Information Resources & Technology (IRT)

Medmeeting - Training Videos

Please click the headings below to view the following training videos.  These provide narrated graphical examples of how to use Medmeeting from a user perspective.

Medmeeting User Training:

IRT Live Training Orientation - IRT-led overview of general, basic Medmeeting functionality (~50 minutes)

Table of Contents: (click to jump to video description and link)

  1. Creating a Meeting Room
  2. Navigating the Meeting Room
  3. Recording a Meeting
  4. Managing Attendees
  5. Customizing the View
  6. Sharing Presentations
  7. Using the Whiteboard
  8. Using Screen Sharing
  9. Granting Remote Control
  10. Using the Notepad
  11. Using FlashPaper to Document Share
  12. Inserting Flash Video
  13. Customizing and Managing Pods
  14. Changing Layouts and Backgrounds
  15. Text Chats and Questions
  16. Sharing Files
  17. Polling Questions
  18. Using a Microphone with Voice Over IP
  19. Using Live Video
  20. Breakout Rooms

Training Videos

  1. Creating a Meeting Room   back to top
    Please see instructions at the following page for creating PMRs:
    Accessing and Requesting Meeting Rooms
  2. Navigating the Meeting Room    back to top
    Upon initial login into the meeting room, the user will be prompted to install Acrobat Connect Add-In which will install itself. Also included in this video is explanation of layouts, navigation of the menu bar, and their included sub-menus.
  3. Recording a Meeting   back to top
    This video demonstrates how to record a meeting, where to save the recording, editing the recording’s respective name when applicable, and the users and/or groups that will be allowed to view the recording for future viewing. Meeting recordings are an integral aspect of the Adobe Connect Professional, and all recorded and saved meetings have searchable content within the interface.
  4. Managing Attendees in the Meeting Room   back to top
    Aside from user permissions, this video touches on altering user roles within a meeting, making modifications to any meeting attendees, and the variables that accompany each user role, from room rights to promotions. Further, this video demonstrates how to utilize the Help menu to optimize any and all connection settings for the participants.
  5. Customizing the View in the Meeting Room   back to top
    This slide focuses primarily, on the sizing flexibility of each pod, and how it can affect the presentation for all in attendance. Maximizing real estate in meetings is simple, and highly effective.
  6. Sharing Presentations in the Meeting Room   back to top
    This video demonstrates exactly how to share presentations, and the options (file types) that are available in doing so. Presentations within a meeting are absolutely an imperative when applicable, and have the ability to engage users in a fashion that is both captivating and challenging.
  7. Using the Whiteboard in the Meeting Room   back to top
    The Whiteboard pod within Adobe Connect Professional is demonstrated within this video. Driven on flexibility and collaboration, the pod exhibits how simple and effective it is to have the ability to draw, word, and structure over an already existing presentation, or just to engage the users in a brainstorming session that is capable of being very aesthetically pleasing and very thorough. Many Whiteboard variables are examined, as well as demonstrated.
  8. Using Screen Sharing   back to top
    An integral part of any operation – be it resources, ideas, or any applicable tools, this video demonstrates the capability and flow of the Share pod, and the best practices to maximize efficiency. Quite possibly the most important pod, it allows all attendees to view items such as running applications or web browsers to maximize their experience in the meeting, as well as watch applicable events in real time. This is a must watch.
  9. Granting Remote Control   back to top
    This video focuses users that have control of sharing within a meeting or presentation. The ability to switch user roles on the fly is a key feature within Adobe Connect Professional for collaboration, as well as technical support.
  10. Using the Notepad in the Meeting Room   back to top
    This video demonstrates the pertinence of the Notes pod, as well as adding new Notes pods, renaming, and resizing. Taking notes while in a meeting is easy to maintain with several options of formatting, as well as emailing applicable notes upon meeting’s end.
  11. Using FlashPaper to Document Share   back to top
    One of the best tools for to utilize in succession with Adobe Connect Professional is FlashPaper, due to its user friendly features, and its capability. Converting PowerPoint presentations or Word documents into .swf format to share within a meeting has never been easier, or more effective.
  12. Inserting Flash Video   back to top
    This video shows how easy it is to share a Flash video within a meeting to convey a message, or to further captivate the participants. With feature rich options such as sharing .flv files, the integrity of the video is maintained with no quality loss, as well as viewings dependent on attendee roles.
  13. Customizing and Managing Pods in the Meeting Room   back to top
    When making a presentation or having a meeting within Adobe Connect Professional, one of the most important aspects to effective communication is the environment that it’s conveyed in to the participants. The best way to utilize the customization of pods, from perfect placement to strategic size, as this video shows it.
  14. Changing Layouts and Backgrounds in the Meeting Room   back to top
    Much like the old saying, “right face, right place”, this movie exemplifies the same, by demonstrating the seamless, and easy process of customizing layouts for your presentation and/or meeting. The reason for the importance behind this is to keep your participants captivated, and chart your flow-through effortlessly and flawlessly.
  15. Text Chats and Questions   back to top
    This video demonstrates the importance of one of the core pods within Adobe Connect Professional, the Chat pod and its limitless capability and flexibility. Whether it be discussion about the presented materials, an in-depth Q&A session, or a 1 on 1 conversation, this feature is truly priceless.
  16. Sharing Files in the Meeting Room   back to top
    The File Share pod is another key feature, and is examined and demonstrated in-depth with this video. Simple and effective, the pod enables files to be shared within the participants, and also may be manipulated to only share to certain participants to ensure privacy and integrity.
  17. Polling Questions in the Meeting Room   back to top
    The Poll pod is both a pertinent and effective tool within Adobe Connect Professional due to its feature to be considered as a “Quiz” for the participants. Utilizing multiple choice answers as its output format, this feature is effective on many levels, as it can be used to serve for educational purposes, and beyond, and its results are readily downloadable in various formats thereafter for further review. This pod may often be referred to as the LMS (Learning Management System).
  18. Using a Microphone with Voice Over IP in the Meeting Room   back to top
    Audio usage in a meeting or presentation is demonstrated in this video, and is widely considered by some to be the nucleus of any effective message, meeting and presentation. Adobe Connect Professional makes incorporating audio into a presentation and/or meeting seamless and simple with its Audio Setup Wizard, which ensures flawless setup and moderate volume levels. This is Connect’s voice over IP (VoIP) feature.
  19. Using Live Video in the Meeting Room   back to top
    This video focuses heavily on the Voice & Camera pod, and its functionality within the meeting room. Often referred to as streaming media, when a webcam is live within the Connect Professional environment, it too is considered as streaming media. This video goes into great depth on best practices to optimize performance, as well as meeting room view.
  20. Breakout Rooms   back to top
    This movie explains and exemplifies the benefits of a Breakout Room and how to assign each user. It also teaches how to create new Breakout Rooms, and maintain communication with all attendees.

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