Description
Adobe Connect is a web-based video conferencing tool for rich interaction with multiple participants and gives easy access to participants with student or guest accounts. Content creation can be done by those with host accounts.
Access
Adobe Connect on the web
Adobe Connect app
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Make sure you have the Adobe Connect app installed.
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Open the Adobe Connect app.
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Type or copy and paste the URL for your meeting or virtual classroom space into the URL field.
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Log in with your OHIO email address and OHIO password.
Who can access
To participate in a meeting
- Anyone with an Internet connection.
To host a meeting
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Faculty and staff
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Emeriti
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Sponsored guest accounts
Features
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Live, participatory virtual meeting rooms with video, audio, document, presentation, and desktop screen sharing.
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Sessions can be recorded for later viewing.
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Customizable meeting room URLs.
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No high-end equipment is needed. All you need is a laptop, webcam, and microphone.
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Meetings can be restricted to specific participants, to all OHIO users, or open to anyone with the meeting URL.
Additional resources
Join the Learning Spaces Advisory Community
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The Learning Spaces Advisory Community is open to OHIO students, faculty, and staff who have an interest in classrooms, labs, and other spaces where learning takes place.
Service support
Get help
- Visit the Technology Help Center (help.ohio.edu) to get live support, view outages, and browse trainings.
Accessibility
Accessible Videos
For a video to be accessible, it must have captions.
Captions are a text version of the audio of a video. Unlike subtitles, which are typically a straight translation of spoken dialog, captions can and should include other audio elements that are significant to the understanding of the video. Captions can also include notations for who the speaker is and when speakers switch. Caption files are text files with timing added to them. A video player will use this text file and join it with the video. The timing in the caption file is used to show the text on the screen at the appropriate times.
Although YouTube's auto-captions have improved recently, you should not rely on auto-generated captions. For best accuracy you should develop an accurate text transcript of a video, then use a tool or service to synchronize your transcript to the video.
YouTube
Ohio University strives to make its digital resources and services accessible to all visitors, including those with disabilities who may also be using assistive technology. If special steps are necessary in order to improve the accessibility of experiences for end-users, those steps must be taken.
If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access OHIO websites, videos, online forums, documents, or other information technology, please let us know.
For further information about OHIO's digital accessibility resources, see:
Security
The Ohio University Information Security Office strives to educate and empower the University community to appropriately manage risks and protect OHIO’s information and systems. This effort is facilitated through policies, standards, and information security risk management program, as well as other tools and guidance that are provided to the University community. This modern approach creates a safe computing environment in which the university community can teach, learn, and conduct research.
For additional information about OHIO’s security resources, see: