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Adobe Connect Pro

Today's review Module is the Activeness Module: Remote Learner Adobe Connect Pro Module. This module provides the interface betwixt the popular Adobe Connect Pro and Moodle.

Groundwork
This module for Moodle is created by Remote-Learner.net and sponsored by Adobe. Information technology was first created back in March 2010 for Moodle 1.9 and was 1 of the first customs modules upgraded to Moodle 2 in January 2011.

Its a full integration betwixt the Virtual Classroom organisation Adobe Connect Pro and Moodle to provide room cosmos and scheduling.

I have used this module quite a bit, and the module features in the book Moodle 2.0 for Business in the affiliate on web conferencing.

For this test I used the hosted version of Adobe Connect Pro. If you register (free) for Adobe.com you can get a hosted costless trial to test out the service, which I strongly recommend doing.

What does it do?

This is a feature rich activeness for Moodle, which a instructor can use to schedule a virtual session in Adobe Connect Pro from within Moodle. The teacher is able to choose from a range of settings for the activity every bit shown below including:

• the name
• description
• start time/end time

Room Settings

The teacher can also select which blazon of session to set be it a meeting, or training session which related to settings on the Adobe Connect Pro server.

Once information technology is set up, the teacher can then assign roles to the newly scheduled room. The activity has 3 different roles namely Adobe Connect Host, Presenter and Participant. Information technology is optional to assign these, but this can allow for giving a pupil a presenter/host role for a session so that they tin can nowadays their projection work, or facilitate etc.

1 nice feature is that the action adds the scheduled grade into the course calendar.

The integration which works completely where someone has a full Adobe Connect Pro server, and with a slightly reduced feature set on the hosted Adobe Connect Pro product where there is no Single Sign On.

Is it elementary to install?

This module is managed by a Moodle Partner Remote-Learner and the source is available in Contrib on moodle.org. The plugins entry folio links to the downloadable zip file. The cipher when downloaded holds contains the files for the action module. You need to upload the adobeconnect folder to your mod folder in your Moodle site.

When upgrading through the notifications page, I got no errors and it just installed. There was quite a few new global settings which must be configured based on your Adobe Connect account either on the Hosted solution, or the local server if you lot take one. It is important to check each setting with your Adobe Connect admin settings.

After that is was easy adding activities to courses.

Is at that place documentation for it?

The plug-ins folio has very articulate explanation about the features module. There is a very detailed Moodle Docs page for this module. It besides covers the settings changes that are needed if you are running your ain Adobe Connect Pro server.

There is a link to the discussion nearly the plugin which has solid and timely feedback from the developers.

The README has clear instructions for installation and for the enterprise support if needed.

Is it easy for the instructor/admin to use?

Once the admin has set the module upward correctly and fully tested the setup, setting upward this activity is very straight frontward. In one case the instructor creates the room, they can then allocate roles if required. After that its but join when ready. The whole process is nice and simple.

Is information technology like shooting fish in a barrel for the learner/pupil to employ?

Different another modules, this actually creates a calendar entry for the course and then that information technology appears in the upcoming events / agenda for the educatee. This helps the student specially if they are subscribing to their calendar using Google Calendar or Outlook etc..

Upcoming Events

For the pupil its actually just click to bring together. Depending on the type of server the institution has (hosted or dedicated), the student has a unmarried sign-on or non (hosted has no SSO).

If the student has missed the session, the activity too displays the recording list if there are whatsoever.

Does information technology do what it promises?

Yes. This is comprehensive integration. The ability to manage the full settings including scheduling, part assignment and provision of access to recordings from inside Moodle makes the whole process simpler for the teacher and student. The key plus for me on this module is the employ of the Moodle form calendar for scheduled sessions.

Stars: 5 out of v stars for this cake.

**Standard Reminder**

These reviews check out the plugin for usability not for security. If yous are considering installing any module on your site you should also bank check that is secure and does not impact the server operation.

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Source: https://www.somerandomthoughts.com/2011/05/22/review-remote-learner-adobe-connect-pro-module/