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1. note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager When you finish click OK twice To the top Users answer short answer
2. Slide Views The course is considered to be complete or successful if users view the specified number or percentage of slides Tip For branched quizzes specify the criterion as percentage of slides Quiz The course is considered to be complete or successful based on the users performance in quiz You can choose one of the following criteria e Users attempt the quiz In this case the status is reported as Complete if users attempt the quiz irrespective of whether they pass or fail the quiz e Users pass the quiz In this case the status is reported as Complete only if users pass the quiz e Users pass or the attempt limit is reached In this case the status is reported as Complete if users pass the quiz or have taken all the attempts For example if the number of attempts set in the course is 2 and e Users take the first attempt and pass then the status is reported as Complete and Passed e Users take the first attempt and fail then the status is reported as Incomplete and Failed as the attempt limit is still not reached e f users retake the quiz and fail the status is reported as Complete and Failed e f users attempt the quiz again and pass the status is reported as Complete and Passed Note SCORM 2004 supports two types of status Success and Completion status You can configure Adobe Presenter to send these two statuses to a SCORM 2004 based LMS separately For example criteria for Completion status can be slide views
3. The Outline pane contains the following features e The current slide is highlighted with a glow color This color can be changed in the theme e The entire slide title appears when the pointer is held over the title e The duration of the slide is shown next to each slide e You can move to any slide in the presentation by clicking the slide title in the Outline pane Outhas Thumb Moter Gemch 1 Title page DCE 2 Background and introduction 2 amp genda topics kooma 4 Bnet avenviece at 0S Dahning iha tarma Jog 0 Bissieci 45 Srini Remaining The Outline pane A Selected slide currently previews B Hover cursor over title to see the entire title View the Thumb pane Presentations can have a Thumb pane on the sidebar The Thumb pane shows a small picture of each slide the slide title and the slide duration You can use the Thumb pane to see the contents each slide quickly and to move to a specific slide in the presentation Note If you upload your presentations directly from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting the Thumb pane is not displayed Adobe recommends adding presentations to Connect Pro meetings from the Content library e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click the Thumb pane in the sidebar on the right side The Thumb pane contains the following features e The current slide is highlighted with a glow color This color can be changed in the theme e The entir
4. note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and 14 Add sequence questions pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager When you finish click OK twice To the top Users answer a sequence question by arranging the answers in the right sequence They can do so by either clicking and dragging the answers or by clicking them in a drop down list Note You cannot insert sequence questions in a PPT file 1 te 10 1i 12 13 14 15 In PowerPoint open a presentation PP TX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog box select Sequence and click one of the following options Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New sequence question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for Name or type a new name direc
5. 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Sync 3 4 Click Import In the Sync Audio dialog box click the Show Script icon 5 Select the slide notes to import You can choose the current slide all slides or scripts on specific slides 6 Select an import option You can append notes to existing PowerPoint notes adding note text to the end of any existing PowerPoint slide notes text or replace existing scripts with PowerPoint imported notes 7 Click OK and then click Close in the Sync Audio dialog box i a To the to Manage audio clips and files P Adobe Presenter lets you edit the timing of audio files after you record or import them Having control over the timing of audio files gives you the ability to use audio files of different lengths and incorporate them smoothly into presentations After you record or import an audio file the file appears as a waveform in the Edit Audio dialog box If your presentation contains multiple audio files you can see which audio files are assigned to specific slides Edit audio timing 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file containing audio files 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Edit In the Edit Audio dialog box Adobe Presenter displays any audio files incorporated into the presentation as waveforms Slide numbers along the bottom of the waveform show exactly how the audio files are currently distributed across the slides Adobe Pr
6. Click Publish If a message appears stating that all files will be deleted click Yes Each time you generate your presentation the files in your current output folder are deleted and replaced by the newly generated files ee aS ae PS 10 Navigate to the slide containing the link and click the link 11 If amessage appears similar to Cannot find file C Documents and Settings jsmith My Documents My Adobe Presentations PresentationName data resources sample swf copy the file to the resources folder located by default at C My Documents My Adobe Presentations presentation name data resources Note the path specified in the message and close the presentation in your web browser 12 Open Windows Explorer Navigate to the current location of the file 13 Right click the file and select Copy 14 Navigate to the location specified in the error message for example an address like the example in step 10 15 Right click the resources folder and select Paste 16 Follow steps 6 8 to preview the presentation and test the link again Creating links to files If you are creating links from a presentation to a file and the link path is relative to the location of the presentation ensure that the links work properly by performing the steps described in this section This issue occurs because of the method PowerPoint uses to manage relative links PowerPoint does however resolve all links to files in the same drive as the PPT or PPTX
7. When you finish click OK twice The new short answer question slide appears in the designated location in the presentation If you are using the short answer question as a graded essay question you can grade each answer individually by using the Connect Pro Central override option For more information see the Connect Pro Central User Guide To the top Users answer matching questions by matching items in two different lists 1 a 10 11 12 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog box select Matching and click one of the following options Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New matching question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for the Name or type new text directly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation 9 If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation t
8. specify the duration for which the text must be displayed Add closed captions To the top Adobe Presenter Video Creator automatically converts audio in your project to closed captions Generation of closed captions happens on the cloud and therefore you must have internet connectivity to use this feature a D00 tenting af ide bodayi eoctetp on wtih a on ila bree Beer Hrne rider threat om Mae a new Clann comet besuse the large eer mumay of knowteaiga yerken mraf Bes masonry ol 0 5 rm people eho we l m ba thet ming budmonaell OO Ae ahhar by metal wok wilh ate ikdied amp unakilied Or bry 2 week i bereits etre the ikdisd DO IT a ined lag Reie rots a a SB gt xX IS oer Proce Piihish Editing interface with CC icon It may take a while before closed captions are generated and displayed to you To quicken the process it is recommended that you copy paste the audio script into the Closed Caption window before you begin recording Adobe Presenter Video Creator prompts you to enter your closed captions this way o8600 HO CAMERA AVAILABLE Want to enable closed cap boning m our wided Open Propect Link for copy pasting audio script as closed captions Note Closed captions are currently optimized for American English e To hide closed captions click the collapsible icon in the rig
9. 100 while Success criteria can be quiz is passed See here Step 5 to know about SCORM 2004 and usage of Exit Normally checkbox Unlike SCORM 1 2 you can specify separate success and completion criteria for SCORM 2004 Specify how the data is to be reported to LMS Quiz Score Report the quiz score as percentage or as points Interaction Data Report user interaction data for example the question attempted by users and the answer provided them Click OK Note If your presentation includes a SWF file that contain a quiz created in Adobe Captivate only user interaction data is reported for such quizzes Both user interaction data and quiz scores are reported for quizzes that are directly created in Adobe Presenter To the top When you place quizzes in a presentation you set a pass rate for users The pass rate is a percentage or numeric value that users must reach in order to pass the quizzes For example setting a pass of 80 requires users to get 80 of the questions correct in order to pass 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage 3 In the Quiz Manager select a quiz and click Edit 4 Click the Pass Or Fail Options tab 5 Select a Pass Or Fail option Or More Of Total Score To Pass Enter a percentage value that students must meet in order to pass For example if 100 is the maximum quiz score then 80 means a score of 80 is required
10. 4 Click Custom to customize the selected theme Note Buttons have three states Up Over and Active Up is the state when users have not clicked the button Over is the state when users hover their mouse over the buttons Active state is when users click the button 5 Double click the button text and the button content area to type your text In addition to text you can also insert pictures and audio files in the button content area 6 Click the icon to add more buttons 7 Click OK To thet Manage interactions o the top 1 In the PowerPoint presentation click the slide that contains the interaction 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Interaction gt Manage 3 Click the interaction you want to edit The Insert Interaction dialog box appears 4 Modify the interaction as required and click OK Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Recording application simulations Automatic recording Manual recording Panning Specifying recording preferences Editing application simulations If you have Adobe Captivate 6 0 installed on your computer you can capture application simulations from within Adobe Presenter The captured simulations are automatically inserted as a SWF file in a separate slide l Zz 5 6 7 8 Open the PPT or the PPTX file in PowerPoint Select the slide after which y
11. 4 Select a meeting 5 Click Enter Meeting Room 6 From the Share pod select Documents gt Select from My Computer If a Share pod is not open click the Pods menu and select Share gt Select From My Computer 7 Navigate to the presentation PowerPoint PPT or PPTX file 8 Select the PPT or PPTX file and click Open To the to View a presentation in a Connect Pro meeting i After you publish a presentation to a Adobe Connect Server and then add the presentation to a Connect Pro meeting the presentation is ready to view All of the features in the presentation such as audio synchronized animation quizzes and Adobe Presenter information appear Note Ifyou upload your presentations directly from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting some Adobe Presenter presentation features such as Adobe Presenter photos and Adobe Presenter logos are not supported Adobe recommends adding presentations to Connect Pro meetings from the Content library If the presentation contains quiz or survey questions user interactions with the questions are fully tracked by the Adobe Connect Server as part of the meeting s reports The layout of a presentation consists of the following parts Presentation The main part of the window which displays the presentation slides Presentation sidebar An area on the right side default location of the browser window that shows the name of the presentation the Adobe Presenter information and th
12. Adobe Presenter Video Creator Selected Camera The name of the camera that is currently connected to your computer is displayed by default You can choose None if you do not want to use a camera in the video you want to record Selected Microphone The names of the microphones that are currently available on your computer are available in this list Click one of the options if you want to record audio along with the video Click None if you do not want to record audio along with the video Resolution Click the appropriate combination of your monitor screen and camera Option Output resolution Notes SD SD Screen SD Camera 640 x 360 HD HD Screen SD Camera 1280 x 720 Since the camera is not HD the Presenter screen dimension will be smaller than the Presentation Therefore even in the Presenter only layout the Presentation continues to play dimmed in the background while the Presenter is displayed at the front HD Plus HD Screen HD Camera 1280 x 720 If the camera resolution is low the Presenter screen dimension will be smaller than the Presentation Therefore even in the Presenter only layout the Presentation continues to play dimmed in the background while the Presenter is displayed at the front Project Folder Specify the folder in which the projects must be saved Change Display Resolution During Recording Select to let Adobe Presenter Video Creator automatically change the resolution of your monitor screen during recordin
13. All of the functionality in the presentation such as audio and quizzes works exactly the way it will in the Adobe Presenter viewer The presentation appears with all of the theme settings and colors you have chosen Note You cannot preview attachments 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Presentation group click Preview and choose one of the following options Preview Presentation To preview the entire presentation Preview Current Slide To preview only the currently selected slide in the presentation Preview From Current Slide To preview the presentation starting from the currently selected slide Preview Next 5 Slides To preview the next five slides starting from the currently selected slide You can change the value 5 to any other required value in the application settings Adobe Presenter gt Tools group gt Settings gt Application gt Preview Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Designing presentations Use elearning templates Apply PowerPoint themes to presentations Create and edit themes Add a slide Adobe Presenter logo Include slide notes in presentations Change presentation settings Automatically play a presentation Loop a presentation Change slide display timing Change Adobe logo Change Adobe logo hyperlink Change SWF loading text To
14. PPT or PPTX file 2 In the Outline pane drag the slide icon to a new location or in the Slides pane drag a thumbnail to a new location Delete a question slide You can delete a question slide at any time 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Do one of the following e Inthe PowerPoint Outline or Slides pane select a slide and click Delete e Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Select a question slide and click Delete Add a feedback message to a question Because quizzes are interactive its important to guide users through any question slides you place in projects An easy way to communicate with users is through feedback messages A feedback message can appear for example when a user selects a correct answer or incorrect answer Feedback messages are set for individual questions so you can choose to include messages in some questions or all questions within a quiz In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Select a question and click Edit Question Click the Options tab In the If Correct Answer area select the Show Correct Message option to display a message to users confirming that they selected the correct answer Deselect the Show Correct Message option if you do not want to display a message to users when they select the correct answer oe ey 6 In the If Wrong Answer area select the Show Error
15. Save and close the vconfig xml file 7 To test the new logo hyperlink use Windows Explorer to navigate to C Documents and Settings user name My Documents My Adobe Presentations PresentationName and double click the index htm file 8 Click the logo Change Adobe logo hyperlink for all presentations This procedure changes the Adobe logo hyperlink for all presentations published after the procedure is completed 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Navigate to the language xml by doing one of the following e In Windows XP click Start gt Run and type USERPROFILE Local Settings Application Data Adobe Adobe Adobe Presenter e In Windows Vista click Start gt Run and type LOCALAPPDATA Adobe Adobe Adobe Presenter Click OK Double click the Themes folder Right click the language xml file and open the file using an XML editor or a text editor such as Notepad m p e oS In the lt language id en gt section do one of the following e f you see the line lt uitext name LOGOCLICKURL value www adobe com gt edit the value For example change www adobe com to http www mycompanyname com in the line e f you do not see the line lt uitext name LOGOCLICKURL value url_of_page gt add the line substituting the URL you want for url_of_page For example lt uitext name LOGOCLICKURL value http www mycompanyname com gt Note To change the logo for a different lan
16. The default path is the path where the presentation is saved 4 Click Pack You can open a packaged presentation in one of the following ways e Browse to the location where you have saved the package using Windows Explorer and double click the prpkg file e Click the Microsoft Office button in PowerPoint and click Adobe Presenter Unpackage Specify the Package Location and the Output Folder where Adobe Presenter needs to unpackage the contents About Adobe Connect Server To the top Adobe Connect is a web communication system that lets you quickly and easily view presentations attend meetings and receive training over the Internet using the familiar PowerPoint application web browsers and Flash Player If you have Adobe Connect Server you can publish to it so others can view your presentations Users see your presentation in the viewer within Adobe Connect Server as part of a course or curriculum in Connect Pro Training or with a URL provided by the Content library Connect Pro includes a set of components that provides an integrated solution Connect Pro can be deployed with some or all of these components Connect Pro Meeting Lets you view and participate in a meeting over the Internet in real time Connect Pro Training Lets you participate in online training systems including integrated surveys tracking analysis and course management Connect Pro Events Provides tools to manage the full cycle of an event from registration a
17. The toolbar that appears in the published presentation contains useful buttons controls and messages A Play B Back C Forward D Position marker in slide progress bar E Current slide time F Total slide time G Audio volume H Attachments I Show Hide sidebar e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click any of the following buttons and features on the toolbar Play Pause button Pauses and then resumes play of the current slide Back button Moves to the previous slide in the presentation Forward button Moves to the next slide in the presentation Slide progress bar Shows and controls the playback location within the current slide The position marker moves as the slide plays You can drag the marker arrow forward or back in the current slide to change your location within the slide playback You can also click a specific location on the progress bar to move the slide marker position and slide playback to that position If you added a video file such as a sidebar video file of a person speaking the slide progress bar also controls the video Current slide number Shows the number of the currently displayed slide and the total number of slides for example Slide 2 out of 10 Status Shows the status of the current slide such as Playing Stopped No Audio or Presentation Complete Time Shows the current slide time and the total slide time as the slide plays for example 00 02 00 05 Audio volume Shows the
18. WAV or mp3 format audio files to a presentation Simply import the files and use them as opening music narration instructions or for any other purposes a o op a In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Import Select the slide to which you want to add the audio file Click Browse and navigate to the audio file WAV or mp3 you want to add to the slide Select the audio file and click Open You can add multiple files If you select more than one the first audio file is added to the slide you selected in step 3 the next file to the slide immediately following and so on Note Do not exceed 100 minutes of audio per individual slide in a presentation 6 Optional Select the Ignore Markers option to ignore any sound markers placed in the audio file z To thet Recording audio o the top In addition to adding existing audio files you can also record your own audio files to use in Adobe Presenter presentations Recorded files are saved in mp3 format Follow these tips to ensure that you are recording the highest quality audio possible Setting up audio equipment After you have acquired the necessary audio recording equipment set it up properly If you are just using a microphone plug the microphone into the computer and start recording Alternatively you can plug the microphone into a mixer or stand alone preamplifier And then plug the output of that device in
19. audio extensively If you have inserted an FLV file with audio such as sidebar video of a speaker into a presentation and want to synchronize the FLV file audio with slides In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file containing audio files Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Edit Click the location in the presentation or the exact location within an audio file on the waveform to which you want to add the silent period Click E In the Insert Silence dialog box enter a number specifying the duration of silence in seconds In the Seconds At text box specify where to add silence Cursor Position default This option adds silence at the point in the waveform you selected in step 3 Start Of Slide This option adds the silent period to the beginning of the slide containing the location selected in step 3 End Of Slide This option adds the silent period to the end of the slide containing the location selected in step 3 Click OK Adobe Presenter adds the silent period to the audio file and displays the period on the waveform To test the audio file with the silence added click Play in the lower left corner of the Edit Audio dialog box To the top You can adjust the volume of audio files included in your presentations After adjusting the volume preview the presentation to see if the sound level is acceptable ee Se YY ss Add and export slide notes In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file
20. can apply effects to both videos if they are on the same slide 8 Optional Select Mute Audio at Playback to silence the audio track on the video 9 Optional To change how much of the video is displayed for users move or adjust the selection markers A i on the bottom of the video playbar Only the selection between the markers is played 10 Change the following options as necessary Effects Specifies the effect such as Fade In to apply to the video Speed Specifies the duration such as fast or slow of the selected effect Start After Specifies when to start the effect Effect can occur after a specified time delay animation or audio Time Sec Specifies the amount of time to wait before the effect takes place Use the Time Sec option together with the Time Delay option in Start After 11 When you are finished editing the video file click OK Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Inserting learning interactions Learning interactions are static widgets SWF files that help you quickly set up standard user interactions for example interactions using accordions or tabs 1 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Interaction gt Insert 2 Click the type of interaction you want to insert in the Select Interaction dialog box and then click Insert 3 Choose a theme from the Themes list
21. caption text post production through the editing screen The control for enabling and disabling closed captions is available in both the Adobe Presenter video recording screen and the Adobe Presenter video editing screen through the ee button When you enable closed captions the captions appear on the right pane of the Adobe Presenter video editing screen The captions are organized based on the timeline of the video that is played Supported languages English Spanish German French 2 3 4 Japanese 5 6 Korean B ased on the initial Presenter language version chosen by you Adding closed caption during video recording To the top You can use the close caption speech to text functionality which automatically converts speech to text format or optionally enter a script in the form of plain text Auto generate close captioning 1 From the Adobe Presenter video recording screen click the CC button to enable close captioning 2 Start your recording 3 Add your voice track and End your recording 4 Your speech is converted to text Note On completion it will take sometime for the text to be displayed on the CC pane Generate close captioning from script 1 From the Adobe Presenter video recording screen click the CC button Add your script on the right side text pane 2 Start your recording Press End to complete recording 3 The text is displayed in the CC pane on the right side of the screen Adobe Present
22. containing audio files Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Edit In the Edit Audio dialog box click 2 In the Adjust Volume dialog box click the volume slider on the left and drag it up to increase volume or down to decrease volume You can change the audio processing options as follows Normalize Adjusts the sound volume automatically Normalizing audio helps keep the sound level consistent between slides Dynamics Amplifies quiet sections of the audio to help compensate for variations in audio volume Click OK When you finish editing the audio file click Close x To the top 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Sync oe 4 Click in the Click here to enter the script for this slide area and type the slide notes In the Sync Audio dialog box click the Show Script icon 5 You can also import slide notes that you entered in PowerPoint You can export the slide notes you added in Adobe Presenter to PowerPoint click Update in the Sync Audio dialog box Import slide notes To the top If you have created slide notes in PowerPoint you can import the notes into the script window in the Record Audio dialog box or the Sync Audio dialog box Importing notes is useful if you want to use the slide notes as a script when recording an audio file as voice over narration 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file
23. file In Windows Explorer locate the folder containing the presentation PPT or PPTX file for example C Folder A test ppt Create a subfolder under the folder containing the presentation PPT or PPTX file for example C Folder A Links Copy all files that will be linked to from within the presentation to the new subfolder Create the links in the presentation to the files Publish the presentation Note the location of the published content folder for example C Preso Copy the subfolder created in step 2 containing the links to the Date Resources subfolder of the published content folder from step 5 For example copy the links folder from C Folder A Links to C Preso Data Resources Links ae Se E Note You can use attachments instead of links By using attachments the files are automatically included with the published content Change the name type or location of a presentation attachment After adding an attachment to a presentation you can edit information about the attachment Note To edit the attachment contents open the file in the application in which it was created After editing open Adobe Presenter delete the old attachment and then add the updated attachment In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu click Attachments Select an attachment and click Edit or double click an attachment Change the name type
24. identifier to identify different manifests A default identifier based on the name of your Adobe Presenter presentation is automatically added to this text box You can change the identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text Title Required Students using the LMS can see the title You can change the title at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text Description Required Text used by the LMS to describe different courses to users You can edit the description at any time Version Optional The version specifies a number that can be used to differentiate manifests with the same identifier Duration Optional Select this option to specify the approximate time it takes to work with this particular Adobe Presenter presentation Set the time in the following format hh mm ss Subject Optional Select this option to write a short description of the Adobe Presenter presentation using keywords or phrases SCO Identifier Required The LMS uses the identifier to identify different shareable content objects SCO You can change the identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text If you type the name of a new identifier do not use any spaces in the name Title Required A title for the SCO You can change the title at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text 9 Click OK To see the manifest file publish your Adobe Presenter presentation locally to create a SWF file and a manif
25. list click Wait For User and click OK p N S Listen to an audio file e In the Edit Audio dialog box click a location within the waveform and then click Play in the lower left corner of the dialog box or press the spacebar on your keyboard The audio plays from the location you selected to the end of all audio in the presentation You can stop the playback at any time by clicking Stop in the lower left corner of the Edit Audio dialog box or pressing the spacebar on your keyboard Zoom in on an area of the waveform e Inthe Edit Audio dialog box click the waveform and then click Zoom In Q or Zoom Out Q in the tool bar Alternatively click in the waveform and roll your mouse wheel to zoom in and out The scale at which you are viewing the waveform is shown in the Scale information box in the lower right corner of the dialog box After you have added audio files to your presentation you can use the Edit Audio dialog box to cut or copy entire audio files or portions of audio files and paste them in a new location Cut or copy and paste audio e In the Edit Audio dialog box select a section of an audio file directly on the waveform click Cut or Copy Be click a different location on the waveform and then click Paste i Delete an entire audio file or portion of an audio file e In the Edit Audio dialog box select a section of an audio file directly on the waveform and click Delete Adobe also recommends Twitter and Face
26. modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that 2i Add rating scale questions each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager When you finish click OK twice To the top Users answer rating scale questions by specifying their level of agreement to a statement For example a user may be given the question This presentation provided me with valuable information and asked if they disagree somewhat disagree are neutral somewhat ag
27. of allowable quiz attempts to one If a quiz is set to any option other than Answer All select check the Allow Backward Movement option This prevents the situation where if a learner is allowed to skip over a question and the Allow Backward Movement option is not selected the learner cannot go back and answer skipped questions In most cases it is better to not select the Allow Backward Movement option 9 Click OK and then click OK again in the Quiz Manager to edit the presentation Add questions to quizzes In the Quiz Manager select the quiz you added and add questions to the quiz For more information see Add questions to presentations To the top In Adobe Presenter you can add different types of questions Each type of question contains different options Click the links below for details about adding each of the question types Add multiple choice questions To the top In Adobe Presenter you can have multiple choice questions branch according to user responses For example in a question with three possible answers you can set up branching in this way If the user selects the first answer go to the next slide if users select second jump to a slide later in the quiz if users select third open a web page 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one in which you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question to be slide 7 in the presentation
