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What's new in Adobe Presenter 11

Adobe Presenter 11 software lets you transform your PowerPoint slides into interactive eLearning with stunning assets and quizzes. Simultaneously capture your screen content with your webcam video and turn static content into HD videos right from your desktop. Edit videos within the project timeline and publish to popular video sharing sites. Leverage HTML5 publishing to deliver courses to desktops and tablets. Track learner performance with the integration of leading LMSs.

For video enthusiasts, Presenter also comes with Presenter Video Express.

With Adobe Presenter Video Express 11 you get a personal video studio right at your desktop. Save time, money and effort while you create, edit and mix interactive HD videos. Record yourself or your screen, or bring in external video. Mix and enhance to transform the video viewing experience using dynamic background replacement, effects, in-video questions and much more. Seamlessly deliver a multi-device viewing experience, and enable the content for analytics.

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What's new and changed in Adobe Presenter

Embed WebObjects and Videos

You can now embed open web content into your project. The content is dynamically fetched at run-time without adding bulk to your project.

You can also embed videos into your project. Customize the appearance and length of the embedded videos as per your requirements easily.

For more information on this feature, click here

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Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime

Adobe Captivate Prime is a Learning Management System (LMS) that you can use to distribute your e-learning course over the internet to learners.

You can now publish your project to Adobe Captivate Prime. Here's Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime.

Slide transitions supported for HTML5

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Earlier versions of Adobe Presenter supported slide transitions in SWF output. In this release slide transitions are also supported in HTML5 output.

With this release, the following slide transitions are supported in HTML5 output:

• blinds

• cover

• fade

• pan

• push

• randomBar

• split

• wipe

• zoom

• door

• comb

Note: When an un-supported transition is added, by default Presenter uses the fade transition in the output.

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New stock characters included

This version of Adobe Presenter includes additional characters that you can include in your projects.

Click the Character widget in the Adobe Presenter ribbon from within PowerPoint to access stock characters that you can use.

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Localization-related changes

Availability of Adobe Presenter in Arabic language

From this version on, Adobe Presenter is available in Arabic language as well. This also includes the localized Arabic version of Presenter Video Express.

Localized interactions

From this version on, the interactions in Adobe Presenter are also available in all localized languages, except Arabic.

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What's new and changed in Adobe Presenter Video Express

Customize background and enhance video

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Add quiz questions to your video

Add annotations

Publish to Adobe Captivate Prime

Insert videos into the timeline

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Record over external video

Updated editing interface

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Enhanced preferences and settings options

Embedding videos and web objects

Embed web object

You can use this feature to embed content from the web into your module.

When you embed a web object, you are dynamically including content from a website at run time, without having to “physically” embed that content in your project. The content could virtually be anything - a whole web page, a widget, a video, a game, or just plain text.

Add a web object to your project

To add a web object to your project:

1 Click the Adobe Presenter ribbon from within your PowerPoint presentation, and click Web Object.

2 Enter the url of the webpage or the embed code of the web content you want to embed (if provided).

Note: Until you click Preview, the OK button in the dialog box is not enabled.

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3 Check Auto Load if you want the web object to start playing as soon as the slide is loaded. Uncheck this option if

you want the user to click Play to manually start playing the content.

4 Check Scrolling if you want the user to be able to scroll down the web object content.

5 Click OK to embed the web object into your e-learning course. You can drag the points of the web object to increase

or decrease its size.

Note: You can embed only one web object per slide.

Note: Not all websites may work, because some of them may not support rendering their content on an iframe. Only

websites that support content to be loaded in external iframes can be embedded.

Remove a web object from your project

To re move a web obj ect from your p roject , se lec t the web obj ect ins erte d on the sli de and pre ss D ele te o n your key boar d.

Embed YouTube videos

You can embed video content from YouTube into your project.

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While you can use the Web Object feature to embed online videos (subject to websites supporting such embeds), the YouTube feature goes a bit further allowing you to control/customize the play back.

1 Click the Adobe Presenter ribbon from within your PowerPoint presentation, and click YouTube.

2 Enter the URL of the YouTube video that you want to embed and click Preview to preview the video within the

dialog box.

Note: Until you click Preview, the OK button in the dialog box is not enabled.

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3 You can embed an entire YouTube video or only a part of it.

To embed only a section:

a Play the video within the Insert YouTube dialog box.

b Click Start Time at the point where you want the video to start.

c Click Stop Time at the point where you want the video to stop.

d Click Reset Time if you want to reset the start and stop times.

Only that section of the video is embedded into your project.

4 You can also customize the appearance of the video using the Theme and Color options in the Insert YouTube Video

dialog box.

Theme: Choose whether you want a light or dark frame color.

Color: Choose whether you want red or white color to be used in the player's video progress bar to highlight the

amount of the video that the viewer has already seen

Hide Annotations: Check this if you do not want to display the annotations in the video.

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Hide Controls: Check this if you do not want to display the video player controls.

Note: These theme options are the standard customization options provided by YouTube. These cannot be previewed through the Preview window, you can view the customization only in the published presentation.

5 Check Autoplay if you want the video to play automatically when the slide loads.

Note: Autoplay is not supported on Apple devices. If you select this, it will not work if the user is viewing the e-learning course on an Apple device.

Publishing and viewing presentations

Publish as HTML5 output

Now let your learners have full access to your courses, even on tablets. Deliver eLearning on the go with full support for scalable HTML5.

1 In Microsoft Powerpoint, click Adobe Presenter menu.

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2 Click Publish icon in the Adobe Presenter.

