Adobe Connect administration

Log in to Adobe Connect to access administration:

Go to summit.uwaterloo.ca.
Sign in with your 8-character username (e.g. j25rober) and password

When logged in, you will automatically be brought to the Home menu.

Administration basics

Administration library

Only the Administrators can access everything on this page, and Administrators-Limited can access some of the features. The Administration Library on the main menu bar is in between Reports and My Profile.

Account: Administrators can view account information, disk usage, and reports. They can also edit account information, notifications, session timeout, and security settings.

Users and groups: Users and groups can be created, edited and deleted. User profiles, login policies, password policies, import users and groups, and the cost center can be accessed and changed.

Audio Providers: Administrators can view audio provider information.

Video Telephony Devices: Administrators can view video telephony device information.

Customization: The system’s appearance can be changed to make it look more visually attractive. Colours, logos, and banners can be changed. When changing logos, they must be the size stated on the page where they will be uploaded.

Compliance and Control: Pod settings can be edited and certain functions or pods may be disabled or enabled. Recording, notice, and training settings can also be accessed here.

Administration Dashboard: Graphs are shown for Authors Quota, Learners Quota, Meeting Hosts Quota, Burst Pack Minutes used, Monthly Bandwidth, and disk usage.

Users & Groups

Users

Add a new user:

Go to the Administration tab and select Users and Groups.
Select New User; enter their first name, last name, login, password, and e-mail is optional.
An e-mail can be sent to the new user with their login and password and/or the user can be prompted to change their password when they log in next.
Select Next to add them to permission groups.
To add them to a group, select the name of their desired group or build-in group on the left side, and click Add.
To remove them from a group, select the name of their desired group or built-in group on the right side, and click Remove.
When you are done, select Finish.

Edit a user:

Go to the Administration tab and select Users and Groups.
Select the user and Information; edit their information, edit the groups they are in, and view their reports.

Groups

Add a new group:

Go to the Administration tab and select Users and Groups.
Select New Group; enter a name, a description is optional.
Select Next to add users to the group.
To add users, select the names of the users on the left side, and click Add.
To remove users, select the names of the users on the right side, and click Remove.
When you are done, select Finish.

Edit a group:

Go to the Administration tab and select Users and Groups.
Select the group and Information; edit the group information and edit the users in the group.

Make all users in a group part of a built-in group:

Go to the Administration tab and select Users and Groups.
Select the name of the desired built-in group the group will be added to and click Information.
Select Edit Group Membership; select the group(s) to be added to the built-in group on the left side, and click Add.
To remove a group from the built-in group, select the group on the right side, and click Remove.