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Adobe Connect 8.2

Benefits and new features of Adobe Connect 8.2:

Customizable display of attendee information
Many bug fixes
Improved stability

For more information please see the release notes.

Adobe Connect 8.2 Post Upgrade Activities

After the upgrade, meeting hosts should log in to Adobe Connect. Please verify that meetings and content (including recordings) run properly. If there are issues, please contact the ITS Help Desk or call 512-475-9400.

Adobe Connect Test Environment

For Adobe Connect subscribers who would like to try out Adobe Connect 8.2, there is a test environment. This site cannot be used for production purposes. It has production data as of late September 2011 available. It can be a useful resource for meeting hosts who want to test publishing content from Adobe Captivate or Adobe Presenter.

ActionScript Compatibility Issue

Note: Issue described below only applies to content published from Adobe Captivate or Adobe Presenter to Adobe Connect. It does not apply to content directly uploaded into the Adobe Connect portal or a meeting room.

Many Adobe products are based on Adobe's ActionScript programming language. Adobe Connect 8 is based on the latest version, ActionScript 3. Legacy versions of Adobe products are based on ActionScipt 2. Early versions of Adobe Connect 8 (from 8.0 to 8.1) supported ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3 content 'published' to Adobe Connect 8 from legacy versions of Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter. Going forward, Adobe Connect 8.2 only supports ActionScript 3 content published from these applications.

Campus Adobe Connect Web Conferencing Service currently runs Adobe Connect 8.1. This will change to Adobe Connect 8.2 on January 7th, 2012.

Adobe Captivate (Mac, Windows) is an e-learning application which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in the .swf file format. It can also convert Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into the Adobe Flash format. Files generated from Captivate can be published to Adobe Connect's Content library for use in meetings, etc.

Adobe Presenter (Windows only) is a PowerPoint plug-in that allows integration of audio, video, animation and quizzes into a PowerPoint file. Files generated from Presenter can be published to Adobe Connect's Content library for use in meetings, etc.

The following table associates Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter versions with the ActionScript version they are based on:

Product	ActionScript 2.0 based	ActionScript 3.0 based
Adobe Captivate 4.0	X	-
Adobe Captivate 5.0/5.5	-	X
Adobe Presenter 7.06 and earlier	X	-
Adobe Presenter 7.07	-	X

Note: If publishing new content to Adobe Connect 8.2, only ActionScript3-based content published from Adobe Captivate 5.0/5.5 or Adobe Presenter 7.07 is supported. For best results, Adobe recommends use of either Adobe Captivate 5.5 or Adobe Presenter 7.07.

Note:Existing content previously published to Adobe Connect from Adobe Captivate 4.0 or Adobe Presenter 7.06 (and earlier) should be replaced at the earliest time possible after the upgrade. While ActionScript 2 content may work fine initially, eventual failure of the content may result (Example: black boxes displayed where video should be). Adobe recommends recreating content and publishing from either Adobe Captivate 5.5 or Presenter 7.0.7 to Connect 8.2 for best results.

Adobe Captivate 5.5

Download the trial version of Adobe Captivate 5.5
Try Adobe Captivate 5.5 as part of an Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5 trial
Activation and Registration

Adobe Presenter 7.07

For those using Adobe Presenter to publish content to Adobe Connect, there are two ways to obtain the latest version:

Method 1

Download a trial version from Adobe.

Contact the ITS Help Desk (475-9400) to obtain a production license key.

Method 2

After January 7, 2012, Adobe Connect subscribers can download a trial version from the Campus Adobe Connect server. Follow these steps:

Log in to the Adobe Connect portal,https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu
Click Home on the top gray ribbon
Click the Resources tab (middle of page)
Click Open under the Getting Started text box
In the new popup window, scroll down to Publish Presentations. Click the Install Adobe Presenter link
Download the file