Adobe Connect (formerly '' Presedia Publishing System'', '' Macromedia Breeze'', and ''Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro'') is a suite of software for remote training,

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, presentation, and desktop sharing. All meeting rooms are organized into 'pods'; with each pod performing a specific role (e.g. chat, whiteboard, note etc.) Adobe Connect was formerly part of the

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family and has changed names several times.

History

The product was first developed by a startup called Presedia and included a first generation

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Plugin (which then became

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) and a training module. Macromedia acquired Presedia and added on a real-time web conferencing component, called Breeze Live (later renamed Breeze Meeting). In version 5, Macromedia Breeze included four applications: Breeze Presenter test, Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting, and Breeze Events (new in version 5). Following the acquisition by

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, Macromedia Breeze Meeting was initially rebranded to Adobe Connect, then Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional and later as Adobe Connect. The full product line includes rebranded versions of Breeze Training, Breeze Meeting, Breeze Presenter, and Breeze Events.

Features

Contents of the suite

Adobe Connect includes the following applications: * Adobe Connect Webinars (formerly Breeze Events) * Adobe Connect Learning (formerly Breeze Training) * Adobe Connect Meetings (formerly Breeze Presenter) It can interoperate with

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, a rapid eLearning authoring tool with capability to publish directly the Connect server.

Capabilities

* Unlimited and customizable meeting rooms * Multiple meeting rooms per user * Breakout sessions within a meeting * VoIP * Audio and video conferencing * Meeting recording * Screen sharing * Notes, chat, and whiteboards * User management, administration, and reporting * Polling * Central content library * Collaboration Builder SDK * Mobile app (Android & iOS) * HTML5 clients

Change log

References

External links

*
Adobe Connect User Guide, at Adobe
* Video tutorials for Adobe Connect, a
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