Connect

Adobe Connect is a web-based communication tool that allows faculty and students to quickly and easily share presentations, desktops and other materials over the Internet using the familiar PowerPoint application and Adobe Flash format. Connect has robust collaboration tools for discussion, whiteboard and text chat.

Guest Speaker

Faculty have used Connect to connect students to remote guest speakers and field experts. Similar to the Lecture activity, Guest speaker activities have been done in a 'one-to-many' style; the guest speaker has primary or 'host/presenter' control over the Connect room as they demonstrate, present, and interact with a large group of students. Connect features used for guest speaker activities have included the Camera and Voice Pod to enable one-way audio (speaker-to-students) using VoIP; the Chat Pod for students to text questions to the speaker; the Share Pod for the speaker to upload PowerPoint files or share applications from their desktop; the Web Links Pod to showcase related web sites or resources; and phone conferencing as an alternative to VoIP.

RIT Connect Examples:

Stephen Jacobs, Assistant Professor
Information Technology, College of Computing and Information Sciences

Joseph Pow, Associate Director
Imaging Science, College of Science

Michael Kleper, Professor
Print Media, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences