Meteorology 452x/552x - Physics of Climate

Adobe Connect Interaction Modes

When entering the Adobe Connect environment, the standard set up for the course will have a set of windows appearing. The information presented here concerns the small windows along the left side. They are named "Camera and Voice", "Attendee List" and "Chat".

• Chat window.
  This is the simplest to use and may be best to use during periods of heavy internet traffic. Messages appear in the largest part of this window as the sender's name, followed by the message.

  You enter messages in the single-line white box near the bottom of the Chat window. Messages are sent by pushing your "Return" key or by using your mouse pointer to click on the send button (the crooked arrow near the lower right of the window).

  Along the bottom of the window, next to the "To:" button is a menu that allows you to choose who receives your messages: Everyone, just the presenter(s) or just one other individual in the virtural room. (This means students can pass notes in class, and it appears the teacher will never know!)

• Attendee List
  This list gives the names of class participants, their level of participation and some simple querying/commenting. All participants will be given "Presenter" status for the level of participation, except for the individuals at each institution acting as "Hosts".

  Near the top of this window is a pull-down menu, "My Status". Changing your status allows you to send alerts to others, especially the meeting leader. One especially useful alert is if you have a question: simply select the "I have a question" status, and the icon with the "?" will appear next to your name. Similarly, you can respond to simple yes/no questions from others by choosing the "Thumbs Up" or "Thumbs Down" option. Note the other options available, too.

• Camera and Voice
  This window gives audio/video control. This class does not use live video because it consumes substantial bandwidth, but audio will be used as much as convenient.
  1. First, the audio/video must be started. This is done by using your mouse pointer to push the button in the lower left corner of the window. The button has icons for a video camera and a microphone. If you hold the pointer over the button without pushing it, a message pops up: "Sart my camera and voice".

  2. Push the button to start the audio/video. Two new buttons appear, one with a camera icon and another with two parts containing a microphone icon and a padlock. The initial settings are probably (though this might vary) camera and microphone both on (buttons darkened slightly). Holding the mouse pointer over each icon without pushing will give pop-up messages on the status of the audio and video.

  3. Push the camera icon to turn off the camera. The camera's pop-up message should say, "Start Camera" when the camera icon is set to off.

  4. Placing the mouse pointer over the right portion of the audio button should give you a pop-up message, "Hands-free". In this mode, you can talk without pushing a button to talk. However, with multiple participants, this can interfere with communication. Push the button with the padlock icon to turn off hands-free mode.

  5. You can still talk by pushing and holding down the left side of the audio icon. You are in "Hold to talk" mode.

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