Virtual_Setup

=Getting Connected To Virtual Classroom=

Starting the connection
From your browser, navigate to the Virtual Classroom location: TEM194 Virtual Classroom (URL: https://connect.asu.edu/tem194techdev/). When you reach this site, you will be prompted to log in as Instructor or Guest. By default the Instructor option is selected, click on the first radio button labeled "Enter as a Student or Guest". The Name field will become visible along with a "Enter Room" button. Fill in your name, being as identifiable as appropriate.

Configuring the connection
Once you connect to the Virtual Classroom, you will be presented with multiple windows. These will represent the Share desktop, Video feed, Attendees list, and Chat area.

Audio configuration
From the Meeting link at the top left, you will find an Audio Setup Wizard. This will walk you through adjusting your speakers and microphone. After you complete this process, it may still be necessary to make further adjustments. At the right of the Meeting menu is the Audio menu. This pull-down menu will allow you to Mute the speakers (not the microphone) on the computer or conference (classroom), or to manually Adjust Speaker Volume. The first choice to Mute the speakers will mute all audio on your computer. The second choice to Mute Conference Audio Only will mute the audio coming from the conference, but allow other sounds to continue on your computer. The third option allows you to manually adjust the audio output from Adobe Connect. If you experience problems with distortion or broken audio, you can adjust this down and turn up the amplified audio on your computer. These two audio control often work separately. Adjust the slider to the left to decrease the audio, or to the right to increase the audio, and click Ok to close this dialog and apply the settings. If you click on the Speaker icon itself, rather than the pull down at the right, you can mute and unmute the speakers with a single click.

Configuring Microphone and Camera to be shared
To fully participate in the Virtual Classroom, you will need to allow the microphone and camera (if available) to be accessed by Adobe Connect. These are configured from the Connect application. Right click on the application and a "Settings" menu will be offered. Click on this to receive the preferences menu; this allows configuring addition features in Adobe Connect. The second tab with, the appearance of an eye on a screen, offers Privacy choices. To use the microphone or camera in the Virtual Classroom, it is necessary to change this setting to Allow. You can also choose to have Adobe Connect remember this setting by clicking the check box labeled Remember.

Adjust Microphone
From the Settings dialog, click the microphone icon tab. Here you can change to a different microphone, if one is available, or adjust the recording volume of your microphone. Drag the slider to the right to increase the volume or to the left to decrease the recording volume.