connect Room
• Used for:
– Discussion / chat
– Facilitated by Dr. James Pickering and students
– Synchronous slots ‘live’

27. Exploring Anatomy: the Human
Abdomen MOOC
• Adobe Connect Room

28. WWI MOOC
GILLIAN SNAPE
Examples of Use

29. HANDS ON EXPERIENCE

30. Live Setup
• Room setup:
– https://adm-leeds.adobeconnect.com/
– Invites
– Join Room (generated URL)
• Roles:
– Participant
– Presenter
– Meeting Host

31. Experience
• Layout Pods and Views:
– Activity-based
• Presenting
• Chat
• Interaction
• Video conferencing

32. Experience
• Options:
– Video
– Audio
– Chat
– Break-out rooms
– Recording
– Synchronous and asynchronous uses

33. CURRENT CONTEXT

34. Current Context
• Many services and tools available.
• Adobe Connect still in pilot phase – renewed until
July 2015
• A review to look at online collaboration tools
from a central supported service within this year
• Lecture Capture/Personal Capture should be used
for some cases
• Principles apply to all on online collaboration
services and tools

35. Thank You!
• For further information contact James Little,
SDDU
– j.little@adm.leeds.ac.uk
• Information on the CaseBook:
• Slides will be circulated (detailed information
on some)