Publish Presentation window appears.

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3 In Publish Presentation window, click HTML5 to publish as HTML5 output or Both option to publish the

presentation as both SWF and HTML5 output formats.

4 Click Publish to view the HTML5 output in browser.

Note: If your local computer does not have Flash Player installed, and you publish the output as SWF, you are prompted to install Flash Player. If your local computer does not have Flash Player installed and you publish the output as Both (SWF and HTML5), then by default, the output will be shown as HTML5 in browser.

Note: While using HTML 5 content, you might observe some of the known behavior in different user scenarios as listed

Known behavior with HTML5 content.

Publishing and viewing content in Tablets

HTML5 output can be accessed on tablets only through web browsers. Upload the entire HTML5 output folder to a web server root folder and make the URL available to your users. Your users can access the URL from their tablets and view the content that plays within the web browser.

• Webserver root for IIS: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\

• Webserver root for Apache: <Apache install folder>\htdocs\

Type the following URL in one of the above web browsers:

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• http://<webserver_hostname>:<port>/<HTML5_outputfolder>/

For example, if the HTML5 output folder is MyPnProject, the URL will be:

• http://localhost:80/MyPnProject/

Publish locally

Publishing to your local machine is a good way to test your 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.

4 (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.)

5 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.

6 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 been 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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:

• Browse to the location where you have saved the package using Windows Explorer, and double-click the .prpkg file.

• 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.

Publish to Adobe Connect Server

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.

Con nect P ro i nclu des a se t of com pon ent s that provid es an inte grat ed sol uti on. Co nne ct Pr o can be dep loy ed wit h som e 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.

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Connect Pro Events Provides tools to manage the full cycle of an event, from registration and qualification of users to

post-event follow-up.

Add and access Adobe Connect Servers

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

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.

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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.

1 In PowerPoint, 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 Edit.

5 Make any necessary changes to the server name or URL.

6 Click OK.

Remove a Adobe Connect Server from the publishing list

1 In PowerPoint, 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

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.

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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 presentation 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.)

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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 publishing 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.

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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.

• 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 of the browser window is updated to indicate the directory path to the selected folder.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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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 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.

• 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 publish ed. For examp le, if the parent fol der has permission for public viewing, the presentation will also have permission for public viewing.

• 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.

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2 Click Finish.

3 A dialog box appears and confirms that the project 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.

Add a Adobe Presenter presentation to a Connect Pro meeting

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.

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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 presentation 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.)

1 Log in to your Adobe Connect Server.

2 Click the Meetings tab.

3 Select a meeting from the list.

4 Click Enter Meeting Room.

5 From the Share pod, select Documents > Select From My Computer. (If a Share pod is not open, click the Pods menu

and select Share > 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 show a preliminary version in a Connect Pro meeting.

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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 > Select From My Computer. (If a Share pod is not open, click the Pods menu

and select Share > 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.

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Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime

Adobe Captivate Prime is a Learning Management System (LMS) that you can use to distribute your e-learning course over the internet to learners.

You can now publish your completed project to Adobe Captivate Prime.

1 Click the Adobe Presenter ribbon from within your Powerpoint presentation, and click Publish.

The Publish Presentation dialog box opens.

2 Customize your presentation and application settings in the Settings dialog box.

Presentation:

• Appearance: Enter the project title and a brief summary

• Playback: Customize the playback options or retain the default playback options

• Quality: Fine-tune the publish quality or retain the default quality options

• Attachments: Add presentation attachments such as documents or spreadsheets

Application:

• Presenters: Add presenter's names, along with a photo, and a brief bio

• Servers: Select or add an Adobe Connect server

• Audio Source: Select an audio source

• Preview: Enter the number of slides you want to preview

3 View and edit each slide's properties in the Slide Manager dialog box.

4 If you don't have a Captivate Prime account, the Try Prime option is displayed in the Prime Account dropdown.

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Select Try Prime, and click Publish. In the Captivate Prime window that opens, click Continue to Publish.

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In the Publish to Prime window that opens as shown here, enter your email address that you used during registration.

All accounts associated with your email address or account name appear.

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If you don't have an account, you can set up one by clicking Create an Account with your Adobe ID.

Sign in with your Adobe ID and password if prompted.

If you do not have an Adobe ID already, you can create one in the following window. Administrators of an organization can also login with Adobe ID initially.

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Enter the module name, description, and time duration in the fields in the dialog box as shown here.

Check whether it is a public module or a private module, and enter tags that make it easier for people to find your module.

Click Publish to publish your project to Adobe Captivate Prime.

5 If you are an existing user of Captivate Prime, just select your account from the Prime Account drop-down menu.

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You are directly taken to the Publish to Prime page in Captivate Prime. Check the settings in the Publish to Prime, tweak them if necessary, and click Publish.

Republishing a project to Adobe Captivate Prime

To update an already published module in Captivate Prime with a new one, complete the following steps:

1 Click the Adobe Presenter ribbon from within your Powerpoint presentation, and click Publish. The Publish

Presentation dialog box opens.

2 Select your Captivate Prime account from the Prime Account drop-down menu.

3 Click Publish

The module in Captivate Prime is updated with the new version.

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.

4 Select a meeting.

5 Click Enter Meeting Room.

6 From the Share pod, select Documents > Select from My Computer. (If a Share pod is not open, click the Pods menu

and select Share > Select From My Computer.)

