Adobe Connect includes an Audio Setup Wizard which will help you to configure, test, and volume-balance your headset or microphone for use in meetings. The Audio Setup Wizard should be used any time that you are entering a meeting to ensure that your audio settings are configured properly.

1. Connect your microphone or headset prior to entering the meeting. Adobe recommends USB headsets for use with Adobe Connect.
2. Ensure that your PC or Mac recognizes your microphone. Contact the Help Desk at 940-HELP (4357) if you require assistance or encounter problems.
3. Enter the Adobe Connect meeting, click the  menu at the top, and then select .
4. You will be presented with the welcome screen. Click .
5. You will be asked to test sound output. Click  and ensure you can hear the test sound. Once you can, click .
6. You will be asked to select your microphone. Click the  drop-down and select your microphone. Click  when done.
7. You will be asked to test recording in order to tune your microphone volume. Click the  button. Adobe Flash Player may prompt you to give Adobe Connect access to your microphone; click .
8. Speak the test sentence into the microphone. Ensure that you can see the recording bar moving. When you’re done talking, click the  button. Click the  to hear what you’ve recorded and ensure that it’s audible. When done, click .
9. You will be asked to tune your silence level. It is recommended that you do not test silence and instead click  to skip it.
10. You will be shown the microphone you have selected, the microphone volume you have calibrated, and the silence level. Click  to close the wizard.

Every Adobe Connect meeting has three available user roles: Hosts, Presenters, and Participants. Depending on your role in a given meeting (and the layout chosen), you may have different interface options available to you. This guide will describe how an Adobe Connect meeting is laid out and how different roles work within it.

• The  pod is where attendees will see the presenter’s webcam.
• The  pod sorts users by role: hosts, presenters, or participants.
• For hosts, the  menu allows for the addition of many other pods.
• The  pod allows attendees to take notes during a session.
• The  pod allows hosts to get answers during a presentation.
• The  pod can be a useful area to collect questions from participants. Questions can be assigned to participants.
• Hosts can open a  pod. This allows hosts to bring all users to an external web link.
• Breakout rooms can be created by hosts. Breakout content can then be brought into the main meeting.
• Hosts can create customized layouts for future meetings. To create a new layout, click the  menu and click .
• In any session, hosts have the most privileges. Presenters share many of the host’s privileges. Participants have very few privileges, though hosts and presenters can allow them access to speak and use webcams.
• Presenters and host can use a Presenter Only Area. This area is private and is not visible by participants.

When participating in an Adobe Connect meeting, you will be presented with numerous interface options for using your webcam and microphone, setting your status, and interacting with other attendees. This guide will describe a few of the most important interface components.

• When participating in an Adobe Connect meeting, your top menu bar will contain a number of icons: the  icon will allow you to adjust your speaker volume, the  icon (if allowed) will allow you to enable/disable your microphone, the  icon (if allowed) will allow you to enable/disable your webcam, and the  icon will allow you to set your status (raise hand, agree, disagree, etc.).
• The Attendees Pod has two different view modes available: the Attendee View () for sorting attendees by role and the Attendee Status View () to view current attendee status.
• The Chat pod allows you to communicate with all attendees via text. If you want to chat with a particular attendee, click on their name in the Attendees pod and click .

Before your attendees can join you via Adobe Connect, you will need to create an Adobe Connect meeting. While meetings can be created through Moodle, this guide will instruct you on how to create an Adobe Connect meeting through Adobe Connect Central.

1. Go to Adobe Connect Central at https://connect.butler.edu. Enter your full Butler email address (including @butler.edu, not just your username) and password and click .
2. From the Adobe Connect home page, click on the  button near the top next to .
3. Enter a  for your meeting. This is a required field.
4. You can optionally enter a  for the meeting. This is not a hard limit; you can manually start the meeting at any time.
5. You can also use the  menu to specify which meeting template to start with. Your meeting template can be changed at any time once the meeting has started.
6. Click  when you have your options set.
7. From the Select Participants page, you can click available participants on the left and click  to make them a meeting participant. Click  to find a particular user, and click  when done.
8. On the Send Invitations screen, you can decide whether to send e-mail invitations to your participants. Click  when done.