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Types of Pods
All of the windows in the Adobe Connect meeting room are known as Pods. When you first get into your meeting room, it show up the default layout of the pods (as shown in the figure below). The default pod layout is Sharing. You can arrange the placement and size of the pods, as needed, during the meeting by physically moving and resizing the pods. Adobe Connect provides two other built-in ?pod layouts in addition to the default Sharing pod layout, these are Discussion and Collaboration layouts. These layouts are listed on the rightmost column on the interface. You can select either of them by clicking on it.
NOTE: Only Host can change the pod setup. Selecting any of the pod setups (Sharing, Discussion, Collaboration), will change the pod setup for all the attendees in the meeting.
- (A) Share Pod - This pod allows you to share your screen, documents, or whiteboard with your attendees. You can upload the content that you want to use during the meeting in either .pdf, .mp3, .mp4, .avi, .ppt, .gif, .jpg, .png, .flv, or .swf formats to share with all participants. In addition, if you share your screen in a meeting, you can share any content you have on your screen regardless of file type.
- (B) Camera and Voice Pod - You can broadcast your live video feed to your participants by clicking on Start My Webcam on this pod. You can start or stop broadcasting at any point during the meeting.
- (C) Attendee List - This pod displays the names of the attendees currently logged on as hosts, presenters, participants in your Adobe Connect session. You can select an attendee on this list and upgrade or down-grade his/her role in the meeting as required. You can also activate an attendee's audio, video, start a private chat with an attendee, or request an attendee to share his/her screen in the meeting. You can also create a breakout area and view attendee's status from this pod.
- (D) Chat Pod - You can initiate a chat with all the attendees or particular attendees logged on in your session. You can also set your chat settings such as text size, font color, and so on. Adobe Connect keeps a log of all the chat messages sent within a session, including the private messages to you.
- (E) Notes Pod - This pod can be used as your notebook for writing notes or providing participants with helpful information. You can also create discussion notes, save them as Rtf format or email them to participants.