7 Navigate to the presentation PowerPoint (PPT or PPTX) file.

8 Select the PPT or PPTX file and click Open.

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View a presentation in a Connect Pro meeting

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: If you 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 the 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

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.)

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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.

❖ When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting, click the Outline pane in the sidebar on

the right side.

The Outline pane contains the following features:

• The current slide is highlighted with a glow color. (This color can be changed in the theme.)

• The entire slide title appears when the pointer is held over the title.

• The duration of the slide is shown next to each slide.

• You can move to any slide in the presentation by clicking the slide title in the Outline pane.

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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.

❖ 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:

• The current slide is highlighted with a glow color. (This color can be changed in the theme.)

• The entire slide title appears when the pointer is held over the title.

• 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.

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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.

❖ 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 > 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. Click any slide title in the results list to display that slide.

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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

❖ When an Adobe Presenter presentation is open in a Connect Pro meeting, view the Quiz pane in the sidebar on the

Quiz boundaries.)

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

and those answered incorrectly are shown with a . If 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.)

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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

❖ 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 c urrent 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).

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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 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 sidebar. 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.

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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.

❖ When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting, do one or more of the following:

• Click Previous or Next in the presentation toolbar.

• Click the title of a slide in the presentation Outline or Thumb pane.

• Use the Search pane to find specific slides.

Navigate within the current slide

❖ When viewing an Adobe Presenter presentation in a Connect Pro meeting, do one or more of the following:

• Click Pause or Play on the presentation toolbar. (You may need to click the Sync button to see the

presentation toolbar.)

• Drag the position marker arrow on the slide progress bar forward or backward to change your location within

the slide’s playback.

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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 toolbar.) 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.

❖ 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.

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

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. The 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.

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Note: If you 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.

Adobe Presenter Mobile application for tablets

Note: Android based tablets are supported only in Presenter 9 and above.When publishing output to be used in tablets using Pres ent er Mob ile, make s ure yo ur out put is e ither S WF only or B oth. Only HT ML5 outpu t do not work on Prese nte r Mob ile Application.

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:

• Type the URL in the application interface, if the presentation or course is hosted on a web server

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• Click the Adobe Connect URL to automatically open the presentation in the Presenter Mobile application

• 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:

• 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.

• Information about the presenter of the presentation.

• 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 and above:

• Audio and video inserted using Microsoft PowerPoint options.

• Question types ShortAnswer, Likert, Sequence, and Drag-Drop.

• SCORM

• 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 10, click here.

Using presentations with third-party learning management systems

Adobe Presenter lets you use presentations with any SCORM- or AICC-compliant learning management system (LMS). Use the Reporting tab in 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.

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Known behavior with HTML5 content

• You might observe that imported SWFs and side bar SWFs are being omitted in HTML5 output as they cannot be

rendered.

• The HTML5 output for interactions might appear differently as compared to SWF output.

• Presenter imported videos (FLV) from previous versions are not playable in HTML5 output. You need to re-import

them into the current version.

• If a slide has two videos in any combination like(slide+sidebar, pptx +presenter video on slide, two pptx video on

slide) then a warning message might appear in the publish warning message as it is not supported on iPad.

• Mute slide video and sidebar video might work properly in desktop but it might not work on an iPad

• Application Simulation, video trimming, attachments GIF animations, slide transitions, animations on question

shapes, and audio in interactions do not work in HTML5 output.

Note: If video format in videos does not play, convert to H.264-MP4 to play in HTML5 output. Animations are played at paragraph level.

More Help topics

Create and edit themes

Change presentation settings

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Preview a presentation

About quizzes and questions

Set reporting options

What’s new in Adobe Presenter 10

Adobe Presenter 10 software lets you create HD video lectures for classroom teaching, distance learning, flipped learning and MOOC sessions. Simultaneously capture your screen content along with your webcam video or turn your Microsoft PowerPoint slides into interactive eLearning with out-of-the-box assets and eye-catching quizzes. Leverage HTML5 publishing to deliver courses to tablets. Track content consumption and learner performance with the built-in analytics dashboard or through integration with leading LMSs.

Read on for a quick introduction to these new features and enhancements, and links to resources offering more information.

HTML5 publishing support

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Now let your learners have full access to your courses, even on tablets. Deliver eLearning on the go with full support for scalable HTML5. Send scoring data to leading LMSs and track learner progress.

For more information on publishing HTML 5 output, see Publishing and viewing presentations

Transform slides into interactive eLearning

Convert your PowerPoint presentations to engaging eLearning content. Publish eLearning modules created with PowerPoint directly to HTML5, keeping text, shapes, audio, and animations intact. Add quizzes, scenarios, and out-ofthe-box assets, and publish as HTML5 for access using desktop and mobile browsers.

Continue to use all the features of Presenter such as quizzes, learner interactions, audio, video, animations and so on, as before. When publishing, choose whether you want to publish to SWF format, HTML5 format or both. Reporting to LMS, video analytics and learner dashboard features will also be available when you publish to HTML5, just like the way they were available for SWF output.

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For more information on publishing HTML 5 output, see Publishing and viewing presentations

Publishing to tablets

Let your learners access your courses on their tablets. Quickly create interactive eLearning content using the iPad and iPhone presets. Publish content as HTML5 for easy access with a mobile web browser.

For more information on publishing HTML 5 output, see Publishing and viewing content in Tablets

Gesture support on tablets

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Use the multi-touch technology embedded in the tablet UI to allow learners to tap, scroll, and swipe their way through courses. Leverage gesture support to enable more instinctive interaction between the learner and the content.