28. of the browser window is updated to indicate the directory path to the selected folder e To publish changes to a presentation already located in the folder click Update Existing Presentation The new version of the presentation overwrites the existing presentation e To create a new folder navigate to the location where you want to add a new folder click the New Folder button enter a name for the new folder and click Save Note You can create folders only if you have manage permissions for the parent folder e To move up to the parent folder the folder one level above the current folder click the Up One Level button in the navigation bar above the content list 2 Click Publish To This Folder The next section explains how to enter descriptive information for the presentation Enter presentation information The fourth step in publishing a presentation is to provide identification information about the presentation You must specify a title for the presentation 1 In the Content Information dialog box enter a unique name for the presentation in the Title text box 2 Optional In the Custom URL text box you can create your own URL to view the presentation This option is useful if you want to create a URL to view the presentation that can be remembered easily If you leave this text box blank Connect Pro automatically creates a generic but unique URL for the presentation 3 Optional In the Summary text box type a short
29. on the right side of the screen The Timeline displays different color codes for different layouts See Timeline for more information In the above example the green rectangle indicates the duration of the video in which the layout is Presentation Only Note When you launch Adobe Presenter Video Express with webcam connected to your computer or with in built camera you see two lines on the webcam capture area Only the webcam capture between these two lines is displayed in the side by side layouts Both Presenter and Presentation layouts Add pan and zoom effects 1 Click Play Ed and pause the video click the Play button again at the point where you want to add a pan and zoom effect 2 Click the Add Pan And Zoom icon The Pan And Zoom panel appears on the right The panel displays both the Presentation and the Presenter Click and drag the handles to define the pan and zoom region A pan and zoom icon appears in the Timeline Note The pan and zoom icon for the Presentation Only stretch of the video are at the top while the icon for the Presenter Only stretch is at the bottom Pan and zoom icons on the Timeline The video is played at the specified pan and zoom level until the next pan and zoom point This means if you have zoomed into the video you have to zoom out again to display the video in the original size Double click anywhere in the pan and zoom region of the Presentation or the Pres
30. questions by providing a word phrase or complete sentence as an answer You can also use this as an essay question and grade it or gather extended feedback as a survey question 1 a In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog box select Short answer and click one of the following options 10 11 12 13 14 Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New short answer question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for Name or type a new name directly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation 9 If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the short answer question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score text bo
31. tab Optional In the Type list click Graded or Survey to change the question type Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio a Play button replaces the Record button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t
32. that contains your custom branding In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file In Windows Explorer navigate to the templates folder where Adobe Presenter was installed Add your custom logo swf file to the Templates folder In PowerPoint publish the presentation to your computer Pa RON View the output to see the new logo To the top Change Adobe logo hyperlink By default published presentations contain an Adobe logo in the lower left corner If the logo is clicked users are taken to a web page about Acrobat Connect Pro You can change the destination of the link Change Adobe logo hyperlink for a single presentation 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 In PowerPoint save and publish the presentation to your computer 3 Using Windows Explorer navigate to the presentation data folder located by default at C Documents and Settings user name My Documents My Adobe Presentations PresentationName data 4 Right click the vconfig xml file and open the file using an XML editor or a text editor such as Notepad 5 In the lt language id en gt section add the line lt uitext name LOGOCLICKURL value url_of_page gt substituting the URL you want for url_of page For example lt uitext name LOGOCLICKURL value http www mycompanyname com gt Note To change the logo for a different language locate the correct lt language id xx gt section in the vconfig xmI file 6
33. the job title email address or biography Click OK Click Close a PE cee Delete a Presenter You can delete a Presenter and all corresponding information such as the biography and email address at any time In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Settings Select the Presenters tab Select a Presenter from the list and click Delete If the Presenter you delete is associated with any slides in the presentation the Presenter for that slide becomes None 5 Click Close gt pop gt About attachments To the top Attachments are files or links that give viewers of the presentation supplemental information Use attachments to incorporate existing content such as web pages documents Adobe PDFs FlashPaper documents SWF files or spreadsheets into a presentation You can also add links to websites or documents hosted by Adobe Connect Server or a third party system note You can attach only links to PDF files If a presentation contains attachments an Attachments button appears at the bottom of the Adobe Presenter viewer The user can click the button to see a list of attachments associated with the presentation and then click any listed attachment to open it note Some web browsers may require that users save attachments to their local machine to open and view the attachments Sota Ti mente OSHA Guides OSAA Henck CSH Caompeance Data DEHA Loga sat The Atta
34. the previous and next marker respectively Video editing controls bit ol eS Video editing controls A Branding button B Pan and Zoom button C Trim button D Presenter Only layout E Presentation Only layout F Both Presenter on Left layout G Both Presenter on Right layout This area of the editing interface lets you do the following e Add different layouts to the video See Change the layout for more information e Change or remove the branding videos and icons See Add brand videos and icons for more information Add pan and zoom points to the video See Add pan and zoom effects for more information e Hide or trim unwanted portions of the video See Trim videos for more information p To the to Edit videos Change the project name By default the projects are named as untitled lt n gt To name your project click the project name at the top of the Adobe Presenter Video Express screen and type the required name Change layouts 1 Click Play L to play the video 2 At the point where you want to change the layout click one of the following options Presenter Only L Click to display only the Presenter Presentation Only Click to display only the Presentation Both Presenter On Left Click to display both the Presenter and Presentation side by side with Presenter on the left side of the screen Both Presenter On Right Click to display both Presenter and Presentation side by side with Presenter
35. thet Use elearning templates o the top Adobe Presenter is shipped with default elearning templates that contain different layouts for your presentations These layouts let you quickly decide the placement of text and other assets on a slide To use the templates in your presentation do the following 1 Create a new project by clicking New gt New From Existing 2 Navigate to C User Documents Adobe Presenter Assets PowerPoint Templates and choose a template You can then apply a Powerpoint theme Design ribbon to the new presentation Apply PowerPoint themes to presentations To the top In Adobe Presenter presentations the slide background is determined by settings in PowerPoint You can customize the background of the slides in a presentation by using PowerPoint design templates When you apply a design template all slides in the presentation are assigned the design template background For example you might create a presentation in PowerPoint using the design template named Technology add the theme named Arctic in the Adobe Presenter Theme Editor publish the presentation to Adobe Connect Server and view the presentation You notice that the theme clashes with the slide background of the Technology design template so you want to change the slide background Follow the procedure below corresponding to the PowerPoint version installed on your computer To check version number open PowerPoint click the Help menu and select About Mi
36. to end the recording or press Alt Command P to pause the recording You can also right click the Adobe Presenter Video Express icon in the top menu and click Pause or Stop Recording Understanding the editing interface To the top cH OW Adobe Presenter Video Express editing interface A Recorded video B Playbar C Editing controls D Timeline E Project name Timeline Timeline shows you the entire video clip in the form of a colored rectangular bar If you have used multiple layouts in the project this rectangle is divided into many rectangles with different colors The layouts are color coded to help you instantly identify the allocation of the layouts in the video For information on changing the layouts see Change the layout The Timeline also shows the audio waveform of the audio clip recorded with the video You can magnify the Timeline view using the Zoom In or Zoom Out icons the scroll wheel of your mouse or Command and or Command and keys By magnifying the Timeline view you can edit the video at a much granular level For example while choosing the Trim region if you can drag the playhead from 5 seconds to 6 seconds at a lower zoom level you can drag it from 5 seconds to 5 5 seconds at a higher zoom level The rectangular bar video clip is prefixed and suffixed with the default branding videos You can remove these videos or choose different videos using the Branding panel For more informati
37. to pass Or More Of Total Score To Pass Enter a numeric value that students must meet in order to pass For example if you enter a value of 50 students must have a score of 50 or above to pass 6 Click OK i To the to Set score display g You can set the way the quiz score is reported to users 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage 3 In the Quiz Manager dialog box select a quiz and click Edit 4 Click the Quiz Settings tab 5 Select Show Score At End Of Quiz 6 Click Quiz Result Messages 7 Select a score option Display Score Specifies that the numeric score is displayed Display Percent Score Specifies that a score as a percentage of total is displayed Tally Correct Specifies that a score in tally form for example 7 out of 10 correct is displayed 8 Click OK three times to close all of the dialog boxes To the top Changing fonts and button placement in quizzes This feature enables you to change the fonts and button placement in all quizzes in one step aS PP YS In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Click the Appearance tab Change fonts question answer option button text and feedback message and button placement as necessary Optional Select Apply Formatting To All Existing Quizzes to apply the selected formatting to all questions in the quiz a
38. video Click the Trim icon and then click Set Inpoint ds The start marker appears on the Timeline Play the video again and pause the video click icon again at the point where you want the end marker for trimming Click Set Outpoint Lx set ourpoinr Click and drag the start and end markers to increase or decrease the trim region Note To snap to a specific point in the video you can use the markers in the Timeline The markers are represented by tiny dots in the region where the playhead moves See Timeline for an image that shows these markers To delete a trim region hover your mouse anywhere on the region and press Delete The playhead can be positioned anywhere Do one of the following e Edit the video further by using the trim option again e Add pan and zoom points e Edit the branding settings e Click Publish to publish the video Hide mouse movements Click Settings Bl and uncheck the Mouse Movements check box Reduce audio noise Click Settings Bl and select Audio Noise Reduction Undo and redo edit operations Press Ctrl z Windows or Command z on Mac to undo the latest operation in Adobe Presenter Video Creator To redo the operation press the keys again Multiple undo operations are not supported Ctrl z and Command z act as toggle keys and toggle between undo and redo of the latest edit operation The scope of undo and redo operations are limited to edit operations within the foll
39. viewer as unformatted text Any formatting applied to notes in the PowerPoint note pane is ignored 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Navigate to a slide for which you want to add a note 3 Ensure that you are in Normal or Notes Page view 4 Type note text directly in the notes area under the slide If you are in Normal view but cannot see the notes area it might be collapsed Click the separator bar until the pointer changes to allow you to drag the separator bar Drag up to display the Notes area Copyright 2008 g OSHA has adopted a large number of federal safety and health standards deided into vanous categories These standards are measures of safety formulated to reduce employees exposure to hazardous conditions Some standards govern all worksites generally and other standards address specific industries The Act requires employer compliance with these standards Although employers may be allowed input an whith standards are adopted and can contest standards beheved to be unfair once the standard is adopted and published by OSHA noncompliance by an employar is grounds for enforcement z To view the Notes area move the mouse pointer over the separator bar until an equal sign with two arrows appears and then drag up 5 Optional Notes text can be formatted Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme and in the Theme Editor change Notes Pane Font and Size as desired 6 You can preview the notes by p
40. want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if you plan to 16 17 Add Hot Spot questions use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import butto
41. your mouth to help soften the sound of the letters s and p Improving microphone techniques Have a glass of water nearby so you can avoid dry mouth Before recording turn away from the microphone take a deep breath exhale take another deep breath open your mouth turn back toward the microphone and start speaking By doing so you can eliminate breathing and lip smacking sounds frequently recorded at the beginning of audio tracks Speak slowly and carefully You may feel that you are speaking artificially slowly but you can adjust the speed later by using your audio recording software Finally keep in mind that you don t have to get everything right the first time You can listen and evaluate each recording and rerecord if necessary Editing sound Editing sound is like editing text Listen carefully to your recording delete any extraneous sounds and then use the options available in your software to polish the sound Add any music or sound effects you require but make sure to save your audio track in the correct format mp3 or WAV Reviewing the presentation After you have added the audio to the presentation listen to it again Finally it helps to ask others to preview the presentation file If necessary you can edit the audio again on a per slide basis z x To the t About audio recording equipment oe Having the right audio equipment makes a significant difference in the quality of recorded audio Surprisingly bas
42. 13 14 15 16 Select Allow Clicks On Hot Spots Only to disable mouse clicks outside the hot spot areas In the Answers area click each placeholder answer and enter words or phrases that describe the hot spot Select the check boxes that correspond to the correct answers Select the Options tab Optional In the Type list click Graded or Survey to change the question type Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio a Play button replaces the Record button To rerecord audio you must first remove
43. 7 Optional Select Display Current Score to show the user their score as they take the quiz 8 Optional Select Display Passing And Maximum Score to show the maximum possible score for the quiz and the minimum score a user must have to pass the quiz 9 Optional Select Display Quiz Attempts to show the user how many attempts they have made and how many are allowed 10 Optional Under Navigation select Show Incomplete Quiz Warning to display a message to users when they attempt to exit a quiz they have not completed 11 Click OK The Quiz pane must be enabled in the Theme Editor dialog box 12 Click Adobe Presenter and then click Theme 13 In the Theme Editor select Enable Quiz Pane in the Panes section 14 Click OK twice Adobe Presenter gives you many options for customizing colors tabs functionality graphics font style and other design elements of a theme For more information see Create and edit themes Set reporting options To the top Adobe Presenter offers reporting options for presentations with e learning elements For example you can create presentations that are SCORM AICC or Tin Can compliant for use within a learning management system Note Adobe Presenter is Tin Can compliant from Version 9 Reporting options such as what data to collect and how the data is reported are set for a course You can however select whether to report interaction data to a learning management system at the quiz level
44. ADOBE PRESENTER Help and tutorials Adobe Presenter What s new in Adobe Presenter 9 Adobe Presenter 9 software now with PowerPoint 2013 support and Windows 8 compatibility helps you convert slides into interactive content using out of the box assets and quizzes Important enhancements include option for simplified four button interface for video editing better tracking of user progress through your own Learning Management Systems improved feedback by including quizzes and surveys You can also communicate better with engaging videos that you can create at your desktop and deliver them to video sharing sites and mobile devices Microsoft Office 2013 support Convert Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 slides including objects animations and multimedia into interactive video presentations using an improved conversion library Note Supports Microsoft Office 2013 32 bit Microsoft Office 2010 32 bit and 64 bit and Microsoft Office 2007 32 bit Windows 8 compatibility Enhanced version compatibility Supports Microsoft Office 2013 32 bit Enhanced course audio output Enhance the audio output with built in filters for ambient noise suppression and audio track amplification Record and sync audio files with the PowerPoint slides using the new intuitive audio interface Improved interactive presentations Use the drag and drop games quizzes and learning modules for enhanced interactivity Set various relationships based on which th
45. Correction Video Contrast Correction and Audio Noise Reduction take effect only in the published output of the video Publish to YouTube 1 Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Creator and then click YouTube Adobe Presenter Video Creator converts your project to an MP4 file at the back end After the conversion is completed the YouTube Login window appears 2 Specify your YouTube login credentials and select the I ve Read Adobe Privacy Policy check box 3 Click Login 4 In the Upload To YouTube dialog box specify the title for the project and type in a description 5 In the Tags field type the tags for the project to optimize your users search for the project Use commas or semicolons to separate multiple tags Generally the tags are the search terms that your users use to search for your project on YouTube Some examples are the subject of your project or the key terms in the project or the title 6 In the Category list click a category to which your project belongs 7 Click one of the following options e Public To make your project available for everyone who accesses YouTube e Private To make your project available to only specific set of users After uploading the file log on to YouTube and provide permissions for such users or to users with whom you want to share the link For more information see this website 8 Click Terms and Conditions review them and click Back 9 Select the have read the
46. I Set a pass rate for a quiz 2 3 4 5 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz ribbon item click Manage In the Quiz Manager dialog box click the Reporting tab Select Enable Reporting For This Presentation Select the main learning management system standard you want to use e Adobe Connect Pro e AICC If you select AICC four course structure files are created e SCORM If you select SCORM click Manifest to set options for creating a manifest file required by many third party learning management systems In the manifest dialog box you can also select SCORM version 1 2 or 2004 e Tin Can Specify how you want the status of the course to be reported to LMS Incomplete gt Complete The status of the course is reported as Incomplete in LMS when users launch the course The status changes to Complete when the success criteria is satisfied Incomplete gt Passed Failed The status of the course is reported as Incomplete when users launch the course The status changes to Passed Failed when the success criteria is satisfied Note Status Representation fields are available only when you choose AICC or SCORM 17 2 Specify the success and completion criteria for your course The status of the course is decided based on whether or not the users met these criteria User Access The users are considered to have successfully completed the course if they launch the course from LMS
47. Message option to display a message to users stating that they selected the incorrect answer Deselect the Show Error Message option if you do not want to display a message to users when they select the incorrect answer 7 In the If Wrong Answer area select the Show Retry Message option to display a message to users when they select the incorrect answer but have remaining answer attempts available Deselect the Show Retry Message option if you do not want to display a message to users when they select the incorrect answer but have remaining answer attempts available 8 In the If Wrong Answer area select the Show Incomplete Message option to display a message to users who do not provide an answer to a required question Edit feedback message text in a quiz Adobe Presenter provides default text for feedback messages that are displayed to users but you can edit the text at any time The text is set at the quiz level so that all questions within a quiz display the same feedback messages In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage On any quiz click Edit Select the Allow User To Review Quiz option and click Question Review Messages Type new text directly in the text boxes for Correct Incomplete and Incorrect feedback messages ao PS YS Click OK three times to close all of the dialog boxes Note If you change the default labels the question feedback messages also c
48. Optional In the Biography text box enter information about the Presenter such as professional and educational credentials employment history phone number or job description lf you want to make this person the default Presenter for all presentations select the Default option Click OK Click Close Set the Presenter for an entire presentation 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file ph 2 ee IY Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager Click Select All Click Edit In the Presented By pop up menu select a name from the list Click OK Click Close Set the Presenter for slides You can set the same Presenter for every slide or set different presenters for individual slides You also have the option to set no Presenter for a slide or slides 1 2 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager 3 Do one of the following e To set the Presenter for an individual slide select the slide and click the link to the right of Presented By Use the menu to select a Presenter e To set the Presenter for all slides click Select All click Edit use the Presented By menu to select a Presenter and click OK 4 Click OK Edit a Presenter 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Settings Select the Presenters tab Select a Presenter from the list and click Edit or double click a Presenter Change properties such as
49. Video file formats that can be imported are 3GP F4V never reencoded as On2 FLV ASF AVI DV DVI MOV MP4 MPEG MPG WMA WMV and FLV Adobe Presenter enables you to import multiple video file formats by reencoding them as On2 FLV files The following formats can be converted ASF WMV AVI MPEG MPE M1V M2V MOD MP2 MPV2 MP2V MP4 DV DVI MOV 3GP 3GPP 3GP2 and 3GPP2 The embedded files can be played on Flash Player 9 in Adobe Presenter 7 0 7 the files can be played in Flash Player 9 or later Note H 264 files are not reencoded as FLV files because they are supported by Flash Player 9 0 115 0 or later Files in AVI and MOV format that are H 264 encoded are not converted to FLV In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide to which you want to add the video file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Video gt Import Navigate to the video file you want to add to the slide Select the video file Under Import Options select a Quality option from the menu Optional To change the slide on which the video is imported use the Import On menu to select a different slide Select Slide Video or Sidebar Video Optional Select Preview to see a small version of the video file directly in the Import Video dialog box S a eS ot aN SS YS Note If you are importing a video that requires QuickTime for preview using the Preview option might cause instability File types that use QuickT
50. a mane sages Dre Options for designing a presentation in the Adobe Presenter ribbon in PowerPoint To the top Elements of presentations When planning consider adding the following elements to your presentation Title slides Title slides are usually the first or second slide in a presentation and state the subject of the content Adobe Presenter information Include the name title photo contact information and a short biography of the Adobe Presenter or presenters Custom logos Add a company or organization logo to brand and personalize a presentation Copyright information Depending on the length of the information include copyright text on the first or last slide in a presentation You can also add a separate slide containing only copyright information Opening and closing slides Create a distinctive start and finish to clearly show users the beginning middle and end of the presentation You can use the same opening and closing slide across a series of presentations for a unified professional look Section divider slides Use divider slides to delineate sections within a presentation Divider slides are especially useful in long presentations Sounds Voice over narration music or sound effects can add a new dimension to presentations Quizzing Let users interact with the presentation while you track their learning progress or obtain information Surveys Attachments Add existing information as supporting content for presentations You ca
51. ads out the control that is in focus When JAWS is running objects and shapes in the output screen are highlighted with a yellow border around it Users can change the focus using the tab key Users can also execute actions on all elements of the PowerPoint project such as TOC playbar and so on using the spacebar and the enter key The following elements of an Adobe Presenter output are accessible through JAWS in addition to the keyboard e Playbar controls including the attachments e Side panes including Outline Thumb Notes and Search Pane e Slide notes e Content on the slides including text actions hyperlinks images and quizzes See also Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Publishing and viewing presentations Publish locally Publish a presentation to PDF Publish the entire presentation as a package About Adobe Connect Server Add and access Adobe Connect Servers Manage the Adobe Connect Server publishing list Publish to an Adobe Connect Server Add a Adobe Presenter presentation to a Connect Pro meeting View a presentation in a Connect Pro meeting Viewing a presentation in Connect Pro Training Using presentations with Connect Pro Events Viewing presentations on tablets Using presentations with third party learning management systems Publish locally To the top Publishing to your local machine is a good way to test y
52. arning management system to publish the presentation e Make the attached file available for download through a web browser or network drive accessible to users Then use the hyperlink feature of PowerPoint to allow users to view the attachments Add an attachment to a presentation In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu click Attachments Click Add Enter a unique name for the attachment SAE SN From the Type pop up menu select File or Link e To attach a file click Browse and navigate to the file e To attach a link enter the full path in the URL text box 7 Click OK Add and test links to documents Links to documents on Adobe Connect Server or a third party system are a type of attachment For example you could create a link from text on a PowerPoint slide to a SWF file When linking to a document it may be necessary to copy the document to the resource folder for the document to appear properly in the presentation In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Navigate to the slide to which you want to add the link Select the text you want to use as the link From the Insert menu select Hyperlink Navigate to the file to which you want to link and click OK To test the link preview the presentation by selecting Adobe Presenter gt Publish Select My Computer Select View Output After Publishing
53. arty FTP software Adobe Presenter best practices To the top Adobe recommends these best practices for creating presentations e Design your online presentation based on the bandwidth capabilities of your audience If your audience has fast broadband connections you can create a graphic intensive presentation that includes many animations However if your audience has slower connection speeds consider using graphic images only no animations or no graphics at all By doing so you provide a good viewing experience to your audience Adobe Presenter also enables you to lower the quality level of images and audio files to create content suitable for audiences with low bandwidth e Consider creating a written script before recording audio for your presentation Speaking into a microphone can be more difficult than giving a presentation to a live audience To ensure a smooth delivery that covers all of your important points consider creating a script for the entire presentation before recording audio for it If you have slide notes written in PowerPoint you can easily import them into Adobe Presenter e Add animations to enhance the overall presentation if your audience has fast connections Adobe Presenter supports PowerPoint animations so that you can create powerful animated multimedia presentations Animations add impact to your message and improve the overall viewing experience of users e Add video to presentation slides or to the sideba
54. as desired For example click Modify Text Labels to change the text in different areas of the theme or click the colors under Appearance to select custom colors 4 Click the Save As button and specify a name for the new theme 5 Click OK The new theme appears in the Theme Name pop up menu in the Theme Editor and can be used when publishing presentations Change and localize text labels in a theme Text labels are the words that appear in a theme such as button text and tab names You can edit text labels in a theme at any time In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme Click Modify Text Labels Select a language for the text labels from the Language list oe es a Note Presentations detect the language of a user s operating system and automatically display the text labels in the user s native language if their computer s language is set to German French Korean Japanese Portuguese Spanish Italian Simplified Chinese or Dutch Otherwise English text labels appear 5 As necessary change the text labels for any element of the presentation theme For example you can change the text that displays on buttons or panes 6 Click OK Change theme colors You can change the colors that appear in a theme including the background color and glow color You can also specify a background image to use in a theme 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Ado
