Joining/Leaving a Meeting

There are two ways to log on to an Adobe Connect meeting:

• By going directly to the meeting room using the URL supplied by your meeting Host, ( view the tutorial ) or
• By accessing the meeting through the Adobe Connect Central interface on the Penn State Adobe Connect server: http://breeze.psu.edu. This option is only available to meeting room owners and Attendees who's names have been added to the "Participant List" for the meeting.

Penn State faculty, staff, and students need an active Access account to be able to log in to Adobe Connect. Guests can quickly obtain a Friends of Penn State (FPS) Account to use for logging in. (View the tutorial on acquiring a FPS account.)

Logging in to a meeting room using the URL
The easiest way for Attendees to enter a meeting room is with the URL, which you should receive from the meeting Host. After entering the URL in your browser. You will see a login screen.

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Login Screen for Entering an Adobe Connect Meeting

To enter the meeting room using the URL, do the following:

• Enter the URL for the meeting room in the Location text field.
• If you aren't already logged in to Web Access, you will need to log in with either your Access Account ID and password or your Friends of Penn State ID and password.
• Click the Login button to proceed.

After logging in, the meeting room will open on your screen.

Logging in to a meeting room using the Adobe Connect Central interface
Your meeting host must add you to the "Participant List" in order for the meeting to be accessible from your Adobe Connect Central Web interface homepage. (Hosts: see Editing Participants under Creating/Editing Meetings for details.) To access the Adobe Connect Central Web interface, log in to the Penn State Adobe Connect server: http://breeze.psu.edu

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Adobe Connect Central Interface

At the top of the Adobe Connect Central screen you will see tabs named “My Calendar” and “My meetings.” By clicking on either of these you will then see the name of the meeting you have been enrolled in.

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Adobe Connect Central Interface - Calendar Tab

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Adobe Connect Central Interface – My Meetings Tab

If your meeting has been scheduled for a time in the distant future and you do not see the name of the meeting displayed on either the “My Calendar “or “My Meetings” screens, you will need to “Search” for the meeting using the search option found at the top-right of the Adobe Connect Central screen. The Search tool is set to search for files by default. To see additional search options, including one to search for meetings, click on the word "Search" in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

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Adobe Connect Central Interface – Search

You can narrow your search by selecting either the "Search Within Content" or "Search Titles and Descriptions." Enter the name of the meeting and click the "Go" button. The screen listing of all meetings containing the text you entered will be displayed.

Note: You can further narrow the search to "Recordings only, Courses only or Presentations only" using the "Optional Filters."

Once you have located the name of the meeting in the list, you can enter the room by clicking on the meeting name.

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Adobe Connect Central Interface – Search for Meeting

Note that once a meeting is created in Adobe Connect Pro, attendees can enter the meeting room at any time whether it's scheduled or not until it is deleted by the owner.

Leaving a Meeting
To leave a meeting, simply close the computer window containing the meeting room. On a Windows computer, click the red X in the upper right corner of the window. On a Mac, click the red circle in the upper left of the window.

The content of an Adobe Connect meeting room does not change when anyone (including the host) leaves. The only part of the room that changes dynamically is the list of attendees who are currently present in the room.