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What is Adobe Connect / Breeze?

Adobe Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze) is a web conferencing and data collaboration tool. It provides you with a virtual meeting/classroom environment for sharing your presentations, images, and desktop applications with remote participants. You can also take advantage of features like a digital whiteboard, text chat, polling, and audio/video broadcasting. To attend your web meeting, your students need only a Web browser with the Flash plugin (almost all computers have this already) and a broadband Internet connection.

Why might I use Adobe Connect / Breeze?

  • To deliver online classes
  • To invite remote guest speakers to your class
  • To hold online virtual office hours
  • To provide students with collaboration and presentation space
  • To provide remote desktop support and training

How do I get started?

See the IU Connect Meeting Service site for basic information, including links to:

  • Apply for an account
  • Download the appropriate players and plug-ins
  • View the Getting Started materials and documentation

Articles of Interest

Instructional Techniques

  • Hosting Meetings: This document from Penn State contains scenarios, tips, and how-to documentation for coordinating attendees, accommodating guest speakers, moderating questions, etc.
  • Best Practices for Delivering Virtual Classroom Training: This paper from Adobe provides some useful tips for teaching online and/or delivering remote presentations. Note that some of the features described in the paper (e.g. Breakout Rooms) are not available in the version of Connect we are currenlty using at IU.
  • Case Study: Indiana University: This report profiles Megan Palmer's use of Connect to engage students in active learning in online and hybrid classes.

IU Knowledge Base Documents