For more information on publishing HTML 5 output, see Publishing and viewing presentations

HTML5 support for tracking and reporting

Track individual learner progress without investing in an LMS, using the Learner Analytics dashboard. Use information about basic evaluation criteria, such as videos viewed, average score, and pass or fail, to identify learners who need course correction and direct them to relevant modules.

For more information on enhanced Learner Analytics dashboard, see Learning Dashboard

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Quizzing with HTML5

Leverage HTML5 support to deliver eye-catching quizzes on tablets. Choose from a wide range of question types, such as matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank. Export scoring data to leading SCORM-, AICC-, and Tincancompliant LMSs.

For more information on creating Quizzes and questions in your presentations, see Adding quizzes and questions

Pause and resume your work across devices

Make your content more mobile with the ability to pause on one device and resume anywhere, anytime on a tablet using a web browser.

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Publish your content as HTML5 and open the content in desktop while you are at work. You can pause the content while you are going mobile and start resuming the same content using your tablet.

For more information on publishing HTML5 output, see Publishing and viewing presentations

User-friendly installer

Get going quickly with a new, easy installation workflow. Adobe Presenter identifies the Microsoft PowerPoint version on your computer and installs the appropriate Presenter version. It adds a shortcut to the Windows Start menu, and default to the Adobe Presenter tab in PowerPoint when you launch the software.

In Adobe Presenter 10, as soon as you open Adobe Presenter 10 software, by default it opens in the Adobe Presenter tab of Microsoft Powerpoint as shown in the screenshot below:

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Create video lectures in 3 easy steps

Quickly create studio quality video lectures by capturing your screen content along with your audio or video, right from your desktop. Use a simple 3-button interface to easily edit and publish your videos.

Sway audiences with HD videos, regardless of the AV capabilities of your computer and without having to invest in studio equipment. Simultaneously capture your screen and webcam content with just a few clicks. Balance colors, remove noise, and enhance the overall video quality using just Adobe Presenter.

For more information, see Record videos

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New intuitive UI for Adobe Presenter Video Express

Edit your videos right within the project timeline. Dynamically mix screen content and webcam video. Easily trim your clips or pan and zoom, without any additional training. Automatically adjust the brightness and sharpness. Enhance audio quality by reducing background noise.

For more information, see Adobe Presenter Video Express (Windows & Mac)

Native resolution screen capture

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Capture your screen at its full resolution without distortion or changes to onscreen elements, taking the guesswork out of authoring. Leverage enhanced pan-and-zoom scaling to edit videos more easily.

Publish to 1280x720 or 1280x800 resolution always in hd video.

For more information, see Adobe Presenter Video Express (Windows & Mac)

Use analytics for learner intervention

Use built-in analytics to track content consumption and identify learners who need course correction. Track learner performance in the Learner dashboard by viewing metrics such as time spent on a section, modules taken, and successful completion. Report key performance metrics without having to invest in an LMS. Gauge the effectiveness of your videos and identify common drop-out points.

For more information on enhanced Learner Analytics dashboard, see Learning Dashboard

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SRT file creation

Generate an SRT file from your Adobe Presenter closed captions. Use the SRT file to offer subtitles in video-based courses published to third-party video websites and players. Localize the SRT file to deliver course subtitles in regional languages.

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Other enhancements

Lower third text and branding videos add-ons

Jazz up your video by selecting a theme f rom a wide range of int roductor y and concluding clips. Focus viewer attention by zooming in on specific content. Easily describe your videos with titles, introduce yourself using the Lower Thirds option, and add custom videos and logos to meet branding requirements.

For more information, see Adobe Presenter Video Express (Windows & Mac)

More Smart learning interactions

Insert aesthetically designed interactive elements to your content with just one click. Select from a wide range of stunning interactions, like Hangman, Jigsaw, Process Cycle, Glossary, Accordion, Pyramid, and Animated Rollover, to customize the content and appearance.

For more information, see Inserting learning interactions

ELearning templates

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Spend less time and effort to liven up your training content. Choose from attractive, professionally designed themes that blend backgrounds, styles, fonts, and layouts. Apply them across projects to maintain a consistent look and feel. Customize templates to suit your requirements.

For more information, see Designing presentationsDesigning presentations

In-course collaboration

Receive feedback from learners by allowing them to comment on specific content within a course or ask questions for more clarity. Reply to users directly or allow other learners to do so. Rate comments, moderate the discussion, track participation, and reward active learners.

For more information, see Enable Analytics and Collaboration

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.

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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 > Add Question > Drag drop. To select grade or survey question,

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b 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.

c In the Drag Item column, do one of the following:

• To insert text, click the Text icon, and type the text.

• To insert an image, click the Image icon, and browse for the image.

d In the corresponding row of the Drop Target column, do one of the following:

• To use text as the drop item, click the Text icon, and type the text.

• To use image as the drop item, click the Image icon, and browse for the image.

• 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.

e 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 b e mapped to ‘alphabets’, the first row contains A (drag item) and ‘alphabets’ (drop item). The second row contains B (drag item) also mapped to ‘alphabets’ (drop item).

Ti p: Drop items that have already been added appear in the drop-down list for subsequent use.

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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 dropped 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.

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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 how you want them to appear in the published output.

You can also resize and drag-and-drop images

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 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:

• No score is associated to the scenario-based interactions.

• To create a new interaction, always use the Insert scenario interaction interface. Do not copy and paste the slides

inside the presentation.

