Adobe Connect Solution Brief

Adobe Connect Training Experience Driven Learning

Adobe Connect enables instructors and enablement teams to create custom learning experiences that blend synchronous and asynchronous learning. Virtual classrooms in Adobe Connect drive interactivity through game-based learning, quizzes, polls, and more. Breakout rooms enable small teams to work simultaneously on separate content, while layouts in Adobe Connect provide structure for learning experiences.

Deliver immersive and engaging experiences Engagement is fundamentally important in virtual classrooms. Passive learning methods result in average retention rates of 30% while participatory learning increases retention to an average of 90%1. Adobe Connect gives instructors and instructional designers the ability to create learning experiences that engage users. Rather than using a static layout with limited functionality and Why Adobe Connect Training? panels that learners can close, Adobe Connect enables you to create a custom virtual classroom • Deliver immersive and engaging experiences environment using multiple layouts and interactive pods. These pods deliver functionality such as • Be consistent and repeatable HD video and slides, but also deliver interactivity through polls, quizzes, chat, and games. • Efficiently manage and track training Layouts are pre-set groupings of pods and they determine what is shown on the screen at any time. • Deliver training with confidence These layouts can be used to structure a virtual classroom and keep it moving, switching seamlessly • Enable mobile learning from one experience to another. • Extend and Integrate Adobe Connect provides more ways to foster learner engagement which leads to better experiences and higher retention.

Be consistent and repeatable Your Adobe Connect room is persistent. The virtual location of the room, your URL, doesn't change. The content in your room also persists in your room between sessions until you decide to remove it. This makes it incredibly easy to re-use content such as presentations, videos, polls, quizzes, whiteboards, and notes - saving time and ensuring consistency. This persistence also means you can setup your room days or even weeks ahead of time. Adobe Connect also features room templates which can define the look and feel of a new Adobe Connect room and can even pre-load content. Templates make it incredibly fast and easy to setup a new room and they ensure consistency across the learning experiences within your organization. Rooms can quickly be reset back to their original template making it easy to immediately re-use a classroom.

Rapidly create and deploy engaging content Adobe enables a blended approach to learning that supports every step of the training workflow including the ability to author content that can be used in a virtual classroom or as an on-demand course. Content creators can author materials within days versus weeks - creating content once and publishing it for access across devices. Adobe enables you to: • Easily create interactive training content directly from Microsoft PowerPoint using • Create videos which mix your screen with your webcam using Adobe Presenter Video Express • Create advanced courses and simulations using • Publish training courses instantly to the cloud to be managed and tracked across audiences Efficiently manage and track training While Adobe Connect can be integrated into your existing Learning Management System (LMS), it features a number of learning management and tracking capabilities out of the box. Using Adobe Connect Training, you can: • Publish content, including SCORM and AICC compliant content, as courses to Adobe Connect. • Create blended curricula that include on-demand courses as well as virtual classrooms. Organize into sections and manage prerequisites and test-outs • Manage enrollment and automate email invitations and reminders • Create a course catalog enabling learners to browse available courses and self-enroll • Access training reports for including learner reports, manager reports, and course reports • Create custom reports by defining filters such as date, learner groups, and identify fields that should be included in the report

Deliver training with confidence In addition to all of the functionality available to improve the learner experience, Adobe Connect includes a number of features to help instructors in the delivery of training content. These include: • A Presenter Only Area (POA) visible only to the instructors which enables multiple presenters to collaborate with each other privately or to prepare polls, notes, and other content prior to making it available to the learners • A Prepare Mode which allows a presenter to modify or add another layout behind the scenes without affecting the live classroom • An Engagement Dashboard which shows the overall engagement score of the live classroom along with participation results for polls and Q&A • Individual engagement meters to show each learners level of engagement

Enable mobile learning Your learners may not always be sitting in front of a PC when they need to access your training. Adobe Connect enables access to virtual classrooms from iOS and Android devices including smart- phones and tablets.

Extend and Integrate While Adobe Connect is packed with features for training, we've also ensured the product is extensible in several ways. An application programming interface (API) enables our customers and partners to integrate Adobe Connect with other applications including Learning Management Systems. Customers can use their existing LMS as a system of record and to manage on-demand courses while leveraging Adobe Connect as a best-of-breed virtual classroom. A software developer kit (SDK) enables customers and partners to create custom apps that can be added to Adobe Connect to extend the functionality of the virtual classroom itself. Examples include Vantage Point which gives instructors control over learner webcams and EduGameCloud which FOR MORE INFORMATION To learn more and get started using incorporates learning games, quizzes and surveys into your classroom. Adobe Connect, visit: www.adobeconnect.com

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