Newsletter – Q3 – 2023

This month marks another notable upgrade to the Adobe Connect system with version 12.4, the single biggest update in 2023 so far. With this version of Adobe Connect we see brand new features like the Native Quizzing, Automatic Closed Captions, and a complete overhaul of the Home Page and site navigation, along with some quality of life improvements to the Recording Editor and Event Templates.

With our lives moving to a more hybrid environment, accessibility is key and a big component to that is Close Captioning. This has evolved over the years with Adobe Connect, originally starting out as a custom pod, this feature is now native to the room itself. The host of a session will be able to enable closed captioning for the room, along with be able to get an email transcript after the session has completed. This new feature will also allow you to provide closed captioning for your recorded session as well. This feature is still in BETA but expect more enhancement and upgrades to happen soon.

Keeping in line with ease of use, Adobe has updated the Connect Central Home Page. The new home page will have a dashboard view for hosts to provide them a quick glance of their upcoming sessions along with recently used rooms and recordings. For first time users of Adobe Connect there is now a helpful Quick Overview Widget that will pop up with instructions and help guides. These upgrades will start rolling out to our Hosted Services starting June 3. You can check out  Adobe Connect Downloads and Updates to determine the upgrade date for your account. If want to see the full list of features you can check out the Release Notes.

Envolvemedia prides itself on how flexible we can be for our customers, whether you need training or support, we are there to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. Out of our many service offering, we also provide end to end support for any Event Productions you may need.

This can be for a Single Scope Webinar or a Multi-Day Hybrid Style conference and anything in-between. From registration, presenter training and dry‐runs, to live production and post‐event analytics—Envolvemedia is a turn‐key production house that can ensure a successful event.

We have a 5 step Event Workflow that we will take you through to make sure all your production needs are met. From Preparing you and your team with dry-runs and tests; to Promoting your event with digital campaigns and custom microsites branded to fit your company or agencies designs and logos. Engaging your audience with virtual rooms through Polling, Surveys, Q&A and interactive Chat. Offering you a detailed Follow-Up after your event to provide you analytics from both registration data and engagement data from the live session.  Finally using Adobe Analytics to Optimize future events and provide after action reporting to leadership.

If you’d like to learn more about the service offerings we have at Envolvemedia please feel free to reach out to sales@envolvemedia.com with any questions you might have.

We are continuing our series where we provide short Video Blogs (VLOG) that will give you insight to a specific function in Adobe products, including Captivate, Connect, Presenter, Learning Manager, and the Creative Cloud products.

Here are a few that we have released:

ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD – REMOVING A BACKGROUND IMAGE
ADOBE CAPTIVATE – ADDING A PAUSE POINT
ADOBE CONNECT – FINDING RESOURCES
ADOBE LEARNING MANAGER – JOB AIDS

We have many more released in our library and intend to continue to release new VLOGs on a regular basis. You can also find the VLOGs and more helpful videos on our YouTube page.

If you have any suggestions for subject that we can create a VLOG in the future, please reach out to us by sending an email to sales@envolvemedia.com.