• Sce nar io int era cti ons only w ork in . pptx f ile f ormat . In .ppt f ile f orm at, th e inte rac tions work as n orm al PowerePoin t

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 > Insert scenario interaction.

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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.

4 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:

• Edit the placeholder text.

• Adjust the image position.

• Resize the images by directly increasing/decreasing the size or by right clicking the character and entering a

different size from the resize option.

• Introduce a new character from the Character option.

Adobe Presenter Video Express (Windows & Mac)

Adobe Presenter includes Adobe Presenter Video Express, a tool that 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 & Zoom, and Trim options.

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From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, experience the revamped and intuitive user interface for Adobe Presenter Video Express.

• You can record HD videos irrespective of the audio/video capabilities of your computer.

• Export your Closed captions as SRT files.

• Include multiple lower third texts in presentations.

• Experience the hassle free and intuitive easy trim options without any additional training.

• No timelag in launching the record screen.

• Capture your screen at its full resolution without distortion or changes to onscreen elements.

• Leverage enhanced pan-and-zoom scaling to edit videos more easily.

• Publish to 1280x720 or 1280x800 resolution always in hd video.

• Utilize new theme options for your videos.

You can launch Adobe Presenter Video Express in one of the following ways:

• From within Adobe Presenter, by clicking Record Video ( ).

• By clicking Adobe Presenter Video Express from the Windows Start menu (Start > 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 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.

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Prerequisites

• Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor (Intel Core i3 or better recommended)

• Minimum supported resolution is 1024x720 display.

• Camera and microphone plugged in to the computer and working. For a list of recommended cameras and

microphones, see

Note: If you do not have a camera or a microphone, you can still record videos (your actions on the screen). However, you cannot add narration or the Presenter to the recorded video later.

• Minimum 5 GB of available hard-disk space

• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

• One of the following operating systems:

• Windows 7 — 32-bit and 64-bit

• Windows 8.1 - 32-bit and 64-bit

• Mac OS 10.8 or later

Note: From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, Adobe Presenter Video Express tool works on MAC. Support for Adobe Presenter Video Express application through App store download is discontinued. We recommend that you use an external camera for recording. Usage of built-in camera may result in Audio/Video Synchronization issues and do not produce High Definition videos.

Recommended cameras and microphones.

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Adobe Presenter Video Express is not supported on Linux.

To End the Recording in Mac, click the Adobe Presenter Video Express icon in the system tray (as Mac does not have an end key).

Mac shortcut for Pause: Command+Option+P

Mac shortcut for Stop: Command+Option+X

• Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013

• Windows Media player. If your computer does not have Windows Media Player installed, click here to download.

• Internet connectivity to use the Closed Captions feature

Recommended cameras and microphones

• Ye t i Bl u e m i cr op ho ne

• Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910

• Creative Live! Cam inPerson HD

• FREETALK® Everyman HD

Record videos

1 Ensure that the hardware and software requirements are met. See Prerequisitesfor information.

2 Ensure that you have the narration script ready.

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3 Do one of the following:

• To record a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as a video, click the Adobe Presenter ribbon in Microsoft

PowerPoint, and click Record Video (

).

• To record any other application simulation or demonstration, open the required application, and then launch

Adobe Presenter Video Express (Start > All Programs > Adobe Presenter Video Express).

The launch window of Adobe Presenter Video Express appears.

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Your previously launched projects would appear as thumbnails in launch screen. You can search the existing projects using Search Projects area. You can also import existing projects by clicking

and choosing Import Project (In

Adobe Presenter 9, this option was Open Projects).

4 Click to create new project.

The new project recording window appears.

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5 Click .

From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, Adobe Presenter Video Express records the projects by default, in HD mode.

The recording begins after the countdown (5 seconds).

6 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).

7 Do one of the following actions:

• To pause the recording, press the Pause key or right-click the Adobe Presenter Video Express 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 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 (

) to end recording and edit the

video.

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• To end the recording, press Shift + End, or click the Adobe Presenter Video Express icon in the system tray, and

click End Recording.

Preview the video by clicking Play ( ). The waveform of the audi o that you recorded with t he video is displayed in the Time li ne .

Ti p: While ed iting, use the audi o wav efor m to quick ly snap to the porti on of the vi deo with h ighest or lowest amplitude.

The first and last parts 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

Select Camera Click the video camera icon at the bottom of hte create new project window as shown in the snapshot

below.

The names of the cameras that are currently connected to your computer are displayed as popup. Click one of the options. You can choose None if you do not want to use a camera in the video you want to record.

Select Microphone Click the microphone icon at the bottom of the create new project window as shown in the

snapshot below.

The names of the microphones that are currently available on your computer are displayed as popup. 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.

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Resolution From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, by default HD resolution will be used for recording videos. If there is

no HD support in the computer, the nearest SD resolution will be used.

Change Display Resolution During Recording Click and select Preferences. In Preferences window, select

Miscellaneous Preferences, and click the checkbox next to Change Display Resolution during recording to let Adobe Presenter Video Express automatically change the resolution of your monitor screen during recording. Adobe Presenter Video Express will switch resolution to 1280x720 if it is supported, else 1280x800. The resolution changes when you click

to create new project.

For more information, see Miscellaneous preferences .

Record additional video

1 Click 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 ( ) and pause (click Play again) the video at the point where you want to insert additional video.

3 Click the record button ( ) in the playbar.

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4 Perform the steps on your computer.

and press Shift+End 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 Express icon in the system tray, and click Pause Recording to pause recording.

