#1 2008-09-02 12:52:49

**_dyun_**

Site Updates Live

Hi All,

We've been working with on improving this site and a few changes went live this weekend.  Here is a summary of what has been pushed live:

News Section: http://www.connectusers.com/news
* We've added an RSS feed of product team blog to the page
* You can now monitor the forums via RSS

Tutorials: http://www.connectusers.com/tutorials
Added the ability to filter by expertise level as well as these new tutorials:

How to Make a Video Demo with only a Webcam & the Flash Media Encoder
Learn how to quickly and easily make a video demo using only a webcam and the free Adobe Flash Media Encoder.
Jessica Waters, Adobe Systems
Level: Beginner

Sharing Content in Breakout Rooms
In this tutorial, Sr. Product Manager Randah McKinnie takes you through the step-by-step process for sharing content in breakout rooms in Acrobat Connect Pro meetings.
Randah McKinnie, Sr. Product Manager, Acrobat Connect Pro
Level: Intermediate

Using the Full Screen function in Acrobat Connect Pro Meetings
Guillaume Privat, Group Product manager, teaches you techniques for how to effectively use the Full Screen function in Acrobat Connect Pro Meetings.
Guillaume Privat, Group Product Manager, Acrobat Connect Pro
Level: Beginner

Enabe iPod or iPhone Viewings of Connect Pro Meeting Recordings
Jody Plotkin, Acrobat Connect Product Marketing Manager, walks you through how you can take your meeting recordings and make them viewable on the iPod.
Jody Plotkin, Adobe Systems
Level: Intermediate

Do It Yourself Events: Part 2 - Running an Effective Rehearsal and Moderating a Live Event
In part 2 of his series on using Connect Pro to run web events, Ryan Monger of the Adobe Conferencing Services Team, gives you tips and tricks for running an effective web event.
Ryan Monger, Adobe Systems
Level: Intermediate

How to Use Your MeetingOne Audio Conferencing Account with Acrobat Connect Pro
Vincent Toesca walks you through the step-by-step process of registering a MeetingOne audio account with Acrobat Connect Pro 7 to use integrated telephony for your Connect Pro meetings.
Vincent Toesca, Sr. Product Manager, Adobe Systems
Level: Beginner

Using Polls in Acrobat Connect Pro Meetings
David Slater of Adobe Systems walks you through the ins and outs of using the Poll pod in Acrobat Connect Pro.
David Slater, Adobe Systems
Level: Beginner

Saving Whiteboard Contents to Your Desktop
Learn how you can save your whiteboard contents to your local machine after your meeting is over by printing your whiteboard to PDF or FlashPaper.
David Yun, Acrobat Connect Pro Community Manager
Level: Beginner

User Groups: http://www.connectusers.com/groups/
Updates to the User Group page to make it more user friendly as well as adding a link to the Asia-Pacific User Group

Look for more updates in the days/weeks to come!

Best,
David

**_thomasattrp_**

Re: Site Updates Live

The updates, tutorials and other added items are greatly appreciated by those of us who lack much of the tech knowhow.

Concerning the tutorials and user group meetings:  Have been surprised in these that the experts don't use many of the tools available.  For example, just saw one tutorial and for the first time the video pod was used so we could see the presenter. Very nice. Encourage the use of that.

IN some of the tutorials and especially the user group meetings, it would be really add value if the organizers would prepare layouts for each topic to be discussed, even if it were done on the fly and even if the layout content doesn't change. That allows those watching the recording to move quickly to parts that interest them. 

Keep up the good work.

Some thoughts for future consideration:
1.  Create separate video pods so they can be sized and moved around to different places.  We can always put them like they are now, if wanted.  Would increase flexibility of use.  For example recently we  conducted a class online for a college class that was all in one room using a projector.  Cameras worked great--of the presenter and a wide angle of the classroom full of students. It would have been good if we could have placed the class video in a different position and perhaps size.
2.  Disconnect the microphone/talk  from the video pod, i.e. when the video pod is activated, the mic automatically turns on.  Unless others object, this seems unnecessary.  Not a big deal but would be helpful.
3.  In the polls, can you allow us to size the text like in chat and notes pods.  When watching using a projector, participants have difficult time seeing the text in the polls.
4. Create a "Creative Practices" section of this site for members, that might be monitored by you folks as to whether posting something would be useful.

**_sean_at_RealEyes_**

Re: Site Updates Live

Some thoughts for future consideration:
1.  Create separate video pods so they can be sized and moved around to different places.  We can always put them like they are now, if wanted.  Would increase flexibility of use.  For example recently we  conducted a class online for a college class that was all in one room using a projector.  Cameras worked great--of the presenter and a wide angle of the classroom full of students. It would have been good if we could have placed the class video in a different position and perhaps size.

**We can this video solution and is being used by Fortune 250 companies. Feel free to contact us**

2.  Disconnect the microphone/talk  from the video pod, i.e. when the video pod is activated, the mic automatically turns on.  Unless others object, this seems unnecessary.  Not a big deal but would be helpful.

**Agreed on this one**

3.  In the polls, can you allow us to size the text like in chat and notes pods.  When watching using a projector, participants have difficult time seeing the text in the polls.

**I would use Adobe Presenter and take things WAY further**.

4. Create a "Creative Practices" section of this site for members, that might be monitored by you folks as to whether posting something would be useful.

**Like this idea a lot. Our team would add a bunch of goodies**