55. ation needs at no extra cost by tracking and reporting key performance metrics like average score and pass or fail without investing in an Learning Management System LMS Accessibility support Achieve Section 508 standard compliance and expand your outreach with enhanced accessibility support Create courseware that meets the accessibility norms of defense government and educational organizations See Accesability and 508 compliance for more information Automatic closed captioning Presenter 9 incorporates a new speech to text conversion feature to helps you to automatically generate closed captioning of your audio track quickly See Closed captions for more information Customizable user navigation interface Use this feature to disable playbar display to ensure that your learners view critical sections of your course See Editing Adobe Presenter presentations for more information Direct access to Adobe notifications Reach out to Adobe support access social media forums and receive timely updates from the Adobe Presenter product team all from within Adobe Presenter 9 Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Inserting scenario interactions You the author can create scenario based training with easily customizable scenario interactions Each scenario template contains the complete question vs answer flow For example if you select the Business
56. ays create new questions using the Quiz Manager When you finish click OK twice To the top Users answer true or false questions by selecting either True or False or Yes or No as an answer 1 ee In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question 4 In the Question Types dialog box select True False and click one of the following options Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New true false question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for the name or enter a new name in the Name text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation 9 If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the true or false question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score te
57. b server e Click the Adobe Connect URL to automatically open the presentation in the Presenter Mobile application e Launch the course from an LMS The course is automatically opened in the Presenter Mobile application The user scores are reported back to the LMS just like any course on desktop After the presentation is open users can pinch the screen to view the TOC Users can tap the screen to view the following e Links to attachments When users click an attachment such as a document or a spreadsheet the web browser appears and prompts the users to download the document Links that are used as attachments are directly opened in the web browser e Information about the presenter of the presentation e Playbar that can be used for navigation or to stop start pause the presentation Note Playbar is not displayed on the question slides The following features are not supported on Adobe Presenter Mobile for Presenter 9 e Audio and video inserted using Microsoft PowerPoint options e Question types ShortAnswer Likert Sequence and Drag Drop e SCORM e Sum Total LMS Adobe Connect and SCORM Cloud AICC are supported For a list of known issues and limitations with the Presenter Mobile application for Presenter 8 8 0 1 click here Using presentations with third party learning management systems TOLPAR Adobe Presenter lets you use presentations with any SCORM or AlCC compliant learning management system LMS Use the Reporting tab in
58. bar Examples of presentation audio that the audio button can control include audio imported into a slide and audio in an embedded SWF file for example sidebar video Note Not all slides or presentations contain audio If a slide does not have any audio the text No audio appears as the slide status on the slide progress bar The slide still has an audio length and appears for that period of time before the next slide appears This time is set by the presentation speaker e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click Audio in the presentation toolbar and move the volume bar up or down to change the audio level Moving the volume bar all the way to the bottom mutes the audio completely r A a To the to Viewing a presentation in Connect Pro Training You can use Adobe Presenter presentations within Connect Pro Training courses This enables you to quickly create e learning courses for formal assessments compliance training or information sharing The new curriculum feature allows you to make your presentations part of a learning path Quiz and survey results are tracked on a user by user and question by question basis The results data can be viewed in Connect Pro Training reports Using presentations with Connect Pro Events To the top Connect Pro Events is an application that provides tools to manage the full cycle of an event from registration and qualification of users to post event follow up Th
59. be Presenter gt Theme 3 Under Appearance click the following options Theme Click this color square to change the color of the theme sidebar and toolbar Glow Click this color square to change the color that appears when users hover their mouse over slides in the Outline pane and thumbnail images in the Thumb pane Font Click this color square to change the color of the text in the theme Background Click this color square to change the color of the background area that appears behind the slides sidebar and toolbar Background Image Click Background Image gt Change to navigate to an image file in JPG format to use as the background The background is the area that appears behind the slides sidebar and toolbar Click Background Image gt Delete to remove the background image 4 Click OK Delete a theme You can delete a custom theme at any time However the default themes included with Adobe Presenter such as Sage and Sapphire cannot be removed In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme In the Theme list select the theme you want to remove Click Delete Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the theme and then click OK OE oe eo NS Show and hide theme panes Panes appear in the sidebar of a theme The default location of the sidebar is on the right side but the location can be changed You can select which panes appear in the theme and which are hidden For examp
60. be Presenter converts the audio to mp3 format 8 Click Play to listen to the recording 9 When you finish click Save and then click Close In Adobe Presenter 8 update for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers do the following 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Record 3 If you have not calibrated your microphone or the recording device earlier do so by following the on screen instructions To skip the calibration click Skip The Adobe Presenter Record Audio dialog box appears Record audio dialog box 4 Click ia to start recording 5 Speak into the microphone or the recording device 6 Click to record audio for the next slide Record audio dialog box Next object for recording is a slide lf the current slide contains animation then click to record or synchroize audio with the animation Record audio dialog box Next object for recording is an animation When the next available object for recording is the next slide Bis replaced with E3 Click il anytime during recording to pause Click E to continue recording again 7 When you complete the narration click LI to stop recording To play the audio that is recorded click gt i 8 Click Save to save the recording Adobe Presenter converts the audio to mp3 format To cancel the recording click Discard 9 Click X to close the record audio dialo
61. be Presenter helps you change presentations to suit your needs in the following ways e Enhance PowerPoint presentations with multimedia Add multimedia including audio Such as voice over narration video and quizzes and surveys without leaving PowerPoint e Import prerecorded audio into a presentation and synchronize the audio with PowerPoint slide animations Publish your presentation Publish your presentations so that users can view them Adobe Presenter offers the following features e Adobe Presenter is deeply integrated with all Connect Pro Central applications including Connect Pro Training and Connect Pro Meetings as well as Adobe Captivate SWF and FLV files e View presentations in the interactive Adobe Presenter viewer e Integrate Adobe Presenter content with learning management systems LMS Adobe Presenter creates SCORM and AlCC compliant content Adobe Presenter workspace _ Adobe Presenter has the following two components that work together to help authors create and deliver content to users Adobe Presenter Enables authors to create content Adobe Presenter viewer Allows users to view and interact with converted Adobe Presenter presentations For content authors all Adobe Presenter features are accessible from the Adobe Presenter ribbon in PowerPoint DEI el SF a w Gething Stated with Lybe Presenter pate Marropsti PowerPoint O20 B 82 Si aus amp ae miem am teint me gt a mone l inaa ierra ome s
62. blishing of your video happens on the cloud on Adobe servers this issue does not occur in the published output The Adobe servers have the required graphics card to render your video with high quality If you still want to see a high quality video in editing environment replace your graphics card with a d dedicated AMD ATI or nVidia graphics card Also update your graphics card drivers to the latest version The quality of the Adobe Presenter video is low Adobe Presenter Video Express requires a lot of processing power to record the screen and webcam videos simultaneously The presenter video in particular is a lot more difficult to record When the processing power is not sufficient the Presenter video quality will be low The quality drop can be seen in the drop in the frame rate of the video Also the audio and video may go out of synchronization Solution Close unnecessary applications and free up system resources If you experience a problem with the quality of your Presenter video please check the following e Are all unnecessary applications closed e Do you have sufficient free space on your hard disk At least 5 GB is needed but around 15 GB is recommended e Are you using a good quality webcam Check out our recommended webcams e Are your webcam drivers up to date e Are you capturing your video in a well lit environment Most webcams perform poorly in bad lighting e Are you running Adobe Presenter Video Express in Diagnos
63. book posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Creating presentations Adobe Presenter How To Topics Creating presentations with Adobe Presenter Adobe Presenter workspace Elements of presentations Planning a presentation Adobe Presenter best practices Create a Adobe Presenter presentation Preview a presentation Adobe Presenter How To Topics To the top e Create a Adobe Presenter presentation e Preview a presentation e Change slide properties e Add and edit presenters e Add and edit attachments e Add audio files to a presentation e Record audio e Import video e Adding quizzes and questions e Create and edit themes e Publish to a Adobe Connect Server Creating presentations with Adobe Presenter To the top Adobe Presenter lets you create sophisticated high impact presentations and e learning content quickly and easily in three steps Design your presentation From within PowerPoint Adobe Presenter can help you do the following tasks e Use an existing PowerPoint presentation as a base for an Adobe Presenter presentation to save you the time and effort of creating a new presentation e Perform accurate PowerPoint conversions quickly including full support for most of the PowerPoint animations e Customize the appearance of the presentation viewer interface with company logos colors and Adobe Presenter biographies and photos Edit your presentation Ado
64. chments window with several different types of attachments listed Attachments open either in an application or in the default browser according to their type Note Attachments do not open in the Preview mode Attachment type Opens in FlashPaper Default web browser Microsoft Word document Microsoft Word if installed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Microsoft Excel if installed Microsoft PowerPoint presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Text TXT file Default text editor such as Notepad or WordPad PDF Adobe Reader if installed SWF file Default web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Image or graphic file Default web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox URL Default web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox To the top Add and edit attachments Attach web pages documents PDF files FlashPaper documents SWF files or spreadsheets to your presentation You can also add links to websites or documents hosted by Adobe Connect Server or a third party system Due to security restrictions added by Microsoft attachments to presentations that are published locally instead of to Adobe Connect Server may not be displayed properly in Internet Explorer In Adobe Presenter a presentation that has been published locally runs in Flash Player and Internet Explorer considers it unsafe to download a file from Flash Player You can work around this issue in two ways e Use Adobe Connect Server or another le
65. click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question 4 In the Question Types dialog box select Multiple Choice and click one of the following options 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New multiple choice question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for the name or enter a new name in the Name text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation Q If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the multiple choice question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score text box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question By assigning different point values to different questions you can give introductory questions a lower value than advanced questions for example You can enter any whole number value If all questi
66. cope of undo and redo operations are limited to edit operations within the following e Layout editing options e Trim e Pan and zoom This means if you change the layout and click the trim or pan and zoom icon the undo stack is cleared and you cannot undo the change layout operation Whereas if you switch between the layouts options without clicking trim or pan and zoom you can undo the last change in the layout Similarly if you choose a trim region and click pan and zoom or layout icons the undo stack gets cleared and you cannot undo the trim operation Edit the video theme To the top Add brand videos and icons 1 Click Branding i in Adobe Presenter Video Express 2 In the Branding panel click a theme from the Themes list The edit area displays a preview of the selected theme To remove the default branding video click None from the Branding Video list 3 To create a custom theme click Custom in the Themes list 4 Based on whether you want the video at the beginning or end or both click Start or End or both Then click Select to browse for the video Note Branding videos of only resolution 1280 X 800 are supported 5 To use an image as the background select Background and then click Select to browse for the required image 6 To use a branding icon or a logo select Left or Right in the Branding Icon section based on where you want the image Then click Select to choose the image PNG only Add title text To th
67. correct matches A line is drawn between the two items to show the relationship All items in Column 1 must have a match in Column 2 If you need to change the order of items in a column select an item and then click the up or down arrow below the column to move the item up or down in the list 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 If you make an error while establishing the correct matches between column items click Clear Matches and start over In Numbering use the pop up menu and select an option for how answers are listed on the quiz slide You can choose from uppercase letters lowercase letters or numbers Select the Options tab Optional In Type use the pop up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box
68. crosoft PowerPoint Use PowerPoint XP templates as slide backgrounds In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file From the Format menu select Slide Design Select an appropriate template that matches the theme you have chosen for your presentation and click Apply oo es NE To test the design template background with the presentation theme publish your presentation locally and view the results In PowerPoint select Adobe Presenter gt Publish select My Computer and click Publish Use PowerPoint 2007 2010 template as slide backgrounds In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file From the menu select Design tab Select an appropriate template that matches the theme you have chosen for your presentation and click Apply SY To test the design template background with the presentation theme publish your presentation locally and view the results In PowerPoint select Adobe Presenter gt Publish select My Computer and click Publish Note Avoid using the Concourse theme background Gradient images in this theme do not display properly Use PowerPoint theme colors You can now use the colors of your PowerPoint theme in Adobe Presenter themes as well 1 Open the presentation and click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 2 Click Use PowerPoint Theme Colors and click OK Adobe Presenter picks up the colors used in the PowerPoint theme and applies them to the skin of the presentation You can see the preview i
69. d In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Preferences In the Application menu on the left click Presenters P YS Do one of the following e Add anew presenter by clicking Add e Select an existing presenter and click Edit 5 Click the Browse button adjacent to the Logo text box 6 Navigate to the location of the logo file you want to use JPG or PNG format Note A logo size of 148 x 52 pixels is recommended so that the logo appears properly in the theme and the Adobe Presenter viewer 7 Select the file and click Open The name of the file is displayed in the Logo text box and a preview of the logo appears on the right side 8 Click OK 9 To preview the custom logo publish your presentation locally and view the results In PowerPoint select Adobe Presenter gt Publish select My Computer and click Publish p i To thet Include slide notes in presentations o the top You can include extra notes about a slide in your final presentation Users view the notes by clicking on the Notes pane in the Adobe Presenter viewer sidebar Slide notes are a good location for extra information about a slide such as numerical details supporting materials or footnote text You can also use slide notes to communicate with users who do not have audio capabilities or are hearing impaired You create slide notes in PowerPoint Note The notes appear in the Adobe Presenter
70. d during recording are displayed along with the captions Text Entry Boxes Text entry boxes are Adobe Captivate objects that require user input During recording in some of the modes text entry boxes with default hint success or failure captions are added to the slides You can later edit the text in these captions Click Boxes A click box is an object in Adobe Captivate that designates an area around the place where the mouse was clicked during recording Click boxes help users try out an application or website using the movie After viewers click a click box you can have the project perform different actions For example the project resumes playing opens a new project or opens a specific website Highlight boxes Highlight boxes are transparent colored rectangles that can be placed over areas on a slide to draw attention to the area You can edit the formatting color transparency and size of all highlight boxes If you automatically record a project or slides Adobe Captivate creates a highlight box for the area on which a mouse event occurs If you have an existing project you can also add highlight boxes manually For more information on these objects see Adobe Captivate help Demonstration mode Use the demonstration mode when you want to demonstrate a procedure or feature The movie produced in this mode however does not provide any scope for user interaction The user can only passively view actions that were performed when the project
71. d for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they supply an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report score
72. ded in the final published presentation but when the presentation is viewed only the number of questions you specified in this case five are displayed for the user Question groups are one method you can use to ensure two people taking the same quiz do not see the same questions in the same order shuffling questions is another method Note Any non question content slides located within a question group boundary between the first and last question of a question group are not displayed in the published presentation When you create question groups you receive more options including setting mandatory questions branching based on percentage scored ina question group and question shuffling the order of questions changes each time the quiz is displayed Note Ensure that questions and question groups in a quiz never branch outside the quiz boundary To the to Create question groups P Question groups are sets of questions you can use to create different subsets 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage 3 Select the quiz to which you want to add a question group Note A single quiz can have multiple question groups 4 Click Add Question Group 5 Click the Settings tab 6 Optional Type a unique name for the question group Different questions groups can have the same name 7 Type a number or use the menu E to specify a Subset Size For examp
73. description of the presentation The maximum length of the summary is 750 characters 4 Click Next The final step in the publishing process is to set permissions for who can view the presentation Set permissions The final step in the publishing process is to set permissions for the presentation This establishes who is able to view the presentation You have several options available 1 On the Set Permissions screen select a permission setting e The default permission setting is Same As Parent Folder If you select this option the presentation automatically inherits the same permission profile as the parent folder in which it is published For example if the parent folder has permission for public viewing the presentation will also have permission for public viewing e To change the permission setting click Customize To create a public presentation select Yes next to the Allow Public Viewing option To create a private presentation with a custom permission profile that is different from that of its parent folder make sure the Allow Public Viewing option is not selected Then create a list of users and groups with specific permission types In the Available Users And Groups list on the left select a group or individual and click Add The new user or group now appears in the Current Permissions list on the right Continue adding or removing users or groups as necessary 2 Click Finish 3 A dialog box appears and confirms that the p
74. dialog box appears e Click Email to send the logs to Adobe for troubleshooting The default mail client appears with the logs attached e Click Save to save the logs on your computer for future use Presentation has a jagged appearance in side by side layout Adobe Presenter Video Creator uses certain features of the graphics card on your computer to render images in a better quality in side by side layout The presentation appears jagged and the image is not rendered sharply if the graphics card does not meet the minimum requirements for Adobe Presenter Video Creator In such cases Adobe Presenter Video Creator displays a message when you try to use the side by side layout indicating that the image may not be rendered sharp However you can continue to work with Adobe Presenter Video Creator normally Solution Replace the graphics card with a dedicated AMD ATI or nVidia graphics card Also update your graphics card drivers to the latest version Error Your camera doesn t support the minimum FPS required for Adobe Presenter Video Creator This error occurs because your camera supports a frame rate lesser than 10 FPS Adobe Presenter Video Creator produces best quality videos when your camera is High Definition 1280 x 720 and supports at least 10 FPS frame rate Use of cameras that support lesser FPS results in choppy videos similar to slide show Solution Replace your camera with one of the recommended ones See Recommended ca
75. different types of questions that can either be graded or used as surveys Add branching to quizzes to guide users through different paths in the presentation based on their answers Adobe Presenter provides a simple interface for using a microphone to add audio narration to your presentation In addition you can easily synchronize your PowerPoint animations with your audio narration The intuitive Adobe Presenter interface and its complete integration with PowerPoint eliminates the need for additional training or knowledge of Flash programming In minutes you can transform static PowerPoint files into dynamic web experiences by adding audio video multimedia interactive quizzes and surveys and extensive branding When you have created your content simply publish it to Adobe Connect Server You can also publish to your computer to test a presentation After you have installed Adobe Presenter you access the program from within PowerPoint When you open PowerPoint a new menu named Adobe Presenter appears in the menu bar In Presenter 9 to keep yourself updated you can use the Access Adobe Resources Tools gt option Click this option to connect to the Adobe e learning news server You can view the latest updates from the Adobe e learning team in a news feed format in the Access Adobe Resources pop up screen Click any news feed item to view the complete information Connect to the Adobe blogs and other social media channels using the vari
76. dth limitations for users with limited bandwidth use regular or low In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Quality kwon Select an image quality option High The largest file size and highest quality image Medium The best balance between file size and image quality Low The smallest file size and lowest quality image Lossless available in Adobe Presenter 7 0 7 and later High quality images that are embedded in SWF files The size of SWF files is more than the ones that result from the Low option Adobe Presenter uses png image format a lossless format instead of joeg which is a lossy format 5 Optional If your presentation contains SWF files on consecutive slides select Disable Preloading Of Embedded Flash Content This option prevents a second SWF file from beginning to play before a first SWF file is finished Note To publish a presentation without including any audio files deselect Publish Audio 6 Click OK Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Importing SWF files and video files Add and manage SWF files in presentations Import video Importing H 264 video Edit imported video files Add and manage SWF files in presentations To the top Adobe Presenter enable
77. e Connect Event dashboard and reports include user demographic information registration and tracking at the individual user level Connect Pro generates exportable files in CSV format for import into customer relationship management systems and other systems Note Ifyou want to use an existing Adobe Presenter presentation as an event it is important to rename the presentation and republish the presentation to a different location and different folder in the Connect Pro Content library This ensures that reporting information for the event does not include reporting information from prior events To the to Viewing presentations on tablets i Note Android based tablets are supported only in Presenter 9 You can now make Adobe Presenter presentations available for your users on tablets iPads and Android based tablets through the Presenter Mobile application You can host the presentations or courses on a web server LMS or upload them to an Adobe Connect server and then distribute the URLs to your users Subject to Apple s current requirements and approval Note Only PPTX files are supported by the Presenter Mobile application Therefore save your presentations as PPTX files only Users can download the Presenter Mobile application from Apple iStore or Android Play store and access the presentations or courses in one of the following ways e Type the URL in the application interface if the presentation or course is hosted on a we
78. e Name text box 4 From the pop up menu next to Required select an option to determine if users must take or pass the quiz When selecting an option consider how the quiz fits in with your e learning strategy for the presentation For example you can require users to pass the quiz or allow them to skip the quiz Optional The learner can attempt the quiz but is not required to take the quiz Required The learner is required to at least attempt the quiz A quiz attempt is defined as answering selecting or typing an answer and pressing Submit at least one question in the quiz Simply viewing a question is not considered an attempt Until the learners answer at least one question in the quiz they are not permitted to move forward in the presentation beyond the last question slide in that quiz The required option does not however limit the learner from navigating among slides within a given quiz Pass Required The learner must pass this quiz to continue If you select this option all navigation to any slide past the end of the quiz is prohibited until the learner achieves a passing score This restriction affects both learner initiated navigation for example clicking forward or back buttons in the playbar or clicking on a slide in the Outline pane and author initiated branching for example immediate question and quiz feedback If you select the Pass Required option you must show a scoring slide The scoring slide tells learners why they canno
79. e Outline Thumb Notes Search and Quiz panes if you have added the panes to your theme The Presentation sidebar is shown in Normal view it is hidden in Full Screen view If you cannot see the sidebar click Show Hide Sidebar a Presentation toolbar A control bar at the bottom of the presentation which gives you control over the presentation playback audio attachments and screen size You may need to click the Sync button to see the Presentation toolbar Viewing the Outline pane Most presentations have an Outline pane on the sidebar The Outline pane lists the title and duration of each slide Use the Outline pane to display information and to enable users to move to individual slides in the presentation You can omit the Outline pane from the sidebar At this time it is not possible to show the slide outline in a read only format if the outline is showing users will be able to click the slides listed Note Quiz slides are not by default listed in the Outline pane If you want quiz slides to appear in the Outline open the Quiz Manager click Edit and select the Show questions in outline option Note If you have a Windows XP English PC and need to view double byte unicode characters for example Japanese characters in the outline pane you should have the Arial Unicode MS font installed on your computer e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click the Outline pane in the sidebar on the right side
80. e Quiz Manager lets you organize all of the quizzes and questions in a presentation A Quiz no 1 B Different types of questions in quiz 1 C Quiz no 2 D A question in quiz 2 You can design the following types of questions in Adobe Presenter e Multiple choice e Short answer e Matching e True False e Rating scale Likert e Fill in the blank e Sequence e Hot Spot e Drag and drop Note Sequence and Hot Spot questions are available only for PPTX files and not on PPT files You can grade the questions or use them in surveys to gather information Branching in quizzes Branching is an important concept in creating effective e learning materials and a useful way to customize presentations In branched presentations sometimes called contingency branching the path that users take through a quiz or survey is determined by their responses to questions For example you can create branches based on correct answers incorrect answers or options selected by the user Depending on these factors you can continue the presentation jump to a specific slide open a URL and so on Through branching you can specify what happens when users answer questions correctly or incorrectly For example you can associate one action such as Go to the next slide to a correct answer and another such as Open URL to an incorrect answer Reporting Reporting lets you track student performance with any type of quiz You can track the number of att
