Content in a meeting room is displayed in pods, which are panels that contain various types of media. Individual pods contain a list of those attending the meeting, notes, chat, files, and video. A host can send attendees from the main meeting room to breakout rooms (smaller meetings) to collaborate as a small group.
A second display area, the Presenter Only area, is visible to hosts and presenters, not attendees. Hosts and presenters can use the Presenter Only area to prepare content to be shared with attendees or to view confidential content.
To display the Presenter Only area, choose Meeting > Enable Presenter Only Area.
The menu bar contains several menus. A host sees the Meeting, Layouts, Pods, Audio, and Help menus. A presenter or participant sees only the Meeting and Help menus. Messages and warnings also appear in this corner. A red circle in the menu bar indicates that the host is recording the meeting. The Secure Sockets Lock indicates that the meeting is connected over a secure socket (verifying the host server’s identity)
Note: Adobe Connect administrators can change pod, sharing, and other settings to adhere to standards for governance. These settings affect the layout of meeting rooms and what you can do in meeting rooms.
In-meeting options for the participants
In-meeting options for the hosts and the participants
Connection status in a meeting room
At the far right edge of the menu bar, the colored bar indicates the connection status of the meeting room. The connection status also conveys information about your meeting connection.
(A sample connection status in the meeting room)
A connection made using RTMP or RTMPS is distinguished by showing a lock icon over a green bar. A ‘T’ after the latency details, indicates that the connection is tunneled over HTTP. If the latency value is high, the streams you receive (camera, screen share, and so on) may be slightly delayed.
Meeting roles and permissions
Your role determines your capabilities for sharing, broadcasting, and other activities in an Adobe Connect Meeting. There are three roles for meeting room attendees: host, presenter, and participant. Icons in the Attendees pod let you identify the role and if they are connecting from mobile devices.
The creator of a meeting is designated as the host by default. The host can specify each attendee’s role, including selecting other attendees to be hosts for the meeting. Permissions for each role are as follows:
- Host
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- Hosts can set up a meeting, invite guests, add content to the library, share content, and add or edit layouts in a meeting room. They can promote other participants to the role of meeting room host or presenter, or give enhanced permissions to a participant without promoting the participant. Hosts can start, stop, join, and leave audio conferences. They can also start and stop broadcasting audio into a meeting room. Hosts are able to create and manage small group breakout rooms within a meeting. They can also perform all the tasks that a presenter or participant can.
- Presenter
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- Presenters can share content already loaded into the meeting room from the library. They can share content from their computer. Shared content includes Adobe® Presenter presentations (PPT or PPTX files), Flash® application files (SWF files), images (JPEG files), Adobe PDF files, MP3 files, and FLV files. They can share their screen with all attendees, chat, and broadcast live audio and video. Presenters can mute audio broadcasts on their computers.
- Participant (Registered)
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- Registered participants can view the content that the presenter is sharing, hear, and see the presenter’s audio and video broadcast, and use text chat. Participants can mute audio broadcasts on their computers.
- Participant (Guest)
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- Guest participants can view the content that the presenter is sharing, hear, and see the presenter’s audio and video broadcast, and use text chat. Participants can mute audio broadcasts on their computers.