Getting Started
with Adobe Presenter
Welcome to our class
Creating an Adobe Presentation
Rapidly create Flash-based presentations and eLearning courses from PowerPoint
Set Preferences
Add or Edit Audio
Add multimedia
Capture video
Create quizzes and surveys
Customize presentations
Publish to Flash or PDF or Connect Server
Set Preferences
Choose Preferences from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Create a presenter profile.
(Optionally) Configure the Adobe Connect Enterprise server to which you want to publish. If you do not know the URL of your server ask your Adobe Connect Administrator.
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Add Audio & Synchronize Animations
Choose Record Audio from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Set your microphone recording level.
Begin recording audio. Clicking Next >> advances the presentation to the next slide. Clicking Next Animation allows you to time PowerPoint animations to your narration. If there are no animations on the slide, click Stop Recording, then Next>> to start narrating the next slide.
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Add Multimedia
Choose Insert Swf or Import Video from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Browse for your content using the Insert Flash or Import Video dialog.
The Flash/Video file is inserted / Imported on the slide.
To preview the inserted file, view the presentation in slideshow mode
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Capture Video
Choose Capture Video from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Select Attach to slide as or
Capture the video using Start Recording and Stop Recording
Click Ok to insert it to the slide or Click to save it to a different file.
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Create Quizzes and Surveys
Choose Quiz Manager from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Click Add New Question to add a question or Import Quizzes from your existing presentations created in Adobe Presenter or Articulate
Choose the type of question you would like to create and fill in question properties.
Continue until you have created all questions and click OK in the Quiz Manager.
New slides are added to the presentation for each question you created.
Edit Quizzes for advanced options like pooling, shuffling and branching
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Customize Presentations
Choose Presentation Settings from the Adobe Presenter menu.
The Settings tab lets you change the presentation title, add a presentation summary, and select other presentation settings.
Use the Theme Editor to customize the look and feel of the Preso
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Publish Presentations
Choose Publish from the Adobe Presenter menu.
Confirm presentation settings by looking at the Presentation Information.
Select publish locally to My Computer or publish to an Adobe Connect Pro server or Adobe PDF.
Click Publish. You can select View output after publishing to see the presentation post conversion. If you published to an Adobe Connect Pro server, a URL is provided.
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Navigating An Adobe Presentation
Adobe Presentation Control Bar
Adobe Presentation Side Bar
Sidebar with
multiple tabs
Presentation control bar
Adobe Presentation Control Bar
Controls for navigating a Preso are automatically created
Toggle button
to change view
to full screen
Current position/
total time of
slide audio
Navigation
buttons
Slide Playback Status
Movable Slider head
Attachments Popup
Volume Control Popup
Adobe Presentation Sidebar
Navigation to particular slides, quiz questions, read slide notes, or search the presentation
Completely customizable by presentation author
The quiz pane appears when user enters a quiz
Additional Resources
Adobe Presenter Quick Start Guide
http://www.adobe.com/go/presenter_quickstart_en
Adobe Connect Resource Center
http://www.adobe.com/go/resources_connect_en
Adobe Connect Product Documentation
http://www.adobe.com/go/connect_documentation_en