81. e Quiz Manager to create a single quiz for a presentation or multiple quizzes in a single presentation Then you add questions to the quiz or quizzes You can add graded questions survey questions or a combination of both to each quiz After adding questions use question groups to ensure two people taking the same quiz do not see the same questions in the same order Quizzes are assigned an Objective ID a number that specifies an objective set in your learning management system or Adobe Connect Server Using quizzes and their default Objective IDs is the best way to coordinate Adobe Presenter presentations with Adobe Connect Server and existing content Adobe Presenter Quiz Manaper Quizzes Add and manage quizzes and questions in the presentation Quizzes output Options Reporting Defauk Labels Appearance Add Quiz Add Question Group Add Question Quiz no a Number oF Questions i Type Optional Total Points i shuffle Questions No Passing Score Allow Qua Review Ves O Multiple choice Points SI type the question here Report Type Graded Number of Attempts Allowed 1 Fill in the blank Complete the sentence below by filling in the blanks Type Graded Number of Atbempts Allowed 1 True False type the question here Type Graded Number of Attempts Allowed 1 g Patino Scale Likert Sees Indicate how strongly you agres of disagree wh the following statements Type Survey Th
82. e drop target accepts rejects or replaces the drag item and add audio feedback for every attempt See Drag and drop question for more information Customizable scenario based template Create scenario based training with customizable scenario template Predefine outcomes where learners can be directed based on their inputs See Inserting scenario interactions for more information Annotate course content Make your course more effective by annotating important areas within your course thereby drawing attention to specific areas within the course See Record video presentations for more information Collaborative learning experience Allow learners to collaborate with the authors by allowing them to comment or question on specific content within a course Questions can be replied to by the course creator or other learners allowing to track participation and reward active learners Publishing to tablets Deliver your courses including multiple quiz formats on Android devices along with iPad device using the Adobe Presenter mobile app You can also export the scoring data from the app to AlCC compliant LMSs and Adobe Connect See Publishing and viewing presentations for more information Learner tracking and reporting You can track individual learner progress within a course using the integrated Learner Analytics report Enables you to identify learners in need of course correction and direct them to respective modules Satisfy basic evalu
83. e following e To insert text click the Text icon and type the text e To insert an image click the Image icon and browse for the image In the corresponding row of the Drop Target column do one of the following e To use text as the drop item click the Text icon and type the text e To use image as the drop item click the Image icon and browse for the image e To use a blank drop item click Blank Drop This enables you to create a blank spot in the Question slide For example you can add a blank space in between a Fill in the blank type question using the blank drop item The drag item in the first row is now mapped as the correct answer for the drop item you specified You can map multiple drag items to a single drop item However you have to add a separate row for each drag item and select the drop item correspondingly For example if A and B both have to be mapped to alphabets the first row contains A drag item and alohabets drop item The second row contains B drag item also mapped to alphabets drop item Tip Drop items that have already been added appear in the drop down list for subsequent use Drag litm Irea Target S l p F Wadum Ad Liiga flower T PR T i mr Many to one drop item Selecting another item from the drop down list 2 Configure the properties for drag and drop items Return item to the start point if dropped outside Item is moved back to the start point if it is dr
84. e recommended e Mac OS 10 8 or later e Internet connectivity to use the Closed Captions feature Recommended cameras and microphones e Yeti Blue microphone e Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 e Creative Live Cam inPerson HD e FREETALK Everyman HD To the to Installing Adobe Presenter Video Express P 1 Ensure that you have met the prerequisites 2 Go to the Apple store and download the Adobe Presenter Video Express app To the top Record videos 1 Ensure that the hardware and software requirements are met See Prerequisites for information 2 Ensure that you have the narration script ready 3 Open the required application for a software simulation or a PowerPoint presentation and launch Adobe Presenter Video Express The first time you launch after installing Adobe Presenter Video Express you see the following screen 4 Click Q to begin recording Based on the device on which you are using Adobe Presenter Video Express the resolution of the monitor screen is adjusted Then the recording window is displayed Device Output video resolution iMac 1280 x 720 if supported Else 1280 x 800 MacBook Pro 1440 x 900 E o rc B A Dotted lines representing the area captured B Volume slider C Microphone options D Camera options E Back button to go to the home screen 5 Click EJ and select the camera you use for the recording 6 Click S and select the microphone you want to use for the recording 7 Use the
85. e slide title appears when the pointer is held over the title e You can move to any slide in the presentation by clicking the slide title in the Thumb pane View slide notes When creating a presentation in PowerPoint you can enter notes for individual slides If any slide notes exist they can be displayed in the presentation Note Using slide notes is optional When slide notes appear they are located on the right side of the presentation window You cannot change the size of the slide Notes pane e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click the Notes pane in the sidebar on the right side The complete notes text is displayed The text is unformatted and cannot be edited directly on the pane To change the formatting of slide note text select Adobe Presenter gt Theme and change Notes Pane Font And Size Search for text in a presentation Users can use the Search pane if you have included it in your theme to find specific text in a presentation For example in a presentation that serves aS a company human resources handbook a user might search for the word vacation to find text about vacation leave policies 1 When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click the Search pane in the sidebar on the right side 2 Type the text to search for directly in the text box Search is not case sensitive 3 Click the Search button Search results are displayed below the text box Cl
86. e slideshow The video is visible in the video edit mode Adobe Presenter gt Video gt Edit or in the output file published from Adobe Presenter Upload to Adobe Connect You can upload Adobe Presenter Video Creator videos to Adobe Connect to use them in Adobe Connect meetings The videos are uploaded as MP4 files 1 Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Creator and then click Upload to Adobe Connect 2 Specify the Adobe Connect Server URL Username and password 3 Click one of the following options to specify who can access the video Public To provide access to anyone who has the link to the video Private To share the video with specific users 4 Click Adobe Privacy Policy Adobe Privacy Center appears in a web browser 5 Review the policy and select I ve Read Adobe Privacy Policy in the Upload To Adobe Connect dialog box 6 Click Upload Adobe Presenter Video Creator converts the video to MP4 format and uploads it to the Content Library of the specified server After publishing a message appears with the Adobe Connect URL where the video is hosted 7 Copy the URL and distribute it to your users Troubleshooting Adobe Presenter Video Creator Temetap If you encounter errors while using Adobe Presenter Video Creator redo the workflow by launching Adobe Presenter Video Creator in the Diagnostic mode Start gt All Programs gt Troubleshoot Adobe Presenter Video Creator At the end of the recording the Diagnostic Logs
87. e to save the changes Save or discard changes to audio sync To the top Edit audio files You can edit the audio in your presentation at any time You can listen to an audio file insert silence adjust volume and change other options amp al T api She Siete 5 j Dusios 000050 ESA Side MOr EA zej _ Coe Do Use the Audio Editor to edit audio files you record for a presentation or import into a presentation A Insert marker B Slide divider and Red marker line C Waveform D Record audio button E Play Pause audio button 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file containing audio files 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Edit 3 Use the buttons and menu options to make any necessary edits You can cut and paste sections of the audio file insert periods of silence to lengthen the audio file adjust volume import a different audio file and more Cut To cut the selected portion of the audio file Copy To copy the selected portion of the audio file Paste To paste information from the clipboard For example if you select a section of the audio file and then click Cut or Copy Adobe Presenter places the selected audio on the clipboard You can then click Paste to place the audio back into any location within the audio file Delete To remove the selected portion of the audio file Undo To undo the previous action Redo To redo the previous action Zoom To enlarge or sh
88. e top 1 Click the Branding icon in Adobe Presenter Video Express 2 In the Branding panel type the required text in the Video Title Text field Note Multi line text is not supported type all the text in a single line 3 Select the position at which the title text is to be displayed by clicking one of the tiles in the Display At section Add lower third text Lower third text is the text overlay on the video that is generally used to display your name and designation 1 Click the Branding icon in Adobe Presenter Video Express 2 In the Branding panel select Lower Third Text 3 Specify the Presenter name and title 4 Specify the time in seconds at which the text must appear By default the start time of the Lower Third text is set to the beginning of the recorded video To quickly set the display time play the video and at the point where you require the Lower Third text to begin click Display At Play Head Add closed captions To the top Adobe Presenter Video Express automatically converts audio in your project to closed captions Generation of closed captions happens on the cloud and therefore you must have internet connectivity to use this feature It may take a while before closed captions are generated and displayed to you To quicken the process it is recommended that you copy paste the audio script into the Closed Caption window before you begin recording Adobe Presenter Video Express prompts you to enter your clo
89. ed to help you instantly identify the allocation of the layouts in the video For information on changing the layouts see Change the layout The Timeline also shows the audio waveform of the audio clip recorded with the video You can magnify the Timeline view using the Zoom In or Zoom Out L icons the scroll wheel of your mouse or Control and or Control and keys By magnifying the Timeline view you can edit the video at a much granular level For example while choosing the Trim region if you can drag the playhead from 5 seconds to 6 seconds at a lower zoom level you can drag it from 5 seconds to 5 5 seconds at a higher zoom level The rectangular bar video clip is prefixed and suffixed with the default branding videos You can remove these videos or choose different videos using the Branding panel For more information see Add brand videos and icons Timeline is the area that you use extensively during editing All the edits such as pan and zoom points and trim regions are marked on the Timeline Also Timeline helps you to easily navigate to the portion of the video you want to edit See Navigating using Timeline for more information on navigating using Timeline Navigating using Timeline Scrollbar and markers on the Timeline help you navigate to specific portions of the video Scrollbar at the bottom of the Timeline contains a miniature form of the rectangular bar video clip and reflects the color scheme displayed in t
90. empts log correct and incorrect responses and send pass fail data to Adobe Connect Server You can also choose to provide students with feedback based on correct or incorrect responses P To the to Quiz boundaries ERRE When you add a quiz to a presentation an invisible quiz boundary is established The quiz boundary is from the first question of a quiz to the last question of a quiz For example if you have 10 questions in a quiz the boundary is from the first question slide to the tenth question slide If there are any slides between question slides those slides are considered within the quiz boundaries If you have added an instruction slide the instruction slide is also within the quiz boundary When users view a presentation they may move in and out of the quiz boundaries For example if a user moves back a slide from the first question they have exited the quiz boundary Also if the user is on the final question slide and advances to view the scoring results slide they have exited the quiz boundary Quiz boundaries are important to several features in Adobe Presenter You can have Adobe Presenter display a message to users if they try to leave the quiz boundary without attempting all questions in the quiz The Quiz pane appears in the presentation sidebar when a user is within a quiz boundary A r To the to Tips for creating quizzes and questions j Here are a few tricks and tips to try when adding quizzes to your presentati
91. en encrypted in PowerPoint and requires a password to open or edit the PPT or PPTX file the presentation may not publish correctly Remove the encryption publish and then reset the encryption again To the to Publish a presentation to PDF You can publish a presentation to PDF if you have Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Reader installed 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Presentation group click Publish 3 Select Adobe PDF on the left side 4 Under Publish as Adobe PDF click Choose and navigate to the location where you want to save the file 5 In File Name type a name for the PDF 6 Click Open 7 Optional Select View Output After Publishing to open the PDF when publishing is complete 8 Click Publish After publishing is complete the PDF opens If Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Reader are not installed a blank PDF is displayed To the top Publish the entire presentation as a package Adobe Presenter provides a quick option to publish the entire presentation along with the assets and media as a single package This option is especially useful if you need to work on the presentation from multiple computers or multiple authors need to work on it 1 Open the presentation PPT or PPTX file in PowerPoint 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Presentation group click Package 3 Specify the name and path for the package Click the browse icon to browse for the required location
92. enom II processor Intel Core i3 or better recommended e 1024x768 display 1280 x 720 or higher display with OpenGL 2 1 compatible dedicated graphics card highly recommended e Camera and microphone plugged in to the computer and working For a list of recommended cameras and microphones see Recommended cameras and microphones note If you do not have a camera or a microphone you can still record videos using Adobe Presenter Video Creator However you cannot add narration or the Presenter to the recorded video later e 5GB of available hard disk space e 2GB of RAM 4GB or more recommended e One of the following operating systems e Windows XP 32 bit e Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit note Adobe Presenter Video Creator is not supported on Linux and Mac OS Adobe Presenter Video Creator works on Windows boot camp on MAC We recommend that you use an external camera for recording Usage of built in camera may result in AV Synchronization issues and do not produce High Definition videos To End the Recording click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray as Mac does not have an end key e Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010 e Windows Media player If your computer does not have Windows Media Player installed click here to download e Internet connectivity to use the Closed Captions feature in Adobe Presenter 8 update for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers Recommended cameras and microphones Yeti B
93. entation in the course Follow the steps in the Connect Pro User Guide topic Change or update course content and ensure that you save and update the content at the end of the short procedure Select an Adobe Connect Server The first step in publishing a presentation to a Adobe Connect Server is to select a server from the publishing list 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Presentation group click Publish 3 On the left side of the Publish dialog box select Adobe Connect Pro 4 In the Server list click the required Adobe Connect server To edit the URL or the name of the server click Edit Servers 5 Optional Check the Project Information area on the right side If you want to edit any of the options click Settings or Slide Manager 6 Optional If you want to publish the presentation source files along with the SWF file select Upload Source Presentation With Assets This option is useful if multiple authors are working on a presentation or if you think the presentation will need to be updated later and you want to keep all of the files stored in one location Select Audio Video or Attachments Large video files can take some time to upload to the server 7 Click Publish The presentation is created and the Connect Pro Central Login screen appears The next section describes how to log in to your Connect Pro account Log in to Connect Pro The next step in publish
94. enter to display the video in the original size 4 Do one of the following e Add more pan and zoom points by repeating the steps e Delete a pan and zoom point by clicking the corresponding delete icon in the Pan And Zoom panel e Edit the video further by using the trim option e Edit the branding settings e Click Publish to publish the video Trim videos 1 2 Click Play E and pause the video click the Play button again at the point where you want to start trimming the video Click the Trim icon and then click Set Inpoint t The start marker appears on the Timeline Play the video again and pause the video click icon again at the point where you want the end marker for trimming Click Set Outpoint ls set outpoinr Click and drag the start and end markers to increase or decrease the trim region To delete a trim region hover your mouse anywhere on the region and press Delete The playhead can be positioned anywhere 6 Do one of the following e Edit the video further by using the trim option again Add pan and zoom points e Edit the branding settings e Click Publish to publish the video Undo and redo edit operations Press Command z to undo the latest operation in Adobe Presenter Video Express To redo the operation press the keys again Multiple undo operations are not supported Command z acts as a toggle key and toggles between undo and redo of the latest edit operation The s
95. er Video Express For troubleshooting issues with Adobe Presenter Video Express see Troubleshooting For further assistance write to Adobe at AdobePresenterVideoCreatorSupport adobe com Legal notices Prerequisites Installing Adobe Presenter Video Express Record videos Understanding the editing interface Edit videos Edit the video theme Add title text Add closed captions Publish videos Troubleshooting Adobe Presenter Video Express Adobe Presenter Video Express lets you combine application or desktop capture and webcam video Using this tool marketing eLearning and training professionals or even hobbyists and amateur video producers can quickly produce video tutorials and related video solutions The tool also provides effective video edit options such as layouts Pan amp Zoom and Trim options The output is an MP4 file that you can upload to YouTube or Dropbox Adobe Presenter Video Express videos capture the following Presentation Actions performed on your monitor screen Presenter The web cam capture of the narrator who narrates while presenting the presentation or demonstrating an application The audio narration too is captured To the to Legal notices Copyright 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors All rights reserved Adobe and the Adobe logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Notices terms and co
96. er automatically organizes the text as per the video timeline Post production close caption editing To the top 1 From the Adobe Presenter video editing screen click the CC button Click and select Edit CC from the pop up menu list 2 The CC content panel is displayed 3 Edit the text by double clicking the text Important points to know 1 Use gt gt button in your recording or the editing screen to open or close the CC panel 2 To disable CC click near the CC button and use the Off pop up menu 3 To add close captioning to an existing recording enable CC in the Adobe Presenter video editing screen before starting the additional recording 4 Once close captioning is completed you can only edit the generated CC Regeneration of close captioning is not possible See also e Accessibility in Adobe Presenter e Closed captions in videos Adobe Presenter Video Creator Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Accessibility and 508 compliance Project outputs published through Adobe Presenter are 508 compliant for users with visual or hearing impairments mobility impairments or other types of disabilities Adobe Presenter supports the screen reader JAWS version 13 and 14 that translates onscreen text in the published output to speech Users must install JAWS on their computers and launch it before opening the published output JAWS re
97. erPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings 3 In the Application menu on the left click Servers 4 Select a server from the list and click Delete 5 Click OK Publish to an Adobe Connect Server To the top After creating and previewing your presentation you can publish the presentation directly to an Adobe Connect Server in your publishing list You must be connected to the Internet and have a Connect Pro account Adobe Presenter integrates fully with Connect Pro so that for example presentations containing quizzes can have quiz results automatically sent to and managed by an Adobe Connect Server When you publish to an Adobe Connect Server the presentation is published to the Content library The presentation can be taken from the Content library and added to a Connect Pro meeting or training session To publish to an Adobe Connect Server follow this general workflow Select an Adobe Connect Server log in to Connect Pro Central select a location for your presentation enter information about the presentation and finally set permissions specifying who can view it Note At times you may need to republish a presentation to the Connect library For example if you need to update information in the presentation If you republish a presentation to the Content library and that presentation is included in a Training course on Adobe Connect Server you must update the pres
98. ers If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager When you finish click OK twice The new sequence question slide appears in the designated location in the presentation To the top Hotspot slides contain areas that the user must identify For example you can ask the user to identify company products from images displayed on the slide Answers to hotspot questions are correct if all the correct hotspots are clicked and none of the incorrect hotspots are clicked Note You cannot insert hot spot questions in a PPT file 1 A In PowerPoint open a presentation PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert the question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog b
99. esenter lets you import or create an audio file and then distribute that audio file across multiple slides Change how audio files are distributed across slides e In the Edit Audio dialog box click the red slide marker line and slide the divider to the left or right The waveform remains static but you can change where the audio file begins to play within the presentation This option is useful if you have a long audio file and need to experiment with assigning the file to one slide or having it play over multiple slides Jump to a specific slide during audio narration At times during audio narration you may want to explain or present content that is on another slide In such cases you can use the Go To Slide marker to jump to the required slide In the Edit Audio dialog box Adobe Presenter gt Audio group gt Edit click play to play the audio Pause the audio at the point where you want to jump to the required slide Click Insert Marker T In the Marker Type list click Go To Slide and click OK Ss YS Pause the presentation during audio narration If you want the presentation to automatically stop at a specific point and wait for the user to continue by clicking play in the Playbar do the following In the Edit Audio dialog box Adobe Presenter gt Audio group gt Edit click play to play the audio Pause the audio at the point where you want to jump to the required slide Click Insert Marker T In the Marker Type
100. esize the images by directly increasing decreasing the size or by right clicking the character and entering a different size from the resize option e Introduce a new character from the Character option Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Drag and drop questions Drag and drop interactions provide an interesting and engaging way of assessing your users knowledge This interaction lets users answer questions by draging and dropping objects in the designated areas or objects A drag and drop interaction involves a drag source and a drop target Users drag the drag sources and drop them onto drop targets To insert drag and drop questions 1 Add drag and drop items and map them to configure correct answers Note Drag and drop is supported only in the pptx file format and not in ppt file format a In the Adobe Presenter ribbon click Manage gt Add Question gt Drag drop To select grade or survey question click Create Graded Question or Create Survey Question from the Options tab Dreg hem pirs Bsta hem i mari peor H cece ce Served freg Here pra mii irea Cr THp pharma rein Drag and drop question screen In the Name field type the instructions for the drag and drop question In the Score field specify the points that users score when they correctly answer the question In the Drag Item column do one of th
101. est file If you used the default save location you can use Windows Explorer to navigate to the SWF file and imsmanifest xml file in My Documents My Presentations Name of Presentation folder lf you published the presentation to a different folder navigate to that location to see the manifest file Set advanced learning management system settings Adobe Presenter offers several advanced settings for how presentations integrate with learning management systems LMS The settings let you specify what data is sent to the LMS and how the data is formatted Typically LMS administrators or advanced LMS users require the advanced settings Note Third party learning management systems use the advanced settings any advanced options set using this procedure do not affect the data sent from Adobe Presenter to Adobe Connect Server In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Click the Reporting tab Click AICC or SCORM and then click Settings In the LMS Customization Settings area set the following options i a e S Exit Normally Restarts the course from the first slide when users launch it again after successfully completing it once If you select this option the cmi exit value is set to Normal when the status changes to Completed note This behavior is consistent in SCORM 2004 based LMSs On SCORM 1 2 based LMSs the behavior may vary For such cases check wi
102. estions where the user selects an answer from a list not where the user writes in their own answer 4 On the Question tab select Shuffle Answers 5 Click OK Note This topic describes how to set answer shuffling for a specific question To set answer shuffling at the quiz level so all eligible questions are shuffled select a quiz in the Quiz Manager click Edit click the Quiz Settings tab and select Shuffle answers To thet Add a Quiz pane to a published presentation oe Adobe Presenter contains a feature that enables you to substitute a Quiz pane for the Outline pane in the sidebar of your published presentation The Quiz pane can be customized to show different types of information about quizzes All organizations must comply with OSHA regulations A True B False Example showing Quiz pane displayed in sidebar In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Click the Output Options tab Select Display Question List In Quiz Pane ae PP YS Optional Select Display Score For Each Question to show the user the number of points they can receive for the question they are currently answering 6 Optional Select Display Question Attempts As Tooltips to show current attempt number out of total number of attempts allowed for a question The information appears as a tooltip when the user hovers the mouse over individual question names in the Quiz Pane
103. evice before calibrating it Before you calibrate check that your recording device is connected to your computer properly and is turned on 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Record 2 3 To set the correct recording device level say the following sentence into the microphone until the red recording window becomes green l am setting my microphone recording level for use with Adobe Presenter 4 When you finish click OK P To the to Record audio i If you have a microphone connected to your computer you can record audio for inclusion in a slide You can use audio for many types of narration or instruction The user interface and procedure varies in Adobe Presenter 8 and Adobe Presenter 8 update exclusively for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers In Adobe Presenter 8 do the following 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Record 3 If you have not calibrated your microphone or the recording device earlier do so by following the on screen instructions To skip the calibration click Skip The Adobe Presenter Record Audio dialog box appears 4 Click the record audio icon to start recording 5 Speak into the microphone or the recording device 6 Click Previous or Next to record audio for another slide 7 When you finish click Stop Recording Ado
104. file or link or location and click OK Click OK or Pr 2 YS Delete a presentation attachment In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu click Attachments Select an attachment and click Delete Click OK aE ew S If a folder containing attachments is inadvertently deleted the next time the presentation PPT or PPTX file is opened and saved a dialog box appears for each deleted attachment stating that the attachment is missing The dialog box contains three options Browse to the attachment using Windows Explorer Delete the attachment from the presentation and Ignore If Ignore is selected the dialog box does not appear again unless the presentation is closed reopened and then Save is selected To the top Add animation image and Flash SWF files You can incorporate animations and SWF files into your Adobe Presenter presentations If you already have PowerPoint animations such as flying or dissolving text Adobe Presenter converts them seamlessly and displays them in the final presentation exactly as they appear in PowerPoint Note For Adobe Presenter to gain control of animations they must be set to OnClick Animations located on the Slide Master cannot be controlled remove the animations from the Slide Master and place them on individual slides Insert character images and scenes Adobe Presenter provides ready to
