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Adobe Presenter - Instructor Help

Adobe Presenter  – Instructors Help Page

Welcome to the Adobe Presenter Help Page – a comprehensive listing of the most often asked questions about Breeze. Check out the left side of the page for some helpful links.

Current Version

U of C is current using Adobe Presenter 6. If you experience any installation or publishing issues contact:

IT Support Centre
(403) 220-5555
itsupport [at] ucalgary [dot] ca

What is Adobe Presenter?

Adobe Presenter is a software package that works within PowerPoint to add narration to slides and post the resulting presentation on the web. Adobe Presenter will be of interest to all U of C instructors and staff who wish to create powerful online presentations. Work from an existing PowerPoint file, or create a new one. Presenter makes it easy to record, edit and publish a presentation. Recordings do not require special training or technical expertise and voice can be synchronized to slide animations. When finished, Presenter saves the presentation as a Flash based website. With just a few clicks, a user can post a link to the presentation in a Blackboard course, download it to a CD, or save it to run on a local machine.

Getting an Account

To acquire a Adobe Presenter username and password; contact: itsupport [at] ucalgary [dot] ca

Adobe Presenter Login

Once your account is created, go to:
http://connect.ucalgary.ca and enter your username “user [at] ucalgary [dot] ca” and password.

Getting Started with Adobe Presenter

To use Presenter, you must download a small piece of software to your computer. This is a one-time download per machine on which you wish to work.

Note: Presenter presentations can only be authored using a Windows environment. Mac users can author using a windows emulator.

To install the plugin:

  1. From main Presenter menu (Home page), click on 'Resources > Geting Started - Open’
  2. Under ‘Publish Presentations’:
    – click Install Adobe Presenter
    – save the file to your desktop
    – run the file to install Presenter into PowerPoint
    - enter the license code provided by IT in your initial account set-up email
  3. Verify — launch PowerPoint; you should see a ‘Adobe Presenter’ menu at the top

If you are having problems installing or running Adobe Presenter with MS Office 2010 visit http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/870/cpsid_87013.html for more information.

Adobe Presenter Support

Connectivity – For support around issues of connectivity, access, and other technical questions please email your questions to: itsupport [at] ucalgary [dot] ca

Adobe Presenter Examples

The intention of these examples is to provide ideas of how Presenter can be applied to everyday teaching and learning.

PowerPoint Presentation and Design Check List (pdf)

Course Design Support

The Teaching and Learning Centre provides consultations on how to best use Adobe Presenter as a teaching and learning tool in your course. For more information contact:
Patrick Kelly
pwkelly [at] ucalgary [dot] ca
403-220-2547