Understanding the editing interface

A Recorded video B Playbar C Editing controls D Timeline E Project name

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Understanding the 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

layout.

The Timeline also shows the audio waveform of the audio clip recorded with the video.

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

A Default branding video at the beginning of the video B Green timeline indicating Presentation only mode C Light blue timeline indicating presenter and presentation mode D

Dark blue timeline indicating an external video is inserted E Yellow timeline indicating presenter only mode

Edit the video theme.

Change the

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Note: An external video added to the timeline is indicated by a darker shade. If you add an external video in presentation only mode, then the timeline is a dark green. If you add an external video in presenter and presentation only mode, then the timeline is a dark blue. And if you add an external video in presenter only mode, the timeline turns dark yellow in color.

In different modes, the timeline contains different indicators showing the different locations where edits are made.

For example, if you are in pan and zoom mode, you can see all the locations on the timeline where you have added pan and zoom effects. And if you are in annotations mode, you can see on the timeline all the annotations you have added. However, you cannot see the other type of effects you have added.

Additionally, the right of the timeline has a zoom slider that allows you to magnify the timeline allowing you to edit the video at very granular levels.

For example, while choosing the Trim region, 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.

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.

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.

A Thumb (scroller) B Track or the trough of the scrollbar

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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 lower third text.

Edit videos

Change the project name

By default, the projects are named as untitled <n>. To name your project, click the project name at the top of the Adobe Presenter Video Express screen, and type the required name.

Change the layout

1 Click Play ( ) to play the video.

2 At the point where you want to change the layout, click one of the following options:

Presenter Only Click to display only the Presenter.

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Presentation Only Click to display only the Presentation.

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Both (Presenter On Left) This is a toggle button. Click to display both the Presenter and Presentation side by

side, with Presenter on the left side of the screen.

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Note: When you click this button, it toggles to display . Whenever you want the Presenter on the right side of the screen, you can click this button again.

The Timeline displays different color codes for different layouts. See Understanding the timelinefor 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, 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

You can add pan and zoom effects to your project to highlight or emphasize parts of the screen.

Another way you can highlight sections of the screen is through the use of annotations. For more information, see Add

annotations .

1 Click Play ( ) and pause the video (click the Play button again) at the point where you want to add a pan and zoom

effect.

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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.

3 Click and drag the handles (highlighted area in red) in the pan and zoom panel to define the pan and zoom region.

A pan and zoom icon appears in 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.

Note: Eac h star ting point of a Pan and Zo om are a of the vide o wi ll b e represe nted by the icons in the timeline. When you move mouse over these icons, they appear like this icon. To re-position the Pan and Zoom starting points in the timeline, you can click and drag the existing icons.

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4 Do one of the following:

• Add more pan and zoom points by repeating the steps.

• Delete a pan and zoom point by selecting the pan and zoom in the timeline and then clicking the corresponding

delete icon

in the Pan And Zoom panel, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard

• Edit the video further by using the trim option.

• Edit the branding settings.

• Click Publish to publish the video.

Trim videos

You can easily trim unwanted portions of the video using Presenter Video Express's trim features.

1 Click Play ( ) and pause the video (click the Play button again) at the point where you want to start trimming the

video.

2 Click the Trim icon ( ) and then set inpoint by clicking the icon. The start marker appears on the Timeline as

highlighted in yellow and video starts playing from that point.

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3 You can pause the video to indicate the end point of the trim area. The starting and end points of trim region are

highlighted in yellow with a check mark or tick icon.

4 To set outpoint or to confirm the end point of the trimmed area, click check mark icon.

5 Click and drag the start and end points of trimmed area to increase or decrease the trim region.

Note: You c an d o it in t w o w ays :

• Click the space in timeline at the right or left of the highlighted trimmed region

• Pull the existing trimmed region (yellow highlighted area) to the left or right by dragging the arrows.

To delete a trim region, click the trim region and press delete icon. The playhead can be positioned anywhere.

6 Do one of the following:

• Edit the video further by using the trim option again.

• Add pan and zoom points.

• Edit the branding settings.

• Click Publish to publish the video.

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Undo and redo edit operations

Press Ctrl + z (Windows) or Command + z (on Mac) to undo the latest operation in Adobe Presenter Video Express. 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 following:

• Layout editing options

• Tr im

• 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

Add brand videos and icons

You can change the theme of your video and "re-brand" it according to your requirements.

1 Click Branding ( ) 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.

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Note: From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, 5 new themes have been added as below:

1 cubes

2 globe-glow

3 globe-linear

4 grassroots

5 yellow2d

6 To create a custom theme, click Custom in the Themes list.

7 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 branding video must be 1280x720 or 1280x800 for Presenter 10 projects. For SD projects recorded in Presenter 9 and before, you need to provide a 640x360 branding asset.

8 To use an image as the background, select Background and then click Select to browse for the required image.

9 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.

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Add title text

1 Click the Branding icon in Adobe Presenter Video Express.

2 In the 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 used to display your name and designation.

Note: From Adobe Presenter 10 onwards, you have a provision to include multiple lower third titles for your video presentation.

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 In the Display Duration field, specify the duration for which the text must be displayed.

Note: Repeat the above steps as per your requirement to display multiple lower third texts for your presentation.

The lower third will appear at the current play head. Fine adjustments can be made to the time at which it appears,

by moving the play head within the lower third region and clicking Display at play head. To display lower third text at the beginning of the presentation, you need to click the play head at the beginning and then follow the steps above.To delete the existing lower third text, move the mouse over the lower third text marker and click

icon.

