Exploring Adobe Presenter

Presented By:

Immersion Team

2007-2008

Objectives Introduction to Adobe Presenter Downloading Adobe Presenter Creating a Presentation

Adding Audio Adding a Quiz or Survey Embedding Other Flash files Publishing

Uploading Your Presentation Accessibility and Adobe Presenter Designing for Accessibility Quick Tips Additional Resources

Introduction to Adobe Presenter

Adobe® Presenter® is a product of Adobe Systems Incorporated that as an add on in Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® easily allows you to publish your presentation as a Flash file for dynamic viewing.

Using the Record or Import Audio features, sound may be added to your presentation.

If desired, using Adobe Presenter’s Quiz Manager feature, quizzes may also be embedded into your presentation.

Downloading Adobe Presenter-Step 1

After logging into Adobe Connect, you will be on the Home page

From the Home page, click on the Getting Started link

Please Note: You may need to check with your System or Network Administrator to be sure that you have the permissions to allow you to install the Adobe Presenter add-in on your computer.

Adobe Presenter is part of the Adobe Connect family of tools. You must log into Adobe Connect and have Host privileges in Adobe Connect to be able to download Adobe Presenter.

Downloading Adobe Presenter-Step 2 The Getting

Started page will appear

Scroll down to the Publish Presentations section

Click on Install Adobe Presenter

Downloading Adobe Presenter-Step 3

The File Download dialog box will open

You may then complete the installation process

Creating a Presentation

To an already existing PowerPoint presentation, Adobe Presenter allows you to: Add audio Add quizzes or surveys Embed other Flash files Publish your presentation as a Flash file

Adding Audio-Step 1

From the Tool Bar, click on Adobe Presenter

Then click on Record Audio

Adding Audio-Step 2

The Set Microphone Recording Level screen will appear

Test your microphone by following the directions on the screen and then clicking OK

Adding Audio-Step 3

The Record Audio screen appears Click on the Record button to begin

recording the audio for that slide

Record button

Adding a Quiz or Survey-Step 1

From the Tool Bar, click on Adobe Presenter

Then click on Quiz Manager

Adding a Quiz or Survey-Step 2

The Quiz Manager screen will then be displayed

Click on the Add New Question button

Adding a Quiz or Survey-Step 3

The Question Types screen will be displayed

Select the desired question type

Click on the Create Survey Question button

Adding a Quiz or Survey-Step 4

Complete the Question and Answer fields

Click OK when done

Adding a Quiz or Survey-Step 5

Once you have built the quiz, click on the OK button to add it to your presentation

Embedding other Flash files

Publishing Your Presentation-Step 1

From the Tool Bar, click on Adobe Presenter

Then click on Publish

Publishing Your Presentation-Step 2

The Publish screen will then be displayed

Click on My Computer Browse to the desired

folder Click on the Publish

button Once the conversion is

complete, click on View Output to view your presentation

Publishing Your Presentation-Step 3

After viewing the output and once you are satisfied with your presentation, repeat Publishing Your Presentation-Step 1

The Publish screen will then be displayed

Click on My Computer Browse to the desired

folder Click on Zip files Click on the Publish

button

Uploading Your Presentation-Step 1

After logging into Adobe Connect, you will be on the Home page

From the Home page, click on the New Content link

Once you have published and saved your presentation as a zip file, your presentation may uploaded to Adobe Connect for viewing by your audience.

Uploading Your Presentation-Step 2

The Content List form will be displayed

Complete the File, Title, and Content URL fields

Click on the Save button

Uploading Your Presentation-Step 3

The Content Information page will be displayed

Click on the E-mail Link option

Uploading Your Presentation-Step 4

Complete the E-mail Link form

Click on the Send button

An e-mail will be sent to the desired recipients with a link to your presentation

Please note: If you left the “Generate a return receipt when content is viewed” checked, you will be sent an e-mail when the recipient has viewed your presentation

Accessibility and Adobe Presenter

While the published product of Adobe Presenter has some accessibility features, the Adobe Presenter add-in available via PowerPoint has some accessibility limitations. See answers to accessibility issues under Additional Resources for more information.

Designing for AccessibilityWhen using Adobe Presenter to create a presentation:

It should be noted that Adobe Presenter does not have a feature that allows for captioning of audio to be built into the presentation

Be sure to put alt text descriptions on all included pictures

Avoid using tables as Flash does not permit for call outs of column and row headers

Responding to quizzes and surveys has limited accessibility

Shortcut keys for users with JAWS need to be disabled in order to pause, play, stop, and mute audio in a presentation

Quick Tips

When creating a presentation, it is a good idea to create your script prior to attempting to record the audio.

Adobe recommends that the presentation be no longer than 40 slides. If more than 40 slides are required, consider breaking the presentation into modules.

As Adobe Presenter is an add-on to Microsoft PowerPoint, the creation of Adobe Presenter presentations can only be done on a Windows based computer.

Additional Resources

Video demonstrations of the basic features of Adobe Presenter:

http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/connect/presenter/quick_start/index.html

Adobe Presenter User Guide:

http://www.adobe.com/resources/acrobatconnect/presenter/pdf/presenter_user_guide.pdf

Link to frequently asked questions about Adobe Presenter:

http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter/productinfo/faq/presenter_faq.pdf

Answers to accessibility issues:

http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/accessibility/tools/vpat/breeze_preso.html