105. for more information e Hide or trim unwanted portions of the video See Trim videos for more information f To the to Edit videos f Change the project name By default the projects are named as untitled lt n gt To name your project click the project name at the top of the Adobe Presenter Video Creator screen and type the required name Change layouts 1 Click Play L to play the video 2 At the point where you want to change the layout click one of the following options Presenter Only L Click to display only the Presenter Presentation Only Click to display only the Presentation Both Presenter On Left Click to display both the Presenter and Presentation side by side with Presenter on the left side of the screen Both Presenter On Right Click to display both Presenter and Presentation side by side with Presenter on the right side of the screen E ax FBS eee _ _ _ Sa ee SSS sss Both Presenter on Left layout Both Presenter on Right layout The Timeline displays different color codes for different layouts See Timeline for more information In the above example the green rectangle indicates the duration of the video in which the layout is Presentation Only Note When you launch Adobe Presenter Video Creator with webcam connected to your computer you see two lines on the webcam capture area Only the webcam capture between these two lines is displayed in the side b
106. g Adobe Presenter Video Creator provides video outputs that have resolutions with 16 9 aspect ratio 640 x360 or 1280X720 If this option is not selected empty spaces with branding settings are introduced on the left and right of the video to maintain the aspect ratio To the to Annotate videos j In Presenter 9 you can highlight important areas of your video by hovering on the screen and annotating the area through gestures Annotation can be a circle or a straight line and can be rendered using mouse stylus or by touch based on the type of device that you use for the video recording Add annotations Hover on the screen Select the precise time point at which you want the annotation to start and do one of the following holding the shift key e Gesture in a circular manner on your screen Circle can be clock wise or anti clockwise e Gesture in a straight line Release the shift key on completion of the annotation and continue with the rest of the recording Note The color and size of the annotation are fixed ee Annotating with a line Annotating with a circle Delete annotations If you want to delete the annotation hover over the annotation marker present on the timeline You will notice that the tool tip displays Annotation across the annotated area The start of the annotation displays a deletion symbol Click on it to delete the annotation Uai Removing the annotation Record additional video 1 Clic
107. g box P i g To thet Record audio at a specific location in a presentation ii At times you may need to record and add some audio to a specific location within a presentation To record audio you must have a microphone or recording device plugged into your computer 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Edit 3 Click the location within the waveform to which you want to add new recorded audio For example if you have an audio file playing on slide 1 and you need to add audio at the start click the beginning of the audio file on slide 1 You can add audio to any location on the waveform even a location that does not currently have audio To locate the exact point in a waveform click at an approximate point where you want to record and click the play icon When you reach the point where you want to add new audio click pause x x Ooo e fh aoa 3 identiying communty ened a m n EA moig DR Oa 0 00 3 Ta ee te Side 6 Slide 7 Sije DE aba DCEO 1 Ti Additional audio recorded using Edit Audio dialog box 4 Click the Record icon OD The Adobe Presenter Record dialog box appears Recording additional audio 5 If you have not calibrated your microphone earlier click Calibrate record the sample message that appears and when the status turns green click OK 6 To begin recording click E in the Adobe Presenter Rec
108. g when you want the recording window to follow the movement of your mouse pointer across the screen Panning helps you capture events across a large screen even when the recording window is smaller than the size of the screen The following panning options are available in Adobe Captivate Automatic Panning The recording window automatically moves along with the pointer whenever you move the mouse during recording Manual Panning You must manually move the recording window to the area where the next event takes place In all other respects It is like the automatic panning option Specifying recording preferences To the top In the recording options click Settings For a detailed description of the options see Adobe Captivate help Editing application simulations To the top 1 Click the SWF on the slide and click Edit in the Application Simulation group Adobe Captivate appears Note To find out which slide contains a SWF file open the Manage SWF Flash dialog box Insert group gt SWF gt Manage 2 Modify the simulation as required For more information on editing the application simulation in Adobe Captivate see Adobe Captivate help Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy
109. ge slide properties Add and edit presenters About attachments Add and edit attachments Add animation image and Flash SWF files Change the presentation title To the top You can change the presentation title at any time The title appears in the Adobe Presenter viewer In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Appearance A E In the Title text box enter a new name for the presentation and click OK To thet Add a presentation summary o the top A presentation summary is usually a short description of the presentation contents This optional summary is a useful organizational tool for authors The summary appears only in the settings it does not appear in the published presentation and is not visible to users Note The presentation summary does appear in Adobe Connect Server after a presentation is published to the server Summaries can be edited through Connect Pro Central Presentation authors can search summaries and see the summary when viewing content information In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu click Appearance ee Se In the Summary text box enter a description of the presentation contents and click OK Change slide properties To the top You can easily view and change the pr
110. guage locate the correct lt language id xx gt section in the language xm file 7 Save and close the language xml file 8 In PowerPoint save and publish the presentation to your computer selecting the View Output option 9 Click the logo to test the new hyperlink Change SWF loading text To the top By default the loading screen for published presentations contains text that reads Adobe Presenter You can substitute your own text such as your organization s name or a title for enhanced branding Change the SWF loading text for a single presentation 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Save and publish the presentation to your computer 3 Using Windows Explorer navigate to the presentation data folder located by default at C Documents and Settings user name My Documents My Adobe Presentations PresentationName data 4 Right click the vconfig xml file and open the file using an XML editor or a text editor such as Notepad 5 In the lt language id en gt section add the line lt uitext name ADOBE_PRESENTER value Your_Text gt substituting the text you want for Your_ Text Note To change the loading text for a different language locate the correct lt language id xx gt section in the vconfig xmI file 6 Save and close the vconfig xml file 7 To test the new SWF loading text use Windows Explorer to navigate to C Documents and Settings user name My Doc
111. hange for questions that have already been created Change default labels You can change the default labels on question buttons and question feedback messages Default labels are an easy way to customize communications with users taking quizzes In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Click Default Labels Under Default question button labels change any of the following options P wrp gt Submit Button Text Enter the text for the question Submit button For example you could change the text to OK or Enter Clear Button Text Enter the text for the question Clear button For example you could change the text to Start Over or Restart 5 Under Default question feedback change any of the following options Correct Message Enter the text message for a correct answer Incorrect Message Enter the text message for an incorrect answer Retry Message Enter the text message for an incorrect answer when there are more question attempts available Incomplete Message Enter the text message for users failing to answer a required question 6 Click OK About question groups To the top A question group is simply a set of for example 10 questions You decide how many of the questions are formed into a subset when the quiz containing the questions appears in the presentation For example five out of the 10 questions appear All of the questions in the quiz are inclu
112. he Timeline Scrollbar with the thumb scroller A Thumb scroller B Track or the trough of the scrollbar When you magnify the Timeline the entire video clip does not fit into the Timeline But the scrollbar still displays the entire video clip with the layout allocation While you can make fine edits using the magnified view of the Timeline you can use the scrollbar and the thumb scroller to quickly navigate to a specific portion of the video Markers are tiny dots in the Timeline see the Timeline topic for an illustration that indicate a change in the Microsoft PowerPoint slides Note In cases where you have recorded other applications or monitor screen these markers appear at points where important screen transitions happen For example when you open a new application Click HE and HEM in the playbar to snap to the previous and next marker respectively Video editing controls i ban Loerie sth Video editing controls A Branding button B Pan and Zoom button C Trim button D Presenter Only layout E Presentation Only layout F Both Presenter on Left layout G Both Presenter on Right layout This area of the editing interface lets you do the following e Add different layouts to the video See Change the layout for more information e Change or remove the branding videos and icons See Add brand videos and icons for more information e Add pan and zoom points to the video See Add pan and zoom effects
113. ht panel Use the collapsible icon to view the closed captions again e To edit closed captions double click the text in the right panel e To hide closed captions in the published output click ce To enable and disable closed captions in the published output select or deselect the checkbox available in the CC panel i To the to Publish videos P You can upload videos to YouTube Vimeo or Adobe Connect Content Library export the video to Microsoft PowerPoint or save the videos as MP4 files on the disk Set publishing preferences Click Settings Min Adobe Presenter Video Creator Publish Folder Specify the folder in which the published output must be stored A subfolder with the project name is created in this folder and the output is published in the subfolder Mouse Movements Uncheck to hide mouse movements in the presentation or simulations in the output Publish Quality Use the slider to specify the quality of the published output The higher the quality the greater is the file size Video Color Correction select to automatically enhance the video color Publish time may increase when you select this option Video Contrast Correction Select to automatically enhance the video contrast Publish time may increase when you select this option Audio Noise Reduction select to reduce noise in the audio If you select this option Adobe Presenter Video Creator takes more time for the next publish note Publish Quality Video Color
114. ic audio equipment can be relatively inexpensive your equipment could include some if not all of the following Computer with a sound card The sound card installed in your computer acts as a digital recorder for audio Microphone If possible avoid using the internal microphone that comes with most computers Use a professional quality microphone cable and a stand to hold the microphone while you are recording Microphone preamplifier A preamplifier boosts the signal of the microphone The microphone input of your computer s sound card probably includes a preamplifier but it s most likely a poor quality one When purchasing a preamplifier you can choose a small mixer or a stand alone version Mixers let you connect several microphones and devices to one location and you can adjust their volumes independently Stand alone preamplifiers can be better than mixers at filtering out unwanted noises Speakers The speakers that came with your computer are probably good enough for listening to any audio you record For best results check the specifications of your speakers and use the highest quality speakers possible In Microsoft Windows operating systems you can usually find speaker Sound settings by clicking Start in the lower left corner and selecting Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds Recording software A wide range of recording software is available including Adobe Audition Important software features include editing capabilitie
115. ick any slide title in the results list to display that slide Background and ink alije F 4 Brief pranyita OOS D Himei Se nds Reining Using the Search pane A Text box B Search button C Results Viewing the Quiz pane You can include a Quiz pane in your published presentation If you designed your presentation so all four panes appear and the Quiz pane is enabled then the Quiz pane replaces the Outline pane in the sidebar when a user is within a quiz boundary If you designed your presentation with a different arrangement of panes the Quiz pane appears without replacing any pane in the sidebar when a user is within a quiz boundary For more information see Quiz boundaries e When an Adobe Presenter presentation is open in a Connect Pro meeting view the Quiz pane in the sidebar on the right side the presentation must be within a quiz boundary for a Quiz pane to appear For graded questions questions answered correctly are marked with a W and those answered incorrectly are shown with a Xir graded question has correct incorrect feedback messages disabled is displayed once the question has been attempted Survey questions display once the question has been attempted Use the presentation toolbar You can control the presentation appearance and playback by using the toolbar located at the bottom of the presentation You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation toolbar a HO Side i Shoppe
116. idebar If a presentation sidebar was not originally visible the presentation switches to fullscreen mode with no sidebar 2 Click the Full Screen button again to return to normal viewing mode Navigate between slides You can navigate between slides during playback by using the search pane the presentation toolbar or the presentation Outline or Thumb pane You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation toolbar Note The Outline pane and Thumb pane are optional Set panes for presentations using the Theme Editor in Adobe Presenter e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting do one or more of the following e Click Previous e or Next ES in the presentation toolbar e Click the title of a slide in the presentation Outline or Thumb pane e Use the Search pane to find specific slides Navigate within the current slide e When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting do one or more of the following e Click Pause n or Play E on the presentation toolbar You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation toolbar e Drag the position marker arrow on the slide progress bar forward or backward to change your location within the slide s playback Adjust the presentation audio You can turn the presentation audio on and off or control the volume by using the audio button on the presentation toolbar You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation tool
117. if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if you plan to use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL In the Open URL text box type the address of the web page and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or 18 19 Add true or false questions New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who give an incorrect answer but have remaining attempts for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select
118. ify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered 19 20 Zi Add short answer questions correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio the record button will be a Play button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if you plan to use your presentat
119. ime for preview are MP4 DV DVI MOV 3GP 3GPP 3GP2 3GPP2 M4V and F4V 10 Click Open 11 Optional To see the video on the slide publish and view the presentation To the top Importing H 264 video H 264 is a video compression standard created to provide good video quality at a lower bit rate than other standards You can import H 264 video into Adobe Presenter H 264 video requires Flash Player version 9 0 115 0 When the video is played back Adobe Presenter checks for Flash Player version If the installed Flash Player is older than version 9 an error message appears and the video does not play Note Some H 264 encoded video files may not be recognized by Adobe Presenter and are re encoded to On2 VP6 codec to ensure proper playback in Flash Player Edit imported video files To the top After importing video files you can edit the files if necessary 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select the slide containing the video file you want to edit 3 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Video gt Edit 4 Optional If the video you want to edit is on different slide click the menu next to Attach On and select a different one In the playbar use Play Pause gt u to start and pause the video file vi 6 Click the trash can to delete the video file 7 To switch between video in the slide area and video in the sidebar click the menu next to As and select an option You
120. in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio the record button will be a Play button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server
121. ing a presentation is to log in to your Connect Pro account You must have an account and the correct security permissions before publishing a presentation To obtain permission to create and update presentations contact your Connect Pro administrator 1 On the Connect Pro Login screen enter your login name usually your account e mail address 2 Enter your password 3 Click Login The next section explains how to select a location in which to save a presentation Select a location for the presentation The third step in publishing a presentation is to select a location in your Connect Pro account in which to store the presentation After you log in to Connect Pro your personal user folder in the Content library appears Select a location in your Connect Pro Content library for the presentation Note The Content library displays only your presentations Other Connect Pro content including SWF files FLA files and JPG files are not displayed when you view the Content library Note If you have already published the presentation to the server you are prompted to save over the previous version or to save the presentation to a new location 1 In the Adobe Connect Publish screen navigate to a folder within your Connect Pro Content library in which to store the presentation e To open a folder and display its contents click the name of a folder The folders and files within that folder are displayed The navigation path of links near the top
122. ing sound to an individual slide Adding special sounds to quizzes for correct and incorrect answers Adobe Presenter lets you record your own audio files using some simple equipment or import existing files Recorded files are saved in mp3 format Imported files can be in WAV or mp3 format Stereo files are imported as stereo and mono files are imported as mono note Files imported in WAV format are converted to mp3 when a presentation is published Final published presentations only play mp3 files Audio files included in presentations are saved within the audio assets folder The PPCX file contains metadata about audio files Presentations with a PPC file must be converted to PPCX to enable Adobe Presenter features If you move or copy presentation files or the assets folder be sure to include the audio assets folder Moving or copying the audio assets folder without the PPCX file may lead to problems After you add audio to a presentation you can synchronize the timing with other content such as animations For example if your presentation contains PowerPoint animations such as text that flies in you can synchronize the animations with the audio For more information see Add animation image and Flash SWF files Adobe Presenter also contains features that enable you to add silent periods to audio files You can also normalize audio for all slides so that the sound level is consistent To the top You can quickly add existing
123. ion jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio a Play button replaces the Record button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays before the action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding
124. ion in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they supply an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing
125. k OK I Set Adobe Presenter options for a theme You can select exactly which Adobe Presenter options appear in a theme For example you might want the Adobe Presenter name and photo to appear but not a biography bio or contact information 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 3 In the Adobe Presenter Info area select the options to include in your theme Photo Select to include a Adobe Presenter photo in the published presentation Name Select to include the Adobe Presenter s name in the published presentation Title Select to include the Adobe Presenter s title such as Director of Human Resources Bio Select to include a link to a Adobe Presenter biography Logo Select to include a logo in the published presentation Contact Information Select to include a link to Adobe Presenter contact information such as a phone number or e mail address The theme preview on the left side is updated to reflect your choices 4 Click OK Add a slide Adobe Presenter logo To the top You can add a custom logo to display in the Adobe Presenter viewer This is a way to customize your presentations so that they look like other multimedia and publications your organization produces Note If you added a video file such as sidebar video of a person speaking that video is displayed in the logo area If you add a logo file the video file takes precedence and the logo will not be displaye
126. k Open Projects to open the project to which you want to record additional video Note If the existing project was recorded using a webcam you require a webcam to record additional video too 2 Click Play E and pause click Play again the video at the point where you want to insert additional video 3 Click the record button Ml in the playbar 4 Perform the steps on your computer and press ShifttEnd when you are done with recording 5 Press Shift End to end the recording or press Pause to pause the recording You can also right click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray and click Pause Recording to pause recording Understanding the editing interface To the top cH O u Adobe Presenter Video Creator editing interface A Recorded video B Playbar C Editing controls D Timeline E Project name TEE Efa Sas Timeline Timeline A Default branding video at the beginning of the video B Pan and zoom point for the presenter C Pan and zoom point in the presentation D Marker E Scrollbar F Another marker G Trim region H Playhead I Default branding video at the end of the video J Recorded video clip K Zoom out button L Zoom in button Timeline shows you the entire video clip in the form of a colored rectangular bar If you have used multiple layouts in the project this rectangle is divided into many rectangles with different colors The layouts are color cod
127. le if you have 10 questions you can enter five so five questions are shown each time the quiz appears 8 Type a number or use the menu ai to specify a Default Score 9 Optional Select Shuffle Questions to change the order of questions each time the quiz is displayed Note Any non question content slides between shuffled quiz questions are not displayed in the published presentation 10 Optional Click the Navigation tab to add branching Enter a percentage range for specific actions For example if a user score is between 0 49 correct then Action 1 takes place and if the score is between 50 100 correct then Action 2 takes place 11 Click OK 12 In the Quiz Manager the new question group is listed To add questions to the question group select a question and drag it to the question group Alternatively select the question group in the Quiz Manager and click Add Question to add any question type 13 Click OK Note If you have a presentation containing quizzes that was created with an earlier version of PowerPoint there is a fast way to add questions to a question group In the Quiz Manager select a quiz containing questions click Edit click Group Quiz Questions choose options and click OK A default question group containing all questions in the quiz is created The Group Quiz Questions option is only available for quizzes that do not have any question groups set question shuffling To the top For a quiz you can
128. le you might want to include the Outline and Search panes but hide the Thumbnail and Notes panes 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 3 In the Customize area on the right select the panes to show and deselect the panes to hide The theme preview on the left side updates to reflect your choices 4 Click OK Set a default theme pane Panes are part of a theme and appear in the sidebar If you have more than one pane in a theme the panes are layered on top of one another with a tab at the top containing the name of the pane You can select the pane that appears in front of the others If you are displaying all of the panes select from Outline Thumbnail Notes and Search 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 3 Under Panes click the menu next to Default and select the pane to show by default when the presentation appears The theme preview on the left side is updated to reflect your choices 4 Click OK Choose a location for the sidebar The sidebar in a theme contains Adobe Presenter information panes such as Outline and Search and presentation timing information You can position the sidebar on the right default or left side of the theme In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme Under Show Sidebar click the menu next to Location and select Left or Right Clic
129. lected a Adobe Presenter or users must click the Play button in the toolbar to start the presentation Loop Presentation Select to have the presentation replay continuously when opened Include Slide Numbers In Outline Select to include the slide number within the Outline pane when the presentation is displayed Pause After Each Animation If your presentation contains PowerPoint animations select this option to pause the presentation automatically after the animations play This is useful if you want to clearly define where the animation ends and the presentation begins again After clicking through each animation you will need to click the Play button in the playbar to start the presentation again Duration Of Slide Without Audio Or Video Select an amount of time in seconds for slides without audio to appear By default slides with audio play for the length of the associated audio file 5 Click OK Automatically play a presentation To the top You can set an option so that a presentation automatically plays when it is opened or you can require that a Adobe Presenter or user click the Play button in the toolbar to start the presentation In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Playback gt o mp Select Auto Play On Start By default this option is selected If this option is not selected a Adobe Prese
130. lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio the record button will be a Play button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if you plan to use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Select the desired action destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to an
131. lue fields in parameters when data is sent to an AlCC compliant learning management system In the text box type the characters without any delimiters such as spaces or commas that the learning management system does not want escaped For example if the LMS does not want any numbers escaped type 0123456789 Send Interval This option specifies how often slide data is sent to the LMS As a user views a presentation information is sent to the LMS For regular slides the LMS is notified that the user viewed the slide and for question slides information about the user response is sent to the LMS Also each time a slide is viewed the LMS records the slide number so that if a user quits and then opens the presentation later they user returns to the last slide If you do not want information sent to the LMS for every slide in the presentation you can change the Send Interval For example if you change the interval to 10 information is sent to the LMS every 10 slides note If you change the Send Interval to a number higher than 1 users who quit before finishing the presentation may not be able to resume where they left off For example if the Send Interval is changed to 10 and a user quits after viewing nine slides when they open the presentation again they start over at slide 1 6 Click OK to finish setting the custom LMS settings and close the Quiz Manager Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the term
132. lue microphone e Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 Creative Live Cam inPerson HD FREETALK Everyman HD To the to Record videos j 1 Ensure that the hardware and software requirements are met See Prerequisites for information 2 Ensure that you have the narration script ready 3 Do one of the following e To record a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as a video click the Adobe Presenter ribbon in Microsoft PowerPoint and click Record Video e To record any other application simulation or demonstration open the required application and then launch Adobe Presenter Video Creator Start gt All Programs gt Adobe Presenter Video Creator The recording window of Adobe Presenter Video Creator appears 4 Click El to set the recording preferences For details see Set recording preferences 5 Click i Adobe Presenter Video Creator changes the resolution of your monitor screen to match the video resolution you selected in the recording preferences The recording begins after the countdown 3 seconds 6 Perform the steps on the computer while you narrate the script Adobe Presenter Video Creator captures both you the Presenter and the full monitor screen simultaneously during recording After recording you can choose to display the Presenter the presentation or both in different parts of the video If you want to highlight important areas within your course use annotation Note When you launch Adobe Presenter Video Crea
133. matic recording o the top When you record using automatic recording Adobe Captivate captures screenshots automatically and places them on separate slides Mouse keyboard or system events are the common triggers for capturing screenshots Automatic recording is the most commonly used recording method in Adobe Presenter In the recording options File gt Record New Software Simulation you choose one of the following autorecording modes e Demonstration mode e Training mode e Assessment mode e Custom mode Depending on the mode one or more of the following objects are added automatically during the recording You can change recording preferences for the various modes The descriptions for the various modes assume that you have not changed the default recording preferences Text Captions Text captions are used to point out certain areas on a slide explain concepts or provide users with additional information Text captions can be created automatically or manually If you are autorecording a project you can have Adobe Captivate automatically create text captions Text captions are generated for the various mouse and keyboard events The text captions use the labels in the application to describe a step For example if the user clicks File in the menu bar a text caption with the text Select the File menu is created automatically You can later edit the captions to your requirements When the user views the movie the actions performe
134. meras and microphones for more information Also ensure that you have installed the native driver for the camera provided by the manufacturer The quality of the Adobe Presenter video is low Adobe Presenter Video Creator requires a lot of processing power to record the screen and webcam videos simultaneously The presenter video in particular is a lot more difficult to record When the processing power is not sufficient the Presenter video quality will be low The quality drop can be seen in the drop in the frame rate of the video Also the audio and video may go out of synchronization Solution Close unnecessary applications and free up system resources If you experience a problem with the quality of your Presenter video please check the following e Are you capturing an SD video instead of an HD video e Are all unnecessary applications closed e Do you have sufficient free space on your hard disk At least 5 GB is needed but around 15 GB is recommended e Are you using a good quality webcam Check out our recommended webcams e Are your webcam drivers up to date e Are you capturing your video in a well lit environment Most webcams perform poorly in bad lighting e Are you running Adobe Presenter Video Creator in Diagnostic Mode Diagnostic Mode should only be used to report issues to Adobe Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Adobe Present
