Indiana University's Connect Meeting Service

Indiana University offers Connect (formerly Breeze) Meeting to faculty and staff who want to use Web conferencing for their meetings and classes. Connect gives you a virtual meeting/classroom for sharing your presentations, images, and desktop applications with remote participants and students. Other features include text chat, polling, audio/video broadcasting, and a digital whiteboard. To join your Connect meeting, your guests need only a Web browser with the Flash plugin (almost all computers have this already) and a broadband Internet connection.

Note: This service was named Breeze before Adobe changed the name to Connect so you're likely to hear it called Breeze and Connect interchangeably.

Connect Meeting accounts

• To host Connect meetings, IU faculty and staff should apply for an account on the Connect server. Students and meeting guests don't need an account on the server. They can enter your Connect room by using the guest log in.

News: Upgrade to Connect 8, Service Pack 1

• We will apply Service Pack 1 to IU's Connect 8 servers on July 16, 2011 at 11pm. For more information on the improvements that Service Pack 1 provide, please see these resources:

• Adobe Connect 8 Service Pack 1 Improvements (PDF)
• Visual Overview of Connect 8, Service Pack 1
• Connect 8, Service Pack 1 Release Notes (PDF)

Downloads

• All Connect users need the Flash Player. This Adobe Web page will determine if the Flash Player is installed on your computer and report the version.
• To be a Host or Presenter in a Connect Meeting, you need the Connect Meeting Add-in. It installs the first time you join a Connect meeting as a Host or Presenter, or the first time you are promoted to Host or Presenter. If you'd like to install it ahead of time, it is available for Windows or Macintosh.

Getting Started

• Getting Started with Adobe Connect at IU (PDF)
• Adobe's Meeting Host QuickStart Guide (PDF)
• Adobe's Meeting Participant QuickStart Guide (PDF)

Help and Tutorials

• Connect 8 training from lynda.com: Click Go to Lynda.com to authenticate. Then, from the lynda.com menu bar, choose Software, then Connect.
• Adobe Connect 8 Features
• Adobe's Connect 8 Tutorials
  
• Using Oncourse Web Content, how do I set up a Connect Meeting room?
• Setting Recording Permissions to Public in Connnect 7.5 and later
• Screen Sharing and Application Sharing
• Sharing PowerPoint Presentations
• Manage Meeting Attendees
• Managing Pods
• Sharing Webcam Video
• Controlling Another User's Desktop, Application, or Window
• Understanding and Using the Content Library
• Breakout Rooms: An Introduction
• Adobe's Connect 8 User Manual (PDF)

More Information

• For more information on IU's Connect service, faculty, staff, and students can browse the UITS Knowledge Base or contact the UITS Support Center via live chat, phone, email, or in person.