Adobe Connect Review
We use Adobe Connect to develop eLearning modules and move them over to our LMS.
Starting at $50 per host/per month
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What is Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.
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- Live chat (62)9.494%
- High quality audio (64)8.787%
- Desktop sharing (64)8.080%
- High quality video (64)7.272%
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Meetings
$50
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per host/per month
Webinars & Learning
$130
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per host/per month
Small Meetings
Free
On Premise
Forever free for up to 3 participants
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is Adobe Connect?
Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that provides standard features like video, audio, screen-sharing, polls, chat, Q&A, and document transfers, as well as the ability for users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules.
The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs. Some extensions that are available include, but are not limited to, Closed Captioning support, Word Cloud (for visualizing live discussions), and MP3 player for adding music to users’ meeting rooms.
Users can create or style their own meeting room layouts which can be saved. They can also add multiple chat pods, polls, quizzes, simulations, breakout rooms, HD video, and games to make meetings and online conferencing more interactive. Additionally, Adobe Connect allows for presenters and hosts to utilize a “virtual backstage” to chat and collaborate outside of the main meeting or conference. It also allows for users to go into a “preparation mode” to make adjustments right before or during a session.
Pricing for Adobe Connect Meetings ranges from $50/mo up to $370/mo. Additional webinar capabilities through Adobe Connect Webinar ranges $140/mo to $580/mo, from a webinar with 100 participants to one with up to 1000 participants.
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Adobe Connect Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Adobe Connect is a web conferencing platform that enables users to create presentations, online training materials, and learning modules. The product is entirely Adobe Flash-based and has several add-ons for customizing its software to suit each users’ unique needs.
GoTo Meeting, Webinato, and Cisco Webex Support (discontinued) are common alternatives for Adobe Connect.
Reviewers rate Live chat and Confidential attendee list highest, with a score of 9.4.
The most common users of Adobe Connect are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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November 26, 2014
Adobe Connect for Education and Training
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
We use Adobe Connect to
- Deliver and track HR/Compliance Training
- Support Online Meetings for employees
- Support Online Meetings for students in their classes
- Deliver and Track content
- Provides direct and seamless integration with desktop development tools like Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate
- Granular access control features for content, content folders
- Granular quiz reporting options
- Robust meeting and training platform
- Direct integration with our Learning Management System, BlueQuill
- Self-service for meeting Hosts
- It is difficult to get resolutions to issues from Adobe directly
- The automatic reminders and email functions work inconsistently - known issue
- Reporting features work inconsistently - known issue
- Although there is a high-level of granularity with the configuration and permissions, there are a number of permissions that are locked down that we would like to have been able to configure.
- Maintaining records of training completion across the orgainization
- Distributing the management and workflow across the organzation
- Distributing the content creation and management across the organization
- Adobe Connect was roughly HALF the cost of competitor's products for a similar number of seats/concurrent licenses.
- BigBlueButton,Skype,Lync,GotToMeeting,BlackBoard Collaborate
While this is different for every business, for us it was the tracking, reporting, and content management that offered us what we needed initially. We also needed the flexibility of integrating telephony services later on. We also liked that we could add additional seat licenses as the usage grew over time. In addition, once we decided to use Adobe Connect with our LMS, we found it to integrate well with our other technologies and processes.
The respresent, students, faculty, and staff. They use it for training, education, instructional design, and meetings. From higher education implementations in the classroom to compliance training from HR.
These 20 individuals represent network infrastructure, HelpDesk, and training staff.
- Students meeting with their instructors for weekly class session.
- Staff and faculty meeting with other remove faculty and staff.
- Delivery of HR training.
- The integration into our LMS. We were able to automate the creation of class meeting rooms by combining Adobe Connect with our "Section Deployer."
- Seminars and larger events.
Yes
We replaced an old version of Elluminate.
- Price
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- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
We had an extensive list of needed features. Those features were rated for need and importance. If a product failed in any area, we elliminated it.
I don't think I would change it because it was a very long, very detailed evaluation and implementation.
- Implemented in-house
Yes
We work in agile, so we had various "spikes" in order to test the implementation and integration in our development environment. We then, did several iterations of implementations and tests. We then moved to a pilot testing phase, that also includes training.
Change management was a major issue with the implementation
We have 600+ adjunct faculty who need to be prepared to teach, so constant, ellaborated communication has been ongoing for 4 months.
- Testing - there is no all-inclusive testing product to test load, streaming and performance.
February 11, 2014
Adobe Connect connects us to our members in new and better ways
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
We host numerous webinars throughout the year for groups ranging from small committees of 5 or 6 people on up to audiences of 100-200. It is managed by the communications department for the entire organization. We also host webinars for our chapters across the country, providing them with a platform and level of expertise so that they don't have to research a product, make a selection, learn to use it, etc.
- The interface is very clean, well-designed and free from distractions.
- Recordings are of very high quality and can be stored on the server indefinitely. They can be easily accessed via a web link (and can now be password protected). Recordings can be exported in mobile-compatible format as an MP4.
- Meeting rooms persist from one login to another, so the host and the participants can always have a familiar interface to work with.
- It's easy to add polls and use them throughout a session.
- Because of the large user base, there are a number of add-ins you can use to enhance your webinars.
- Recordings default to Flash which can't be viewed on many mobile devices. They offer the ability to export recordings as MP4s, but it would be nice if you could set this as the default.
- Some useful features are not provided with the hosted model, such as Adobe Presenter, which allows you to upload content directly from PowerPoint, preserving settings and fonts.
- We turned what was formerly an annual mini-conference into a series of webinars, allowing us and our members to save on meeting and travel expenses.
- We have added value to our members' experience, because we can now offer many virtual opportunities year-round as opposed to only during live events throughout the year. The visual and interactive elements of a webinar make them more attractive as a learning experience than a simple teleconference. And because the webinars are recorded, members can view them at their leisure.
- We've been able to expand what we offer to our chapters in terms of support from the national office, and we've given them an additional means of delivering professional development opportunities to their local members.
We looked at GoToMeeting and WebEx, and for our size and the number of sessions we do, they did not make as much sense financially. Although Adobe Connect may seem like it requires a lot of money up front, the others make up for it in the end because of additional charges for meetings over a certain size, etc. We also preferred the interface of Adobe Connect as well as the high-quality recordings and server storage.
- Professional services company
The hosted model is licensed through authorized resellers, and we use GetConnect.
No
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
Changes that resulted from our implementation were minimal and primarily internal, since we used Adobe Connect to eliminate an annual mini-conference. Staff and members were affected but in the end everyone agreed that moving to a webinar model was a good move for the organization. We did transition from one reseller to another, and as a result, previously recorded webinars had to be recorded for offline use and re-uploaded - there was no automatic transition from one account to another. Doing this takes away some of the features available in original recordings; they change from being a somewhat interactive Flash file to a flat file, like a regular screencast.
- Problems with recordings done under the previous vendor were the only issue encountered.