135. n the Theme Editor Theme Glow Background and Font color boxes display the colors used in the PowerPoint theme along with different shades of the colors Create and edit themes To the top The primary way to design how presentations appear in the Adobe Presenter viewer is through the use of themes Themes serve as the container for your presentation and let you add static images colors and sound to create dynamic and interactive presentations You can add a theme at any time Try using different themes until you achieve the look you want You can reuse the same theme for each presentation you create or design new themes Adobe Presenter gives you many options for customizing colors tabs functionality graphics font style and other design elements of a theme Select a presentation theme 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 3 Click a theme from the Theme list 4 Click OK Create a custom theme You can create a custom theme by selecting one of the default themes making changes and saving the new theme with a different name For example you can start with the theme Sage change the font color to dark green and then save the new theme as SageModified After you create a custom theme it appears in the Theme Name pop up menu and can be used with other presentations 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter gt Theme 3 Make changes
136. n URL If you display a web page type its address in the open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go to Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio a Play button replaces the Record button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attemp
137. n URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered correctly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary If you have already recorded audio a Play button replaces the Record button To rerecord audio you must first remove the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts t
138. n and all the required assets If you browse and upload only the PowerPoint file the assets used in the presentation are not displayed Add a presentation from the Content library to a Connect Pro meeting Adding a presentation to a Connect Pro meeting from the Content library is a good method to use if you publish all of your presentations to the library and manage them from that location You also have the option to add a presentation to a Connect Pro meeting directly from your computer For more information see the Adobe Connect Pro User Guide Log in to your Adobe Connect Server Click the Meetings tab Select a meeting from the list eS YS Click Enter Meeting Room 5 From the Share pod select Documents gt Select From My Computer If a Share pod is not open click the Pods menu and select Share gt Select From My Computer 6 Select the presentation and click Open The Adobe Presenter presentation appears in the Connect Pro meeting Add a zipped presentation from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting If you have a Adobe Presenter presentation stored on your computer you can add the presentation directly from that location into a Connect Pro meeting This is a good method to use if you need to place a presentation into a Connect Pro meeting but the presentation has not been published to the Content library For example you might have a presentation that you have not published because it is incomplete but you want to sh
139. n include documents spreadsheets links to web pages and images as attachments To the top Planning a presentation It is helpful to do some planning before you create a presentation First consider what you want the user to learn from your presentation Defining this goal at the beginning lets you create a comprehensive plan for success After you have defined the goal of the presentation you can use an existing PowerPoint presentation and enhance it with the most effective Adobe Presenter options Design your presentation Use storyboards scripts or whatever organizational materials are appropriate Consider what elements to include in the presentation For more information see Elements of presentations Start PowerPoint You can open an existing PowerPoint presentation or create a new presentation Include narration and other special elements In PowerPoint from the Adobe Presenter ribbon add audio narration quizzes videos with narration presenter information and other options to your presentation Include attachments such as web pages or documents and customize themes the appearance of the presentation viewer for each presentation Preview your presentation Test how your presentation output looks like by previewing a part or entire presentation Publish the presentation Publish the presentation to Adobe Connect Server You can also burn the presentation onto a CD or upload the presentation to the web using a third p
140. nager is opened e Change the text formatting of quiz questions after the entire quiz is generated For example you can create and generate the quiz and then use the Quiz Manager Appearance tab to change the font size 2 To the to Create a quiz P When you open the Quiz Manager for the first time a default quiz is displayed You can use the default quiz or add more quizzes as necessary Note lf you are creating a quiz that consists of only survey questions the user has only one chance to take the quiz Try to keep the length of survey only quizzes fairly short for example 15 20questions so users can complete the survey easily 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Add Quiz If you are using Microsoft Office XP the quiz is generated after the first slide in the presentation For presentations made with versions of Microsoft Office other than XP the first quiz is created after the first selected slide in the PowerPoint Slide tab In all versions of Microsoft Office quizzes created after a first quiz are placed directly after the first quiz Once quiz slides exist you can drag the slides in the PowerPoint Slide tab to other locations in the presentation When moving quiz slides check that the entire quiz is moved moving a question slide from one quiz to another quiz is not supported 3 In the New Quiz dialog box accept the default name or enter a new name in th
141. nd presenter des The files are created with default values but the values can be edited manually For more information see the AICC website at www aicc org Creating a SCORM manifest file If you want to package a Adobe Presenter presentation as an e learning course that can be administered and launched from a SCORM 1 2 or 2004 compliant learning management system you may need a manifest file Note If you are publishing to Adobe Connect Server a manifest file is automatically created named breeze manifest xml This XML file is used to upload the presentation to the Adobe Connect Server You do not need to follow the procedure in this topic to create a SCORM manifest file The manifest file that Adobe Presenter creates is named imsmanifest xml and contains references to all content resources The XML file uses predefined XML tags to describe the package components structure and special behaviors The file works behind the scenes to properly integrate presentations with your learning management system and track quiz data 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage 3 Click the Reporting tab 4 Select Enable Reporting For This Presentation 5 Under Learning Management System LMS select SCORM 6 Click Manifest 7 Set the SCORM Version by selecting 1 2 or 2004 from the pop up menu 8 Set the following manifest options Identifier Required The LMS uses the
142. nd qualification of users to post event follow up Add and access Adobe Connect Servers To the top You can access your Adobe Connect Server account quickly and easily from Adobe Presenter 1 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings 2 In the Application menu on the left click Servers 3 Click Add enter the name and URL of the Adobe Connect server and click OK The name and URL of the server appears in the Settings dialog box 4 To access the server click Manage Accounts The default web browser appears and the Adobe Connect Server login page appears Manage the Adobe Connect Server publishing list To the top Adobe Presenter provides you with an easy way to maintain a list of Adobe Connect Servers that you publish to regularly You can add one or several Adobe Connect Servers to the publishing list After a server has been added to the list it s easy and quick to publish to that server Edit an Adobe Connect Server in the publishing list After you have added a Adobe Connect Server to the publishing list you can edit the server name or URL at any time In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Application menu on the left click Servers Select a server from the list and click Edit Make any necessary changes to the server name or URL Click OK oot ee ie Remove a Adobe Connect Server from the publishing list 1 In Pow
143. nd to any questions added in the future If this option is not selected formatting is only applied to new questions added in the future 6 Optional To return to the original settings click Restore Defaults 7 Optional After changing settings click Save As to save the settings as a new Profile Enter a new profile name and click OK Unanswered questions warning To the top When you create quizzes a message appears to users if they try to leave the quiz boundary without attempting all of the questions For example you have a quiz containing five questions that must be answered If a user tries to navigate to a slide past the last question slide and they have not attempted all five questions Adobe Presenter displays the message There are unattempted questions in the quiz Clicking Yes will take you out of the quiz Click No to continue the quiz Use presentations with a learning management system To the top Presentations created with Adobe Presenter integrate especially well with the Adobe Connect Server but you can use Adobe Presenter presentations with any Learning Management System LMS If you are going to use a presentation with a third party LMS the following sections explain how to create a manifest file and how to customize LMS settings Note If you select the Connect Pro Server or AICC option when setting reporting options four AICC course structure files are created presenter au presenter crs presenter cst a
144. nditions pertaining to other third party software are located at hitp www adobe com go thirdparty and incorporated herein by reference This product contains either BSAFE and or TIPEM software by RSA Security Inc Portions include technology used under license from Autonomy and are copyrighted This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe Flash video compression and decompression is powered by On2 TrueMotion video technology 1992 2005 On2 Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved http www on2 com Portion utilizes is licensed code from Nellymoser www nellymoser com Portion utilizes Sorenson Spark tm video compression and decompression technology licensed from Sorenson Media Inc RealDuplexTM Acoustic Echo Cancellation is Copyright c 1995 2004 SPIRIT Rr To the to Prerequisites i e Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II processor Intel Core i3 or better recommended e 1280 x 720 or higher display OpenGL 2 1 compatible dedicated graphics card highly recommended e Camera and microphone plugged in to the computer and working For a list of recommended cameras and microphones see Recommended cameras and microphones Note If you do not have a camera or a microphone you can still record videos using Adobe Presenter Video Express However you cannot add narration or the Presenter to the recorded video later e 5GB of available hard disk space e 2GB of RAM 4GB or mor
145. nformation can make a presentation more credible personal and interesting Add a presenter profile In Adobe Presenter you store presenter profiles in one central location You can then use them in any presentations you create g3 o 2 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Settings Select the Presenters tab Click Add Enter the name of the new Presenter Note The Name text box is the only text box that you must fill in to create a Presenter Optional Enter a job title such as Vice President Optional Next to the Photo text box click Browse and navigate to an image file in JPEG or PNG format The recommended size for a Presenter photo is 88 x 118 pixels After you select an image file the image appears in the Presenter Photo area on the right During the presentation the image is displayed at this exact size in the Presenter viewer Optional Next to the Logo text box click Browse and navigate to a logo file in JPEG or PNG format The recommended size for a logo is 148 x 52 pixels After you select an image file the image appears in the Logo preview on the right During the presentation the logo is displayed at this exact size in the Presenter viewer Note If you added sidebar video that video is displayed in the logo area If you add a logo file the video file takes precedence and the logo is not displayed 9 Optional Enter an email address 10 1i 12 13
146. ng Preview the video by clicking Play Ei The waveform of the audio that you recorded with the video is displayed in the Timeline Tip While editing use the audio waveform to quickly snap to the portion of the video with highest or lowest amplitude The first and last part of the video are the default branding settings You can change the branding to include your own brand videos at the beginning and end of the recorded video After recording a project you can do any of the following e Publish your project to YouTube or Dropbox Click Publish For more information Publish videos e Record additional video in the project For more information see Record additional video e Save and close the project Click Close Project and provide a name for your project when prompted When you click Close Project you are directed to the Adobe Presenter Video Express home screen that displays all the saved projects Record additional video 1 In the home screen double click a saved project to which you want to record additional video If you have a project already open in the edit mode proceed to the next step Note If the existing project was recorded using a webcam you require a webcam to record additional video too 2 Click Play Ei and pause click Play again the video at the point where you want to insert additional video 3 Click the record button E in the playbar 4 Perform the actions to be recorded 5 Press Alt Command X
147. nly PNG images are supported 6 To use a branding icon or a logo select Left or Right in the Branding Icon section based on where you want the image Then click Select to choose the image PNG only To the top Add title text Note This feature is available in only Adobe Presenter 8 update for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers only 1 Click the Branding icon in Adobe Presenter Video Creator 2 Inthe Branding panel select Title Text and type the text Note Multi line text is not supported type all the text in a single line Add lower third text Lower third text is the text overlay on the video that is generally used to display your name and designation 1 Click the Branding icon in Adobe Presenter Video Creator 2 In the Branding panel select Lower Third Text 3 Specify the Presenter name and title 4 In the Display At field specify the time in seconds at which the text must appear and press Enter By default the start time of the Lower Third text is set to the beginning of the recorded video To quickly set the Display At time play the video and at the point where you require the Lower Third text to begin click Play Head Note In Adobe Presenter 8 update exclusivelyfor subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers the Display At Field option is not available This deprecation is to remove redundancy as the same purpose is served with the Play Head option 5 In the Display Duration field
148. nput The failure caption is added to each text entry box Custom mode Use the custom mode when working on a project where you need a mix of features available in the other modes This mode allows you to achieve the highest level of customization in Adobe Captivate Using the custom mode you can create a project that is part demo part training and also includes assessment None of the Adobe Captivate objects are added by default during recording in the Custom mode For example let us consider a movie meant for training the user on editing a file In the first few slides for simpler tasks like opening the application and opening the file you can retain the slides created in the demo mode When you move to the slides describing the procedure for editing you can add the various objects with which the user can interact Finally you can provide for assessment slides at the end of the project Multimode recording When you record an Adobe Captivate project you can choose to record in more than one mode Multimode recording helps you save time when working on projects that require outputs in more than one autorecording mode s To the t Manual recording o the top You can create a project manually by taking screenshots during recording Use manual recording when you want to pick and choose a few screenshots during the recording process The procedure can get tedious for complicated procedures involving many steps z To the to Panning i Use pannin
149. ns as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they supply an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 charact
150. nt to capture all events that occur within an area on the screen Custom Size Select this option if you want to record your project using a specific dimension You can choose from a list of standard sizes or create your own custom size window Full Screen Select this option if you want to set the size of the recording window to the size of your monitor screen The entire computer screen is treated as the recording window If you work on dual monitors you can choose the monitor that you want to use for recording Recording in this mode can potentially produce very large projects and output file sizes due to the large screen resolution on monitors Click Automatic or Manual in the Recording Type area For more information see Automatic recording and Manual recording Do one or all of the following e Select a panning mode if you want the recording window to follow your movements across the screen For more information see Panning e f you are adding commentary during recording select the type of audio input e To change the default settings that Adobe Captivate uses when recording click Settings at the bottom of the recording options For more information on customizing recording preferences see Specifying recording preferences Click Record If you have selected Manual recording press Print Screen every time you want to take a screenshot during the procedure 9 Press End key when you have completed recording s To the t Auto
151. ntation is viewed the playbar stops at the instruction slide just like any quiz slide so users can read the text In the published presentation the instruction slide is displayed in the Outline pane Thumb pane and if it was added the Quiz pane Show Score At End Of Quiz Optional Displays a scoring slide at the end of the quiz You can write custom pass and fail messages design the slide using background colors and choose how to display the score Show Questions In Outline Optional Displays the name of the question slide in the outline when users see the presentation in the Adobe Presenter viewer Shuffle Questions Optional Changes the order of questions each time the quiz is displayed Shuffle Answers Optional Randomly changes the order in which possible answers appear Click the Pass Or Fail Options tab Select an option in the Pass Fail Options area Specify a passing score either as a percentage for example 80 correct or a number of correct answers for example 8 out of 10 Select the actions that take place when users receive a passing grade or a failing grade For example use the pop up menu next to Action and select Go To Slide to display a specific slide in response to passing or failing Note Ifyou are using the Allow Backward Movement option it is important to set the correct answering options If Allow Backward Movement is not selected unchecked set the Quiz Options to Answer All and set the number
152. nter or users must click Play E in the toolbar to start the presentation 5 Click OK To the to Loop a presentation You can set your presentation to play once and then stop the default setting or to loop and replay continuously In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Playback Select Loop Presentation Click OK a oS Ns To the top Change slide display timing By default Adobe Presenter calculates the total duration of a slide by adding up the duration of animations and other objects on a slide If you have specified the Advance Slide option in PowerPoint as After n seconds Transitions gt Advance Slide you can configure Adobe Presenter to change the slide duration to this value n In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Playback Select Use PPTX Slide Time Click OK AS SY SS To the top Change Adobe logo By default published presentations contain a small Adobe logo in the lower left corner You can substitute your organization s logo for enhanced branding The ideal size for the finished logo swf file is 47 x 27 pixels Note When creating a custom logo swf file avoid creating content outside the stage area in the SWF file Create a new file named logo swf
153. o 1 if you plan to use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they supply an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for example Please try again 15 16 Add matching questions Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t pro
154. o go to the Adobe Captivate Social Share app and provide permissions b Click Go To App and then click Allow c In the Upload To Vimeo dialog box click Post To share the link to the video on Twitter do the following a Select the Twitter check box and log on to Twitter b Twitter generates a PIN automatically c Copy the PIN and paste it in the Enter PIN Here box at the bottom of the dialog box and then click Set PIN d In the Upload To Vimeo dialog box click Post Publish as MP4 files Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Creator and then click Publish to My Computer Adobe Presenter Video Creator converts your project to an MP4 file at the back end After the conversion is completed the output folder with the MP4 file appears The default publish folder is lt user gt My Documents My Adobe Presenter Video Projects Published lt project_name gt lt project_name mp4 gt To change the default publish location click Settings ED Export to Microsoft PowerPoint Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Creator and then click Export to Microsoft PowerPoint The video is placed in a new Microsoft PowerPoint presentation slide as an Adobe Presenter video You can insert new slides into the presentation to create a Microsoft PowerPoint project You can also copy and paste the slide with the video into an existing presentation Note As these are Adobe Presenter videos and not Microsoft PowerPoint videos you cannot view them in th
155. on e When creating a matching question drag items between the two columns to establish the correct matches e Try customizing feedback messages to accurately communicate with presentation users e Experiment with branching to customize presentations for different types of users e If you have quizzes in one presentation that would be appropriate for another presentation import the quiz and save time e Use the shuffle question and shuffle answer options to show users different versions of the same information e Consider adding custom audio feedback based on how users answer questions You can select different audio for a correct answer and an incorrect answer e Try editing the settings in the Show Score At End Of Quiz option You can write custom pass and fail messages design the slide using background colors and choose how to display the score e Moving a question from one quiz to another quiz from presentation pptx film strip is not supported Do it from Quiz manager e Always create questions in the Quiz Manager For example while in PowerPoint do not copy a quiz slide in the left pane and then paste it to create a new quiz slide This results in two slides with the same interaction ID which is not supported by learning management systems e If achange is made in the question by editing the slide contents open the Quiz Manager once before publishing the presentation Quiz validation and updating is done only when the Quiz Ma
156. on see Add brand videos and icons Timeline is the area that you use extensively during editing All the edits such as pan and zoom points and trim regions are marked on the Timeline Also Timeline helps you to easily navigate to the portion of the video you want to edit See Navigating using Timeline for more information on navigating using Timeline Navigating using Timeline Scrollbar and markers on the Timeline help you navigate to specific portions of the video Scrollbar at the bottom of the Timeline contains a miniature form of the rectangular bar video clip and reflects the color scheme displayed in the Timeline Scrollbar with the thumb scroller A Thumb scroller B Track or the trough of the scrollbar When you magnify the Timeline the entire video clip does not fit into the Timeline But the scrollbar still displays the entire video clip with the layout allocation While you can make fine edits using the magnified view of the Timeline you can use the scrollbar and the thumb scroller to quickly navigate to a specific portion of the video Markers are tiny dots in the Timeline see the Timeline topic for an illustration that indicate a change in the Microsoft PowerPoint slides Note In cases where you have recorded other applications or monitor screen these markers appear at points where important screen transitions happen For example when you open a new application Click HE and HE in the playbar to snap to
157. ons have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally In the Answers area click Add and enter possible answers A multiple choice question requires at least two answers If necessary click Delete to remove an answer from the list Optional Click Advanced to set options for individual answers such as a custom feedback message a specific action or audio If you have along answer the Advanced Answer Options dialog box gives you more space to type the answer Select the radio button next to the correct answer From the Type pop up menu select whether there are multiple correct responses or a single correct response If you select multiple correct responses be sure to return to step 11 and select the radio buttons next to all correct responses Also the Advanced features described in step 10 are enabled only if you select single correct response In Numbering use the pop up menu to specify how answers are listed on the slide You can choose from uppercase letters lowercase letters or numbers Select the Options tab Optional From the Type pop up menu select the question type Graded or Survey Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default act
158. operties of any slide in a presentation at any time Slide properties include the title navigation name navigation options multimedia info locking info and Presenter name Also shown for each slide are icons representing audio video and Flash If a slide contains one of these multimedia types the corresponding icon is displayed in color otherwise the icon is dimmed The slide properties dialog box also enables you to change a group of slides quickly and easily For example suppose that you have assigned a Presenter to all the slides but another Presenter is providing audio narration for a few of them To assign the new Presenter to those few slides you can use slide properties Note Sidebar video is now added through the Insert Flash or Import Video Adobe Presenter menu View slide properties for all slides You can view a short description of all slides in a presentation in one central location For example you can see which presenters are associated with each slide whether navigation names have been assigned and whether the user must advance any slides 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager 3 Use the scroll bar on the right side to view properties of all slides in the presentation Set a navigation name You can set a navigation name for a slide that is different from the slide title A clear and descriptive navigation name can help users navigate through the published p
159. opped outside the frame Reveal drag items one at a time Only one drag item is displayed and other drag items kept invisible during run time 3 Optional Choose a Presenter background image for the drag and drop question This Presenter background image overrides the default PPT background for the question slide 4 Click icon at the bottom of the screen A grid layout appears using which you can layout the drag and drop items on the stage exactly like La how you want them to appear in the published output You can also resize and drag and drop images Each drag and drop item is color coded with an illumunating border color This color coding around items help you identify the drag and drop items while you move them around For example if Item A has green color coding and Item B has blue color coding it helps the learner to easily differentiate and work on the items Color coded drag and drop items Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Closed captions Note Additional language support and post production editing features are available only from Presenter 9 onwards Adobe Presenter automatically converts voice recording captured during the recording into closed captions text through the speech to text conversion engine You can also enter your own script as the closed caption text and use it Alternatively you can add edit closed
160. ord dialog box and begin talking 7 Click LJ to end recording 8 To listen to the recording click Play gt 9 Click OK The audio you just recorded is added to the location you specified on the waveform 10 Click Save in the Adobe Presenter Edit Audio dialog box to save the changes i i P P aoi To thet Synchronize audio and animation timings o the top After previewing your presentation you can edit the timing of PowerPoint animations to better synchronize with added audio files For example if you have a slide with bulleted text items that fly in you can adjust the timing so that the audio track matches the action of the animated text Note The Sync Audio dialog box synchronizes PowerPoint On mouse click animations only In contrast timed animations use the timing set in the Custom Animation dialog box in PowerPoint Animations can only be synchronized with audio files not video files The user interface varies in Adobe Presenter 8 and Adobe Presenter 8 update exclusively for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers In Adobe Presenter 8 do the following 7 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Sync In the Sync Audio dialog box click Previous or Next if necessary to navigate to the slide containing the timing that you want to adjust Click Change Timings to play the audio As the audio plays click the Animation arrow to synch
161. other slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they supply an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary
162. ou finish click OK twice To the top Fill in the blank questions contain a blank space that users fill in by entering text such as a word or phrase or selecting from a list of possible answers i 2 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog box select Fill in the blank and click one of the following options Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New fill in the blank question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for the name or enter a new name in the Name text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation Q If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Description text box accept the default text for Description or enter a new description The description appears on the questions slide in the presen