Add closed captions

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.

Note: Closed captions are currently optimized for American English. There is no support available now for Portuguese Brazilian closed caption. You can also export closed captions as SRT files.

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To generate closed captions:

1 Click below the video to open the Closed Captioning dialog box.

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2 Click Generate to generate the closed captions.

It takes some time for Presenter Video Express to generate and display the closed captions.

To get better quality results, you can copy-paste the audio script into the Closed Caption window and generate it.

Export closed captions

In edit mode, click at the bottom right corner of the Play bar window. Choose External toggle button to export the closed captions as SRT files in the published folder.

Edit closed captions

To edit closed captions, double-click the text in the right panel and edit it.

Enable or disable closed captions in published output

To enable and disable closed captions in the published output, select the toggle option Yes or No available in the Closed Captioning panel.

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Publish videos

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 ( )in Adobe Presenter Video Express.

Publish Quality Use the slider to specify the quality of the published output. The higher the quality, the greater is the

file size.

Note: Publish Quality takes effect only in the published output of the video.

Publish to YouTube

1 Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Express, and then click YouTube.

Adobe Presenter Video Express 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.

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6 In the Category list, click a category to which your project belongs.

7 Click one of the following options:

• Public: To make your project available for everyone who accesses YouTube.

• 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

8 Click Terms and Conditions, review them, and click Back.

9 Select the I have read the terms and conditions check box, and click Upload.

this website.

A message is displayed indicating that the video is uploaded successfully.

10 Click Send Email Now to send the YouTube URL to 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.

Publish to Vimeo

1 Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Express, and then click Vimeo.

Adobe Presenter Video Express converts your project to an MP4 file at the back end. After the conversion is completed, the Upload to Vimeo window appears.

2 Specify your Vimeo login credentials and select the I’ve Read Adobe Privacy Policy check box.

3 Click Login.

4 Click Allow when prompted to allow or disallow Adobe Presenter from accessing your Vimeo account.

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5 Specify the title for the project, and type in a description.

6 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.

7 Click one of the following options:

• Anyone: To make your video available for everyone who log in to Vimeo.

• 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.

8 Click Terms and Conditions, review them, and click Back.

9 Select the I 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.

10 Click Send Email Now to send the URL to 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.

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Publish as MP4 files

Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Express, and then click Publish to My Computer.

Adobe Presenter Video Express 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 folders:

On Windows: C:\Users\username\My Documents\My Adobe Presenter Video Projects Published\<project_name>\<project_name.mp4>.

On Mac: /Users/<username>/Documents/My Adobe Presenter Video Projects Published/<project_name>/<project_name.mp4>

Export to Microsoft PowerPoint

Click Publish in Adobe Presenter Video Express, 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 videos are Adobe Presenter videos and not Microsoft PowerPoint videos, you cannot view them in the slideshow. The video is visible in the video edit mode (Adobe Presenter > Video > Edit), or in the output file published from Adobe Presenter.

Upload to Adobe Connect

You can upload Adobe Presenter Video Express 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 Express, and then click Upload to Adobe Connect.

2 Specify the Adobe Connect Server URL, Username, and password.

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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 Express 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 Express

If you encounter errors while using Adobe Presenter Video Express, redo the workflow by launching Adobe Presenter Video Express in the Diagnostic mode (Start > All Programs > Troubleshoot Adobe Presenter Video Express.

At the end of the recording, the Diagnostic Logs dialog box appears.

Note: For Adobe Presenter Video Express in Mac, click Help> Diagnostic mode menu item to choose Presenter Video Express in diagnostic mode for troubleshooting. You need to re-launch the software to open Presenter Video Express in diagnostic mode.

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• Click Email to send the logs to Adobe for troubleshooting. The default mail client appears with the logs attached.

Note: The above option is available only for Windows. Mac users have to save the logs and email them to Adobe team.

• Click Save to save the logs on your computer for future use.

Error: Your camera doesn't support the minimum FPS required for Adobe Presenter Video Express...

This error occurs because your camera supports a frame rate lesser than 10 FPS. Adobe Presenter Video Express 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 cameras and microphonesfor 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 Express requires much 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:

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Close unnecessary applications and free up system resources. If you experience a problem with the quality of your Presenter video, please check the following:

• Are you capturing an SD video instead of an HD video?

• Are all unnecessary applications closed?

• Do you have sufficient free space on your hard disk? At least 5 GB is needed, but around 15 GB is recommended.

• Are you using a good quality webcam? Check out the webcams recommended by Adobe.

• Are your webcam drivers up to date?

• Are you capturing your video in a well-lit environment? Most webcams perform poorly in bad lighting.

• Are you running Adobe Presenter Video Express in Diagnostic Mode? Use Diagnostic Mode only to report issues

to Adobe.

Adding quizzes and questions

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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.

Leverage HTML5 support to deliver eye-catching quizzes on tablets. Choose from a wide range of question types, such as matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank. Export scoring data to leading SCORM-, AICC-, and Tincancompliant LMSs. For more information on publishing HTML5 output, see

Quizzes are the containers that hold questions. You can use the 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.

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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:

• Multiple-choice

• Short answer

• Matching

• Tr ue /F al se

• Rating scale (Likert)

• Fill in the blank

• Sequence

• Hot Spot

• Drag and drop questions

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.

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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 attempts, 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.

Quiz boundaries

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. Result slides are also inside quiz boundaries.

