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Friday, December 13, 2013

Adobe Connect Lessons Learned

Some professors use Adobe Connect to create a live class session.  These experiences are great as they provide a virtual classroom environment where we can all verbally ask questions, see the reaction of our professor and fellow class mates, and the professor can talk through power points, or 'board work.'  After twenty minutes of setting up the class, I learned three key lessons:
 When I wasn't talking I was sure to mute my mic, otherwise, the mic will pick up me sneezing, shifting in my seat, and other ambient noise.

I had to use headphones otherwise the computer's mic would pick up the classroom conversation and create a wicked echo.

Sometimes I inadvertently muted the speaker, which prevented me from hearing the class.  After that I simply scanned the speaker icon (upper left hand corner) whenever I stopped hearing the conversation.

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