163. ou want the application simulation For example if you want the simulation to appear as slide 6 click slide 5 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Application Simulation group click Record The recording window appears Click Screen Area or Application Application Select this option if you want to specify the application which you want to record as part of your project In the Select Application menu select the application that you want to record and select one of the following Custom Size Select this option if you want to customize the dimensions of the recorded project You can choose from a list of standard sizes or define a custom size The selected application is automatically resized to fit inside the boundaries of the recording area Best practice is to have a clear idea of the dimensions of the project before you start recording it Application Window Select this option if you want to record the entire application window The dimensions of the application are not altered The recording rectangle is resized to fit the application Application Region Select this option if you want to record defined areas in an application For example if you are recording a window that has three frames the recording window snaps to individual frames when the mouse moves over them The dimensions of the application are not altered The recording rectangle is resized to fit the defined area in the application Screen Area Select this option when you wa
164. our presentation and see how it will look to your end users 1 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Presentation group click Publish 2 Select My Computer 3 Optional Select Zip Package to add all presentation files to a Zip file This is useful if you need to give or send the files to someone else to preview Optional Select CD Package if you are going to distribute the presentation on a CD ROM after previewing it If you select this option you can burn the presentation onto a CD ROM and when it is opened the presentation automatically begins playing Click Publish If a message appears stating that all files will be deleted click Yes Each time you generate your presentation the files in your current output folder are deleted and replaced by the newly generated files When you publish a new folder with the same name as the presentation is created and placed in your My Documents My Adobe Presentations folder The new folder contains all of the presentation files copies of attachments and any audio video and image files that are part of the presentation When the conversion is finished click View Output If you selected the Select Zip Package option you will not see the View Output option To view the presentation go to the location where you saved the Zip file unzip the file and double click the index htm file The presentation appears in your default web browser Note If you try to publish a presentation that has be
165. ous links available at the bottom of the Access Adobe Resources pop up screen Whenever there is an update a number is displayed with a highlighted border on the Access Adobe Resources menu This display indicates the number of new newsfeeds blog posts tweets that have been recently added Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Audio in presentations Using audio in presentations Add audio files to a presentation Recording audio About audio recording equipment Set audio recording quality Change the audio input source Calibrate microphones for recording Record audio Record audio at a specific location in a presentation Synchronize audio and animation timings Edit audio files Preplay audio Add silence to an audio file Adjust audio volume Add and export slide notes Import slide notes Manage audio clips and files Using audio in presentations To the top Adobe Presenter lets you add narration music step by step instructions or almost any sound to your projects You can use audio to provide instructions or to emphasize key points in the presentation In general sound can be as individual and flexible as any other presentation component You can use audio in Adobe Presenter presentations in various ways For example Adobe Presenter can help you with the following tasks Add audio files to a presentation Add
166. ow a preliminary version in a Connect Pro meeting Note Adobe recommends adding presentations to Connect Pro meetings from the Content library Presentations uploaded directly from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting do not support some Adobe Presenter features For example if you share the presentation PowerPoint PPT or PPTX file audio video attachments Adobe Presenter photos Adobe Presenter logos and the Thumbnail pane are not displayed 1 In Adobe Presenter publish your presentation locally and select the Zip package Output Option To do this click the Adobe Presenter ribbon select Publish click My Computer select the Zip package option and click Publish 2 Open your web browser and navigate to your Adobe Connect Server 3 Log in using your login name and password 4 Click the Meetings tab 5 Select a meeting 6 Click Enter Meeting Room 7 From the Share pod select Documents gt Select From My Computer If a Share pod is not open click the Pods menu and select Share gt Select From My Computer 8 Navigate to the presentation folder on your computer 9 Select the presentation Zip file and click Open The Adobe Presenter presentation appears in the Connect Pro meeting Add a presentation PowerPoint PPT or PPTX file from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting 1 Open your web browser and navigate to your Adobe Connect Server 2 Log in using your login name and password 3 Click the Meetings tab
167. ow or disallow Adobe Presenter from accessing your Vimeo account Specify the title for the project and type in a description In the Tags field type the tags for the project to optimize your users search for the project Use commas or semicolons to separate multiple tags Generally the tags are the search terms that your users use to search for your project on Vimeo Some examples are the subject of your project or the key terms in the project or the title Click one of the following options e Anyone To make your video available for everyone who log in to Vimeo e Only me To make your video available only for you If at later point in time you want to make the video available for others you can do so by configuring the Privacy settings in Vimeo Click Terms and Conditions review them and click Back Select the have read the terms and conditions check box and click Upload A message is displayed indicating that the video is uploaded successfully along with the URL at which the video is hosted Click Send Email Now to send the URLto the required people over mail The default email application configured on your machine is loaded and the URL of the project appears in the default text of the email To share the link to the video on Facebook do the following a Select the Facebook check box and log in to Facebook If you are accessing Facebook through Adobe Presenter Video Creator for the first time you are prompted t
168. owing e Layout editing options e Trim e Pan and zoom This means if you change the layout and click the trim or pan and zoom icon the undo stack is cleared and you cannot undo the change layout operation Whereas if you switch between the layouts options without clicking trim or pan and zoom you can undo the last change in the layout Similarly if you choose a trim region and click pan and zoom or layout icons the undo stack gets cleared and you cannot undo the trim operation Edit the video theme To the top Add brand videos and icons 1 Click Branding i in Adobe Presenter Video Creator 2 In the Branding panel click a theme from the Themes list The edit area displays a preview of the selected theme To remove the default branding video click None from the Branding Video list 3 To create a custom theme click Custom in the Themes list 4 Based on whether you want the video at the beginning or end or both click Start or End or both Then click Select to browse for the video Note Only MP4 videos of codecs H 264 and AAC are supported The resolution of the brand video must be the same as that of the recorded video For example if you recorded the Adobe Presenter Video Creator video with HD settings the brand videos must be 1280 x 720 If the recorded video is SD the brand videos must be 640 x 360 5 To use an image as the background select Background and then click Select to browse for the required image Note O
169. ox select Hot Spot and click one of the following options Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded The New hot spot question dialog box appears On the Question tab accept the default text for Name or type a new name directly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation i 17 18 Q If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the hot spot question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score text box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally In the Hot Spots text box specify the total number of hot spot answers including correct and incorrect you want to provide Click the browse icon in the Choose field to choose an animation for the mouse clicks on the hot spots 10 11 12
170. r Description or type a new description directly into the text box The description appears on the question slide in the presentation and should provide users with instructions about how to answer the question The description text box cannot be left blank In the Questions area click in the first row or click Add and type a Likert question directly into the text box You can add up to five separate Likert questions on a single slide In the Answers area you can accept the default answer text edit the text delete a type and add a new answer type To edit the text double click existing text such as Neutral and type new text To delete an answer type select a type and click Delete To add an answer type click Add and type new text You can have a total of five answer types Select the Options tab Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the After Survey question area set the following options Action Click the desired action or destination after the survey is taken You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page
171. r to reuse information you already have Video is appropriate if your audience has high bandwidth e Create presentations that are a manageable size A single PowerPoint presentation typically corresponds to a single module or course Usually a module contains 20 40 slides and results in a 15 45 minute session for users e Preview the presentation by publishing it locally before publishing to a Adobe Connect Server Previewing enables you to see the converted presentation and ensure that it meets your requirements e Create slide titles to give users easy access to any slide Check that titles appear in the PowerPoint outline for all slides including graphic only slides before publishing your presentation x To the to Create a Adobe Presenter presentation r Adobe Presenter presentations are always based on PowerPoint presentations To start a new presentation you open an existing PowerPoint presentation or create a new one and then add all of the features available in Adobe Presenter For more information about how to add these features see the appropriate section 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file or create a new presentation by selecting File menu gt New 2 From the Adobe Presenter ribbon select the Adobe Presenter features you want to add to your presentation You are not required to change the presentation before publishing But adding Adobe Presenter features such as audio narration video files SWF file
172. ree or agree Rating scale questions are always survey questions and are therefore not graded You cannot assign a rating scale question with a point value nor can you creating branching for a correct or incorrect answer since its a survey question and does not have a correct or incorrect answer You can however decide what happens after the user completes the rating scale question such as continuing to the next slide or displaying a URL 1 A O oOo A W 10 Ti 12 13 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select the slide before the one where you want to insert a question slide For example if you want the new question slide to be slide 7 in the presentation click slide 6 If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz the question is appended to the quiz In Quiz Manager Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manager click the quiz to which you want to add a question and click Add Question In the Question Types dialog box select Rating Scale Likert Click Create Survey Question On the Question tab accept the default text for the Name or type new text directly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation 9 If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them Accept the default text fo
173. resentation The navigation name appears in the sidebar Outline and Thumb panes in the published presentation A navigation name can be useful if your slide titles are long or if you want to display a more descriptive name than the slide title in the final presentation for users For example the first slide in the presentation may have the title Introduction but you can assign a navigation name such as About Product X In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager Select a slide and click the link name to the right of Navigation Name If no navigation name has been set the link says None In the Navigation name text box enter the text you want to use Click OK eo M oa i 1 Title page 2 Slice 2 1 QSHA Oyerwew Ona s 3 OSHS Oyen iw 4 Agentie 4 Agerda S Qwarwsew okos 5 varw iew Slide titles left changed to navigation names right Set Go To Slide options Presentations usually progress linearly through the slides but their order can be changed using the Go To Slide option This option lets you skip slides in the presentation without having to remove them The Go To Slide option can be useful if you are creating a presentation for several audiences For example you can create one benefits presentation for both full time and part time employees Part time employees can skip slides pertaining only to full time employees The Go To Slide option work
174. rink the waveform Record Over Insert Recording To begin recording audio A microphone is required Play To start playing the audio file Pause To temporarily stop the slide from playing Click Play to resume playing the audio file Stop To end the playback of the audio file Playhead To specify the selected location in seconds within an individual slide on the waveform For example if you are working with a slide that is 5 seconds long and you click in the middle of the slide on the waveform this playhead area displays approximately 00 00 02 500 Selected To specify the total playing time of the presentation if no span of time is selected on the waveform If you have selected a span of time on the waveform this area displays the amount of time selected 4 When you finish editing the audio file click Save P To thet Preplay audio aar A quick way to listen to the audio you added to a presentation is to play the slide show directly from within the Edit Audio dialog box Click ED jn the Edit Audio dialog box and then click play n To the t Add silence to an audio file o the top You can add a period of silence to any audio file that is part of a Adobe Presenter presentation This feature is useful in the following situations Adjust audio volume So Ee eS If you import an audio file and must synchronize the audio with slides If you need to make an existing audio file work in a presentation without having to edit the
175. roject was successfully published to the specified Adobe Connect Server Click OK The Content Information dialog box appears This screen lists important information about the presentation including the URL for viewing If you click the URL the presentation is displayed and begins to play To share the presentation with others you can send them the URL by clicking E mail Link or by cutting and pasting the URL into an e mail For users to view the presentation the published presentation or the folder containing the presentation must have the correct permissions set 4 Click OK to complete the publishing process To the t Add a Adobe Presenter presentation to a Connect Pro meeting oe Adobe Presenter lets you create e learning content and high quality multimedia presentations containing slides streaming audio synchronized animation and navigation controls rapidly using Microsoft PowerPoint as a base After you have published a Adobe Presenter presentation to Connect Pro you can add the presentation to a Connect Pro meeting by bringing the presentation file into a share pod from the Content library or directly from your computer When viewing the presentation in a meeting you have complete control over the screen side slide navigation and audio Note Add presentations to a Connect Pro meeting from the Content library If you have to upload the presentation directly from your computer upload the ZIP file that contains the presentatio
176. ronize the timing of the animation with the audio If the slide contains another animation the Animation arrow is displayed again in the Sync Audio dialog box Click the Change Timings icon again and click the Animation arrow to synchronize the timing Repeat this step for all animations on the slide When you are finished and the audio has stopped playing click Play to view the slide and animations with the new timing If you do not like the results repeat steps 4 and 5 again Click OK In Adobe Presenter 8 update for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers do the following 1 2 3 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Audio group click Sync In the Sync Audio dialog box click te to start playing and synchronizing the audio noo ga A of 1a K Sync audio dialog box Step text As the audio plays click the Animation arrow to synchronize the timing of the animation with the audio If the slide contains another animation the Animation arrow is displayed again in the Sync Audio dialog box Click Ba again and click the Animation arrow to synchronize the timing Repeat this step for all animations on the slide Audio synchronization with animations When you are finished and the audio has stopped playing click Play Lad to view the slide and animations with the new timing If you do not like the results repeat steps 3 and 4 again Click Sav
177. rough the Adobe Presenter playbar because Adobe Presenter buffers the next two slides If you don t control the file through the Adobe Presenter playbar the SWF file begins to play too early 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file containing an added SWF file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click SWF gt Manage 3 Next to one of the files in the list select the Control Using Presentation Playbar option 4 Click OK Delete SWF files from slides and sidebar 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file containing an added SWF file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click SWF gt Manage 3 Click the name of the SWF file to delete 4 Click Delete 5 Click Yes to confirm 6 Click OK To the to Import video i Video files added to a presentation can appear directly on a slide or in the viewer sidebar Slide video is easily integrated into existing slides or you can create a slide containing only the video file Adding a video file as sidebar video is especially useful if you have video of a speaker Video added to the sidebar appears in the location used for Adobe Presenter photographs Only one video can be added to one slide area For information about adding SWF files see Add and manage SWF files in presentations Note Video is added to each slide individually If you need to use one sidebar video file for multiple slides split the video into separate files
178. s and quizzes enhances the presentation and gives you the opportunity to experiment with the functionality available in Adobe Presenter Preview the presentation by publishing it locally to your computer lf necessary after previewing return to step 2 and edit the presentation oa A O When you have finished publish the presentation to Adobe Connect Server In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file NMN Select Adobe Presenter gt Help gt Export to Adobe Presenter 5 x and 6 x In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file created in Articulate Presenter In the conversion dialog box click Yes Choose a name and save location for the converted presentation A OO N gt Optional To view information in the conversion log file click View Log You can also use Windows Explorer at any time to view the log file Navigate to the location you specified in step 3 right click the ConversionLog log file and select Open with gt Notepad Ol After the conversion process finishes click Close 6 In Adobe Presenter edit the new converted file and add the Adobe Presenter features as desired To the to Preview a presentation j Previewing is an easy way to see how a presentation looks to users If you want to check your work preview presentations at any time using the Preview options in the Presentation group When you preview a presentation it appears in your default web browser
179. s to fix mistakes music and sound effect options and the capability to create the file format you require such as mp3 or WAV Recording area You need a quiet place to record Try closing doors turning off any unnecessary computer equipment turning off or lowering lights that might be making noise and turning off phone ringers beepers and pagers Also tell coworkers that recording is in progress Set audio recording quality To the top Audio files present the common challenge of balancing quality against size The higher the sound quality the larger the file size When working with audio think of your users connection speed In the best development case experiment to find the optimal balance between sound quality and file size for your users In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Quality Roop Select an audio quality level Remember that a higher quality level results in a larger audio file size CD Quality stereo or mono Bit rate of up to 128 Kops and sampling frequency of 44 Khz Near CD Quality stereo or mono Bit rate of up to 112 Kbps and sampling frequency of 44 Khz FM Quality stereo Bit rate of up to 64 Kops and sampling frequency of 44 Khz Low Bandwidth mono Bit rate of up to 32 Kops and sampling frequency of 22 Khz 5 Optional If your presentation contains SWF files on consecutive
180. s from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager 19 When you finish click OK twice The new hot spot question slide appears in the designated location in the presentation The hot spots are represented by rectangles with the description that you provided 20 Insert images or any other shape that you want to use as hot spot in the slide 21 Click and drag the hot spot rectangles to place over the images You can use the drag and drop interactions along with other question types Note You can edit the properties of the hot spot rectangles such as the color and thickness using the PowerPoint options x I as To the top Importing questions from existing quizzes If you have existing quizzes and questions in a presentation created with Adobe Pre
181. s of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Record video presentations Prerequisites Record videos Annotate videos Understanding the editing interface Edit videos Edit the video theme Add title text Add closed captions Publish videos Troubleshooting Adobe Presenter Video Creator Adobe Presenter includes Adobe Presenter Video Creator a tool that lets you combine application or desktop capture and webcam video Using this tool marketing eL earning and training professionals or even hobbyists and amateur video producers can quickly produce video tutorials and related video solutions The tool also provides effective video edit options such as layouts Pan amp Zoom and Trim options You can launch Adobe Presenter Video Creator in one of the following ways e From within Adobe Presenter by clicking Record Video e By clicking Adobe Presenter Video Creator from the Windows Start menu Start gt All Programs The output is an MP4 file that you can save on the disk export into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or upload to YouTube Adobe Connect or Vimeo Adobe Presenter Video Creator videos capture the following Presentation Actions performed on your monitor screen Presenter The web cam capture of the narrator who narrates while presenting the presentation or demonstrating an application The audio narration too is captured E To the to Prerequisites i e Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Ph
182. s the same whether the presentation is published to Adobe Connect Server or viewed locally in a web browser note If you are going to use a presentation as a Adobe Connect Training course it is better to not use the Go To Slide option In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager Select a slide and click the link text next to Go To by default the link text is None In the Go To Slide pop up menu select the slide to which you want the presentation to jump Click OK a oe w Set slide advance behavior By default slides in a presentation advance automatically You can however change the default setting so individual slides advance only when users click the Next button This setting is useful for example for a slide containing an interactive Adobe Captivate simulation that has no set play duration 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager 3 Select a slide and next to Advance By User click No or Yes to select an option 4 Optional To set all slides click Select All click Edit select Advance By User 5 Click OK Lock slides You can lock a slide for the specified slide duration Locking can help ensure that viewers spend a minimum amount of time on a slide and do not quickly skip ahead When you lock a slide navigation controls are disabled along with navigation from the Outline and Thumbs panes Quiz and que
183. s you to add SWF files to presentations For information about adding video files see Import video You can use a SWF file to add content or visual interest for example an animated pointer Each slide in a presentation is loaded as an individual external Flash asset and can be augmented with any SWF file When working with embedded SWF files follow these guidelines e Author the SWF file at 30 frames per second Adobe Presenter presentations are created at 30 frames per second so SWF files with the same setting can be integrated into the presentation smoothly e Do not use _root or absolute movie clip references Use relative paths in the MovieClip object references not _root e The SWF file you want to embed must not attempt to change anything outside its own file Therefore the code cannot see the following variables level global or stage Note In Adobe Presenter 7 0 7 use AS3 SWF files for better results while controlling the SWF file through the presentation toolbar Insert a SWF file into a presentation A Flash SWF file is a compiled view only file that delivers graphics and animation over the Internet Note If you have created animated simulations and demonstrations in Adobe Captivate you can easily add them to your presentations Certain Adobe Captivate projects such as training demonstrations or software simulations can be useful in presentations In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Pre
184. scenario the flow is pre defined as one question with multiple options Select the number of options and select the correct answer number On publishing the learner views the question The options are displayed logically The user has to complete answering the question by selecting the right answer Otherwise the user cannot navigate to the next slide as the playbar and the side bar are locked Note e No score is associated to the scenario based interactions e To create a new interaction always use the Insert scenario interaction interface Do not copy and paste the slides inside the presentation e Scenario interactions only work in pptx file format In ppt file format the interactions work as normal PowerePoint slides TOC and playbar lock do not work in ppt format To create scenario based interactions 1 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Interaction gt Insert scenario interaction 2 Select the category of interaction you want to insert from the Insert Scenario Interaction drop down list There are four templates currently available Business Call Center Medical and Generic 3 Select a scenario from the left pane For example if it is Business select Business 1 D Select the Number of Options and the Correct Option Click Preview to preview the interaction 5 Click Ok If you want to change the appearance on the slide you can e Edit the placeholder text e Adjust the image position e R
185. se you see a button with the price The home screen appears with your project at the beginning and a white clock shows the progress of the publish After the project is published the YouTube and or Dropbox icons appear at the right bottom corner of your project pod A tick icon indicates that the publish is completed You lt 3 Dropbox untitled 1 7 Click Youtube or Dropbox to access the published output Or click at the bottom left of the project pod to copy the links to clipboard Paste these links into TextEdit and distribute to your users Troubleshooting Adobe Presenter Video Express Dede If you encounter errors while using Adobe Presenter Video Express redo the workflow by launching Adobe Presenter Video Express in the Diagnostic mode To go to the Diagnostic mode click Help gt Diagnostic mode and relaunch Adobe Presenter Video Express When you try to exit Adobe Presenter Video Express the Diagnostic Logs dialog box appears Save the logs on your computer and email them to Adobe at AdobePresenterVideoCreatorSupport adobe com Presentation has a jagged appearance in side by side layout Adobe Presenter Video Express uses certain features of the graphics card on your computer to render images in a better quality in side by side layout The presentation appears jagged and the image is not rendered sharply if the graphics card does not meet the minimum requirements for Adobe Presenter Video Express However since the pu
186. sed captions You can click the here link and copy paste your script Note Closed captions are currently optimized for American English e To hide closed captions click the collapsible icon 5 in the right panel Use the collapsible icon to view the closed captions again e To edit closed captions double click the text in the right panel e To hide closed captions in the published output click ccf If the cc button is in the disabled state the closed captions are not published in the output To the to Publish videos i You can upload videos to YouTube and or Dropbox If your video duration is less than a minute you can upload the videos for free If the video duration is more than a minute you have to pay the designated price displayed on screen to publish the video 1 In the Publish screen click YouTube and or Dropbox and click Sign In in the respective pods Yougiit 2 Dropbox Caney org Tau Sy face Coma Propet Soe 2 Provide your YouTube and or Dropbox login credentials and sign in 3 Click Allow Access Allow when prompted to grant Adobe Presenter Video Express permission to access your YouTube and Dropbox accounts 4 Click the project title and type the name with which you want to publish the project 5 Click Email to provide your email address if you want to be notified about the publish status 6 On the Publish screen click Free or xxx If your video is less than 1 minute you see a Free button el
187. senter and in the Insert group click SWF gt Insert From the Import On list in Import Options click the slide on which you want to insert the SWF file Under Import Options select Slide animation or Sidebar animation Navigate to the location of your SWF file and select the SWF file Optional To preview the SWF file directly in the Insert Flash SWF dialog box select Preview Click Open Adobe Presenter adds the SWF file to the slide Optional If necessary select the file and drag it to a new location on the slide ot See SiN S Note Use PowerPoint to preview how the SWF content appears in your presentation In PowerPoint from the View menu select slideshow In PowerPoint 2007 2010 Trust Center settings for ActiveX may prevent Flash animations embedded in slides from playing in the slideshow Control an inserted SWF file through the Adobe Presenter playbar When you add a SWF file to a presentation you can choose whether to control the SWF file through the Adobe Presenter playbar Stop Pause Play and so on or the playbar in the original SWF file For example if you add an Adobe Captivate demonstration SWF file to the presentation you can control the demonstration through the Adobe Presenter playbar in the viewer or the playbar in the Adobe Captivate demonstration Note This setting is only available for SWF files added as slide video not SWF files added as sidebar video Ordinarily you want to control the SWF file th
188. senter 7 you can reuse them by importing them into other presentations When you import a quiz you can select all or some of the questions and question groups contained in the quiz to be imported as well Note If an imported question slide contains audio video or SWF files these multimedia files are imported along with the question slide In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Import Navigate to the PPT or PPTX file containing the quiz you want to import and click Open Under Import From select the quiz or question you want to import wo a Under Import To select the slide after the location to which you want to import the quiz or question For example if you want the quiz or question to appear before slide 5 click slide 5 6 Click Move Alternatively drag the selected questions from the source pane and drop on the destination pane 7 Optional To edit the imported quiz or question select Launch Quiz Manager After Import 8 Click OK Note To see details such as points and mandatory status hover the mouse over a quiz or question in the Import From or Import To lists To the to Edit quizzes and questions i After you have created question slides in a presentation you can edit them as required Change question slide order After you have created question slides in a presentation you can change their order 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation
189. ser Will Type in the Answer Which Will Be Compared to the List Below Users type an answer in a text box The User Will Select an Answer from the List Below Users select an answer from a drop down list The drop down list can display answers approximately 22 characters in length Answers longer than 22 characters may not be fully visible in the published output If necessary click Add and enter more words or phrases that correctly fill in the blank space in the question Click Add and Delete as necessary to create a list of correct answers Optional Select The Answer Is Case Sensitive to require that users type the correct combination of lowercase and uppercase letters when filling in the blank For example if the answer to the question is Windows and you select the case sensitive option an answer of windows is incorrect Click OK Select the Options tab Optional In Type use the pop up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then spec
190. set questions to shuffle so they appear in a different order each time the presentation is opened Different users receive the same questions but in a different order Any non question content slides located between shuffled quiz questions are not displayed in the published presentation If a user views a course on a Adobe Connect Server or learning management system begins a quiz does not complete the quiz and then resumes the quiz appears in the original order seen without shuffling again In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage Select a quiz and click Edit Select Shuffle Questions Click OK twice Ce SS eS i To the to Set answer shuffling P For certain question types the possible answers can be shuffled each time the question is displayed If a user views a course on a Adobe Connect Server or learning management system begins a quiz does not complete the quiz and then resumes the quiz appears in the original order seen without shuffling again 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Quiz group click Manage 3 Do one of the following e Select an existing multiple choice fill in the blank or matching question and click Edit Question e Create a new multiple choice fill in the blank or matching question Note For fill in the blank questions answer shuffling is applicable only to qu
191. slides select Disable Preloading Of Embedded Flash Content This option prevents a second SWF file from beginning to play before a first SWF file is finished Note To publish a presentation without including any audio files deselect Publish Audio 6 Click OK Change the audio input source To the top If you are recording audio for a presentation you can either use a microphone or the line in option that is usually included with an external audio device such as a tape deck or stereo amplifier In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Application menu on the left click Audio Source In the Audio Input Source area select either Microphone or Line In Optional Select the Always Prompt To Set Microphone Level Before Recording option if you want to calibrate the microphone before each recording session Calibrating is useful if you use different microphones or if you record in different environments for example a quiet room versus an area with background noise 6 Click OK oe Sw SS i A To the to Calibrate microphones for recording If you are recording audio for a presentation set the microphone or recording device to the correct recording level This process is called calibrating the recording device Adobe Presenter can detect optimal microphone and recording sensitivity levels automatically Adobe Presenter must detect your recording d
192. stion slides cannot be locked Note Slides are locked only when viewed for the first time Subsequent views of the slide are not locked and the navigation controls are not disabled In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager Select a slide and next to Lock Slide click Yes or No to select an option Optional To lock all slides click Select All click Edit select Lock Slide Click OK ae YS Hide playbars In Presenter 9 you can hide playbars on a specific slide This feature is useful in projects where you do not want users to navigate to other slides using the playbar k 2 3 4 5 Add and edit presenters In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter gt Slide Manager Select a slide and next to Hide Playbar click Yes or No to select an option Optional To hide playbar on all slides click Select All click Edit select Hide Playbar Click OK To the top A presenter is a person who provides information during a presentation For example if the subject is software training the presenter may be an instructor trainer or product manager A single presenter can be assigned to all slides in a presentation or different presenters can be assigned to individual slides Detailed information about presenters can be displayed name photograph job title short biographical notes a company logo and contact information This i
193. swer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that 17 Add fill in the blank questions each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager When y
194. t move past the quiz If no scoring slide is chosen the Pass Required option behaves the same as Optional and no navigation restrictions exist Answer All The learner must answer every question The questions must be answered in order and no questions can be skipped Select the options you want to incorporate into the quiz Allow Backward Movement Optional Enables learners to click the Back button in the playbar to move backward If you leave this option unchecked learners cannot move backward when taking a quiz Leaving this option unchecked prevents learners from seeing quiz questions and then going back to earlier slides to look up correct answers Allow User To Review Quiz Optional Displays a Review Quiz button on the scoring slide Learners can click the button and be taken back to the first question slide in the quiz Learners can see their answer to each question whether their answer is correct and if the answer is not correct the correct answer Reviewing a quiz is strictly informational learners cannot change their answers while reviewing Include Instructions Slide Optional Displays a slide at the beginning of the quiz containing information for users about how to take the quiz The slide is added with no text navigate to the slide in PowerPoint and add your quiz level custom instruction text The slide does contain by default a Start Quiz button that users can click to navigate to the first question of the quiz When the prese
195. tation and should give users instructions about how to answer the question The Description field cannot be left blank In the Score text box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally 8 Select the Shuffle Answers In List option to randomly change the order in which possible answers appear 10 Ti 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In the Phrase text box type the entire sentence or phrase that will contain a blank space to be completed by users or will contain a blank space with a drop down list of possible answers for users to select from Select the word or phrase that you intend to be the blank area and click Add Blank You can have a maximum of 8 blanks in a question When a blank is created the blank is represented by lt i gt in the dialog box with the i representing the number assigned to the blank Do not edit the text lt i gt manually Use the Add blank and Delete blanks buttons to achieve the desired results In the Blank Answer dialog box specify how users will choose the correct answer The U
196. terms and conditions check box and click Upload A message Is displayed indicating that the video is uploaded successfully 10 Click Send Email Now to send the YouTube URLto the required people over mail The default email application configured on your machine is loaded and the URL of the project appears in the default text of the email 11 To post the video on Facebook do the following a Select the Facebook check box and log in to Facebook If you are accessing Facebook through Adobe Presenter Video Creator for the first time you will be prompted to go to the Adobe Captivate Social Share app and provide permissions b Click Go To App and then click Allow 12 c In the Upload To YouTube dialog box click Post To post the video on Twitter do the following a Select the Twitter check box and log on to Twitter b Twitter generates a PIN automatically c Copy the PIN and paste it in the Enter PIN Here box at the bottom of the dialog box and then click Set PIN d In the Upload To YouTube dialog box click Post Publish to Vimeo l 10 IN 12 Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Creator and then click Vimeo Adobe Presenter Video Creator converts your project to an MP4 file at the back end After the conversion is completed the Upload to Vimeo window appears Specify your Vimeo login credentials and select the I ve Read Adobe Privacy Policy check box Click Login Click Allow when prompted to all
197. th your LMS administrator for assistance Never Send Resume Data Select this option to send no resume data to your LMS This might be useful if your LMS does not support resume data or another mechanism to prevent users from returning to a quiz they started but did not finish across multiple sessions For example a user completes four questions out of eight and then closes the presentation If you select this option when the user opens the presentation again they must provide answers to all eight questions their answers from the first session are not remembered in the Adobe Presenter presentation This option can be used when publishing and playing back content from any AICC or SCORM compliant learning management system note Presentations that are part of a Adobe Connect Server training course or curriculum are always automatically resumed If the presentation is viewed using the Content tab it is never resumed Escape Version and Session ID This option is selected by default Keep this option selected if you want Adobe Presenter to URL encode escape the version and session ID when sending data to an AlCC compliant learning management system This is useful if your learning management system does not accept URL encoded information for these fields Deselect this option if you do not want to URL encode escape the version and session ID Don t Escape Characters This option specifies that Adobe Presenter should not URL encode escape the va
198. the Adobe Presenter Quiz Manager to choose the correct reporting settings for the LMS and to create a content package that can be uploaded to the LMS Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Adding quizzes and questions About quizzes and questions Quiz boundaries Tips for creating quizzes and questions Create a quiz Add questions to quizzes Add multiple choice questions Add true or false questions Add fill in the blank questions Add short answer questions Add matching questions Add rating scale questions Add sequence questions Add Hot Spot questions Importing questions from existing quizzes Edit quizzes and questions About question groups Create question groups Set question shuffling Set answer shuffling Add a Quiz pane to a published presentation Set reporting options Set a pass rate for a quiz Set score display Changing fonts and button placement in quizzes Unanswered questions warning Use presentations with a learning management system z To the to About quizzes and questions You can use Adobe Presenter to create interactive e learning presentations that are SCORM or AICC compliant for use with a learning management system When you create e learning content for presentations you can create a combination of quizzes and questions Quizzes are the containers that hold questions You can use th
199. the audio and then select Record note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays and then the specified action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide a correct answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for a correct answer In the If Wrong Answer area set the following options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows or type directly in the text box to specify how many guesses the user can make before another action takes place An attempt is defined as any time a user opens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if you plan to use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selecte
200. this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers Sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting alw
201. tic Mode Diagnostic Mode should only be used to report issues to Adobe Unknown error Payment failed If you encounter payment related issues contact the Adobe support team at AdobePresenterVideoCreatorSupport adobe com Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Adobe Presenter overview About Adobe Presenter About Adobe Presenter To the top Adobe Presenter is a software tool for creating e learning content and high quality multimedia presentations rapidly Adobe Presenter is a plug in for Microsoft PowerPoint an application that is part of the Microsoft Office suite Finished presentations are in Flash format SWF file Content created with Adobe Presenter is SCORM 1 2 and SCORM 2004 certified and AICC compliant After you install Adobe Presenter you access the application from within PowerPoint All Adobe Presenter authoring functions in PowerPoint can be reached using the Adobe Presenter ribbon Adobe Presenter complements Acrobat Connect Pro Server With Adobe Presenter you can create content that includes interactive quizzing and surveys audio and a customizable viewer Adobe Presenter sends the PPT or PPTX PowerPoint and PPCxX file as well as presentation data and assets to Adobe Connect Server Note Office 2007 and 2010 supports PPTX You can add straightforward or sophisticated quizzes to presentations Adobe Presenter supports
202. tly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation Q If you are creating more than one question of the same type for example multiple choice short answer and so on in a single presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the sequence question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score text box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally In the Answers area click an empty row or click Add and enter words or phrases that are correct answers to the question Click Add and Delete as necessary to write an appropriate list Note Type the answers in the correct sequence In the Style list click Drag Drop if you want the users to click and drag the answers to arrange them in a sequence Click Drop Down List to provide them a list from which they can select the answers in the correct sequence In the Numbering list click the numbering style for the answers Select the Options
203. to your computer sound card s line in Plug the headphones into your computer Then set the volume on the mixer or preamplifier Begin speaking to test the volume levels and carefully raise the volume until it shows just under zero Using a preamplifier and line in socket is optional Setting sound card options You can open the software application that controls the sound card In most Windows operating systems you can find sound settings by clicking Start in the lower left corner and selecting Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds When you select the recording source line in you can adjust the volume to 100 If you are using a mixer or stand alone preamplifier the actual recording level can be controlled from there Changing audio recording settings After starting your audio recording software you can change the settings as necessary Mixers and preamplifiers don t have sound level controls so you rely on the meters when recording While recording ensure that you do not exceed zero on the meters Else the sound gets distorted Placing the microphone Positioning your microphone correctly can make a big difference in the finished audio file First get as close as possible to the microphone within 4 6 inches so that you avoid recording any other nearby sounds Don t speak down to the microphone instead position it above your nose and pointed down at your mouth Finally position the microphone slightly to the side of
204. tor with webcam connected to your computer you see two lines on the webcam capture area Only the webcam capture between these two lines is displayed in the side by side layouts Both Presenter and Presentation layouts 7 Do one of the following actions e To pause the recording press the Pause key or right click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray and click Pause Recording note When you right click the Adobe Presenter icon and choose to Pause recording these actions are recorded along with your main recording You can use the trim option to trim this part of the recording Adobe Presenter Video Creator screen appears and displays the pause icon to indicate that you have paused the recording Click the record button to resume recording or click the edit icon Ed to end recording and edit the video e To end the recording press Shift End or click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray and click End Recording Preview the video by clicking Play Ea The waveform of the audio that you recorded with the video is displayed in the Timeline Tip While editing use the audio waveform to quickly snap to the portion of the video with highest or lowest amplitude The first and last part of the video are the default branding settings You can change the branding to include your own brand videos at the beginning and end of the recorded video Set recording preferences Click E in the recording window of
205. ts to 1 if you plan to use your presentation in a meeting or place in an archive Infinite Attempts Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts Action Click the desired action or destination after the last attempt You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Open URL If you display a web page type its address in the Open URL text box and then specify where to display the web page choose Current to have the web page replace the presentation or New to display the web page in another window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a new audio file that should play when the question is answered incorrectly Use the Record Stop Remove and Import buttons as necessary Show Error Message Select this option to provide a text message to users when they provide an incorrect answer Deselect this option if you don t want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer Show Retry Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who give an incorrect answer but have remaining attempts for example Please try again Show Incomplete Message Select this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an an
206. ublishing your presentation locally viewing the results and clicking on the Slide Notes pane in the sidebar To publish locally in PowerPoint select Adobe Presenter gt Publish Select My Computer and click Publish Change presentation settings To the top You can change settings such as the title and summary and some presentation behavior such as pausing and looping using the presentation settings dialog box 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings 3 In the Presentation menu on the left click Appearance and specify the following Title Type a name for the presentation The title appears in the Adobe Presenter viewer Summary Type a summary for the presentation A summary is usually a short description of the presentation contents This optional presentation summary is a useful organizational tool for authors The summary appears only in the settings it does not appear in the published presentation and is not visible to users note The presentation summary does appear in Adobe Connect Server after a presentation is published to the server Summaries can be edited through Connect Pro Central Presentation authors can search summaries and see the summary when viewing content information 4 Click Playback and specify the following Auto Play On Start Select to have the presentation automatically begin playing when it is opened If this option is not se
207. uments My Adobe Presentations PresentationName and double click the index htm file 8 Read the new SWF loading text as it appears while the presentation loads Change the SWF loading text for all presentations 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Navigate to the language xml by doing one of the following e In Windows XP click Start gt Run and type USERPROFILE Local Settings Application Data Adobe Adobe Adobe Presenter e In Windows Vista click Start gt Run and type LOCALAPPDATA Adobe Adobe Adobe Presenter Click OK Double click the Themes folder Right click the language xml file and open the file using an XML editor or a text editor such as Notepad In the lt language id en gt section add the line lt uitext name ADOBE_PRESENTER value Your_Text gt substituting the text you want for Your_ Text Do Rw Note To change the logo for a different language locate the correct lt language id xx gt section in the language xm file 7 Save and close the language xml file 8 In PowerPoint save and publish the presentation to your computer selecting the View Output option 9 Click the logo to test the new hyperlink Adobe also recommends Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy Editing Adobe Presenter presentations Change the presentation title Add a presentation summary Chan
208. use character images such as business executives and medical practitioner that help you make your presentations engaging You can also quickly insert scenes such as office buildings and home interiors 1 Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2 Click the slide on which you want to insert character images or scenes 3 Click Adobe Presenter and in the Insert group click Character or Scene 4 In the dialog box that appears choose one of the categories on the left and then click the required image on the right Note Click the Download Character Assets From Here link in the Character dialog box to download more images 5 Click OK Pause the presentation after an animation plays If your presentation includes PowerPoint animations you can pause the presentation automatically after the animations play This is useful for defining where the animation ends and the presentation begins again In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file Select Adobe Presenter and in the Tools group click Settings In the Presentation menu on the left click Playback Select Pause After Each Animation Click OK ae ey Ss When this option is selected users must click Play E in the toolbar to start the presentation again after a pause Set image quality for a presentation The higher the image quality the greater the file size Test different settings to find the best compromise between the two High quality is best for users with no bandwi
209. vide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and Incomplete messages in the Quiz Manager Select Adobe Presenter gt Quiz group gt Manage and click the Default Labels tab Select the Reporting tab You can accept the default settings or if necessary modify the following options Report Answers This option sends answer information to Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Quiz Name of the quiz to which this question is assigned You can select a different quiz from the pop up menu Objective ID This is a number automatically created when you create a quiz This number is used to report scores from Adobe Presenter presentations that will be tracked in Adobe Connect Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 characters If you want the Adobe Presenter presentation to send tracking information to Adobe Connect Server you must use the Interaction ID specified by Adobe Connect Server note If you create a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Adobe Connect Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager
210. volume level that is set for the slide Attachments Displays a small window showing any attachments for example documents spreadsheets images URL addresses and so on that have been added Show Hide sidebar and toolbar Shows or hides the sidebar and toolbar note The behavior of the Forward button Back button and slide outline can be affected by settings in the Quiz Manager For example if a learner must pass a quiz before continuing clicking the Forward button or a slide in the outline that is beyond the quiz slide will have no effect unless the learner has passed the quiz Also navigation buttons are disabled for locked slides until the slide has been viewed completely at least one time For more information see Change slide properties Switch between viewing modes You can view Presentations in two modes Normal The default viewing mode It includes the presentation toolbar at the bottom of the browser window and the presentation sidebar You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation toolbar Full screen An optional viewing mode in which the presentation toolbar is removed and the size of the presentation slides increases to fill your browser window 1 When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting click the Full Screen button at the bottom of the Adobe Presenter viewer If the presentation sidebar was originally visible the presentation switches to fullscreen mode with a presentation s
211. volume slider to set the volume for the recording 8 Click Record The recording begins after the count down 5 seconds 9 Perform the steps on the computer while you narrate the script Adobe Presenter Video Express captures both you the Presenter and the full monitor screen simultaneously during recording After recording you can choose to display the Presenter the presentation or both in different parts of the video Note When you launch Adobe Presenter Video Express with webcam connected to your computer you see two lines on the webcam capture area Only the webcam capture between these two lines is displayed in the side by side layouts Both Presenter and Presentation layouts 10 Do one of the following actions e To pause the recording press the Alt Command P or right click the Adobe Presenter Video Express in the top menu and click Pause Recording Note When you right click the Adobe Presenter icon and choose to Pause recording these actions are recorded along with your main recording You can use the trim option to trim this part of the recording Adobe Presenter Video Express screen appears and displays the pause icon to indicate that you have paused the recording Click the record button to resume recording or click the edit icon Ed to end recording and edit the video e To end the recording press Alt Command X or right click the Adobe Presenter Video Express icon in the top menu and click End Recordi
212. was recorded When recording a movie in the demonstration mode Adobe Captivate does the following e Adds text captions using the labels of the controls in the application For example if the user clicks File in the menu bar a text caption with the text Select the File menu is created automatically e Adds highlight boxes to highlight those areas where the mouse is clicked e Adds text that is typed manually during the recording Training mode Use the training mode when you want the user to try the procedure during the movie The movie moves to the next slide only after the user has performed the previous action correctly When recording slides in training mode Adobe Captivate does the following e Adds click boxes at places where the user must click the mouse e Adds text entry boxes for user input The failure and hint captions are added to each text entry box Assessment mode Use the assessment mode when you want to test how well the user has understood a procedure You can set a score for every correct click You can also set the number of times the user can attempt a procedure When the user fails to click the right option in the number of attempts provided the movie moves to the next step The user does not get any score for the failed attempt When recording slides in assessment mode Adobe Captivate does the following e Adds click boxes at places where the user must click the mouse e Adds text entry boxes for user i
213. x type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally In the Acceptable Answers area click an empty row or click Add and enter words or phrases that are correct answers to the question Click Add and Delete as necessary to write an appropriate list Optional Select The Answer Is Case Sensitive to require that users type the correct combination of lowercase and uppercase letters when providing a short answer For example if the answer to the question is Windows and you select the case sensitive option an answer of windows would be incorrect Select the Options tab Optional In Type use the pop up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Ope
214. xt box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally 8 In the Answers area establish which answer is correct by selecting either True or False 9 From the Type pop up menu select True or False or Yes or No To customize the answer options select the existing text in the Answers 10 ahs 12 13 14 19 16 area and type a new word For example select True and type Valid In Numbering use the pop up menu to select an option for how answers are listed on the quiz slide You can choose from uppercase letters lowercase letters or numbers Select the Options tab Optional From the Type pop up menu select the question type Graded or Survey Select Show Clear Button to insert a button on the slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over In the If Correct Answer area set the following options Action Select which action should follow a correct response You can advance to the next slide Go To Next Slide the default action jump to another slide in the presentation Go To Slide or display a web page Ope
215. y side layouts Both Presenter and Presentation layouts Add pan and zoom effects if Click Play L and pause the video click the Play button again at the point where you want to add a pan and zoom effect 2 Click the Add Pan And Zoom icon The Pan And Zoom panel appears on the right The panel displays both the Presentation and the Presenter Click and drag the handles to define the pan and zoom region A pan and zoom icon appears in the Timeline Note The pan and zoom icon for the Presentation Only stretch of the video are at the top while the icon for the Presenter Only stretch is at the bottom Pan and zoom icons on the Timeline The video is played at the specified pan and zoom level until the next pan and zoom point This means if you have zoomed into the video you have to zoom out again to display the video in the original size Double click anywhere in the pan and zoom region of the Presentation or the Presenter to display the video in the original size 4 Do one of the following e Add more pan and zoom points by repeating the steps e Delete a pan and zoom point by clicking the corresponding delete icon in the Pan And Zoom panel e Edit the video further by using the trim option e Edit the branding settings e Click Publish to publish the video Trim videos 1 2 Click Play Ed and pause the video click the Play button again at the point where you want to start trimming the
216. ype a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them In the Question text box type the matching question exactly as you want it to appear on the slide For example Match the job titles in column 1 with the correct departments in column 2 The Question text box cannot be left blank In the Score text box type or use the up and down arrows to specify the number of points allocated to this question Assigning points signifies the relative importance of a question Assigning different point values to different questions lets you for example give introductory questions a lower value and advanced questions a higher value You can enter any whole number value If all questions have the same value for example 10 points they are scored equally Select Shuffle Options to randomly change the order in which possible answers appear In Answers click Add under each column and type the words or phrases to match You can also click directly in each column to type words or phrases If necessary click Delete to remove any answers or click the up and down arrows to move answers up or down a position in the column Optional To change the names of the columns click the default names Column 1 and Column 2 and type new names To establish the correct matches between answers click an item in one column then click an item in the other column and click Match You can also drag items between the two columns to create

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