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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.

Tips for creating quizzes and questions

Here are a few tricks and tips to try when adding quizzes to your presentation:

• When creating a matching question, drag items between the two columns to establish the correct matches.

• Try customizing feedback messages to accurately communicate with presentation users.

• Experiment with branching to customize presentations for different types of users.

• If you have quizzes in one presentation that would be appropriate for another presentation, import the quiz and save

time.

• Use the shuffle question and shuffle answer options to show users different versions of the same information.

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• Consider adding custom audio feedback based on how users answer questions. You can select different audio for a

correct answer and an incorrect answer.

• 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.

• Moving a question from one quiz to another quiz from presentation (.pptx) film strip is not supported. Do it from

Quiz manager.

• 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.

• If a change 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 Manager is opened.

• 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.

Create a quiz

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.

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Note: If 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 the 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 learnerinitiated 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 cannot move past the quiz.

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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.

5 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 quizlevel, 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 presentation 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.

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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.

6 Click the Pass Or Fail Options tab.

7 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).

8 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: If you 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 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.

10 In the Quiz Manager, select the quiz you added, and add questions to the quiz. For more information, see Add

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Add questions to quizzes

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

• 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

Add multiple-choice questions

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.

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1 In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2 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, click slide 6.

If you are inserting the question into an existing quiz, the question is appended to the quiz.

3 In Quiz Manager (Adobe Presenter > Quiz group > 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:

Create Graded Question The question is graded.

Create Survey Question The question is not graded.

The New multiple choice question dialog box appears.

5 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.

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.

6 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.)

7 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 questions have the same value (for example, 10 points), they are scored equally.

8 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.

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9 (Optional) Click Advanced to set options for individual answers, such as a custom feedback message, a specific

action, or audio. (If you have a long answer, the Advanced Answer Options dialog box gives you more space to type the answer.)

10 Select the radio button next to the correct answer.

11 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.

12 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.

13 Select the Options tab.

14 (Optional) From the Type pop-up menu, select the question type: Graded or Survey.

15 Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start

over.

16 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).

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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.

17 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). 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 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.

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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 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 > Quiz group > Manage, and click the Default Labels tab.

18 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.

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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.

Add true-or-false questions

Users answer true-or-false questions by selecting either True or False (or Yes or No) as an answer.

1 In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2 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.

3 In Quiz Manager (Adobe Presenter > Quiz group > 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.

5 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.

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.

6 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.)

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7 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 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 area and type a new word. For example, select True and type Valid.)

10 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.

11 Select the Options tab.

12 (Optional) From the Type pop-up menu, select the question type: Graded or Survey.

13 Select Show Clear Button to insert a button on the slide that users can click to clear their answers and start over.

14 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).

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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.

15 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 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.

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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 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 > Quiz group > Manage, and click the Default Labels tab.

16 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.

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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.

17 When you finish, click OK twice.

Add fill-in-the-blank questions

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.

1 In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2 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.

3 In Quiz Manager (Adobe Presenter > Quiz group > Manager), click the quiz to which you want to add a question

and click Add Question.

4 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.

5 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.

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.

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6 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 presentation and should give users instructions about how to answer the question. (The Description field cannot be left blank.)

7 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.

9 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.

10 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 “<i>” in the dialog box with the “i” representing the number assigned to the blank. Do not edit the text “<i>” manually. Use the Add blank and Delete blanks buttons to achieve the desired results.)

11 In the Blank Answer dialog box, specify how users will choose the correct answer:

The User Will Type in the Answer, Which Will Be Compared to the List Below Users type an answer in a text box.

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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.)

12 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.

13 (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.

14 Click OK.

15 Select the Options tab.

16 (Optional) In Type, use the pop-up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey.

17 Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start

over.

18 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, 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.

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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.

19 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 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.

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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 > Quiz group > Manage, and click the Default Labels tab.

20 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.

21 When you finish, click OK twice.

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Add short-answer questions

Users answer short-answer 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 In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2 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.

3 In Quiz Manager (Adobe Presenter > Quiz group > Manager), click the quiz to which you want to add a question

and click Add Question.

4 In the Question Types dialog box, select Short answer and click one of the following options:

Create Graded Question The question is graded.

Create Survey Question The question is not graded.

The New short answer question dialog box appears.

5 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.

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.

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6 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.)

7 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 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.

9 (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.

10 Select the Options tab.

11 (Optional) In Type, use the pop-up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey.

12 Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start

over.

13 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.

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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.

14 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).

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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 > Quiz group > Manage, and click the Default Labels tab.

15 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.

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16 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.

Add matching questions

Users answer matching questions by matching items in two different lists.

1 In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2 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.

3 In Quiz Manager (Adobe Presenter > Quiz group > Manager), click the quiz to which you want to add a question

and click Add Question.

4 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.

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The New matching question dialog box appears.

5 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.

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.

6 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.)

7 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 Shuffle Options to randomly change the order in which possible answers appear.

9 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.

10 (Optional) To change the names of the columns, click the default names (“Column 1” and “Column 2”) and type

new names.

11 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 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.

12 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

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13 If you make an error while establishing the correct matches between column items, click Clear Matches and start

over.

14 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.

15 Select the Options tab.

16 (Optional) In Type, use the pop-up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey.

17 Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the question slide that users can click to clear their answers and start

over.

18 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, the record button will be a Play button. To rerecord audio, you must first remove the audio, and then select Record.)

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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.

19 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 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).

Last updated 9/12/2015