6. Using the Chat and Q&A Pods in Adobe Connect

InformationThere are two pods in an Adobe Connect meeting that can prove very useful for interacting with your participants. One, the Chat pod, allows you to communicate via text to everyone in the meeting or specific participants. Another called the Q&A pod is useful for taking questions from and assigning questions to participants.

Using the Chat Pod

  • 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 Start Private Chat.
  • To change the formatting of your text (size, color, etc.), use the Pod Options button in the upper-right.
  • When there is a new message sent via the Chat pod, the tab at the bottom of the chat pod where the message was sent will change color to notify you.

Using the Q&A Pod

  • To add the Q&A pod, click the Pods menu and select Q & A.
  • You will see a list of questions as they’re posed by participants. You can click on this question and use the text box at the bottom to respond to it. Click the Send Privately button to send a private response to the asking participant, or click the Send to all button to send a response to all participants.
  • With a question selected, you can also click the X button to delete the question or use the Assign To menu to assign the question to someone to answer.