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Webqem is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new Adobe software training initiative for educators – ready2teach.

ready2teach offers educators an informal, just-in-time approach that will help make the most of the Adobe licenses you have.  Being able to interact with the trainers in a “virtual classroom” means you can tap into a mine of information.  And if you can’t make the live sessions you can view them later anywhere, anytime.  The topics cover all the key aspects of Adobe’s Creative Suite so there’s bound to be something to suit every educator – in teaching, administration or research.

This is an excellent opportunity for all teachers to improve  their knowledge and skills, while experiencing the virtual classroom environment.

For educational institutions it offers a cost-effective solution – to provide training opportunities for all staff – while maximising the investment in ICT.

Find out more at: ready2teach.com.au

webqem recently helped run a 4 day online event, i-Moot.

iMoot is an annual web-based event where the Moodle community of over 32 million users are provided the opportunity to join together on a global scale. The event engages a global audience of Moodle practitioners, administrators and decision makers.

The goal of iMoot is to ignite the sense of community and sharing for which Open Source, and in particular Moodle, is famous for.  It’s a meeting of minds that enables the sharing of the best in each of us.

This years iMoot did just that. It saw 65 presenters from 6 continents deliver a staggering 110 presentations, 24 hours a day. The site blossomed from 0 to 544 accounts with a daily peak of 744 logins in a 24 hour period. There were over 500 tweets and dozens of blog posts.

Have a look at some of the great conversations that spawned from the event and join the community.

In times like these, organizations need to do more than talk to their custom ers — they need to engage them. Join the webqem team for a FREE E-Seminar on how your organization can create outward-facing applications that overcome common customer challenges — like complex forms and security fears — to provide easy-to-use and impactful experiences that truly engage.

We’ll explore how Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite can help you:

• Improve your customers experience, simplify processes,and provide better service
• Connect easily to your back-end systems to automate the end-to-end process
• Work seamlessly with applications that your customers already have, like Adobe Reader and the Adobe Flash Platform

The event will be running on the 17th of August  from 12:00pm-1:00m. It is to be  held in the comfort of you own chair via a Adobe Connect meeting room. If you would like to attend please email Thomast@webqem.com or register online.

For the November ACUGA meeting we were joined by Peter Ryce from Adobe. Peter spoke about using the Connect Pro Exchange to download custom applications and extensions along with using sync swfs to enhance your connect meeting experience. Peter showed us some really cool sync swfs such as the ‘Footprints‘ app and a clever ‘paper-scissor-rock’ game.

If you happened to miss the event, a recording is available online. Lastly, ACUGA will be going on holidays for the next 2 months so we will see you all again in February 2010.

Adobe has released an urgent announcement addressing issues with the recent release of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro version 7.5.

Adobe has found an issue with the Connect Pro 7.5 Installer that can delete the entire drive on which Connect Pro is being installed. This issue affects anyone who has downloaded the version 7.5 license trial between November 3rd and November 17th 2009.

Adobe has advised customers to immediately cease any further installation of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro version 7.5 and to delete the Installer program containing Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro version 7.5, as applicable. The issue occurs if you select “cancel” during the file copying step of the installation process.

For more information on this, please carefully read this technote released from Adobe, to see if your current version is affected by this issue. Contact webqem if you require more information about this issue.

Come join the webqem team at this month’s ACUGA meeting. For the November ACUGA meeting we will be joined by Peter Ryce from Adobe.  Peter will take you through how you can use the Connect Pro Exchange to download custom applications and extensions along with sync swf to enhance your connect meeting experience.

The online meeting is being held on Thursday 26th November at 11.00am Sydney time. Make sure you register and we hope to see you there – and don’t forget to join the ACUGA user group.

ACUGA is short for the Adobe Connect Users Group Asia-Pacific

With the introduction of Connect Pro 7.5, Adobe has launched a new add-in for Lotus Notes that enables users to schedule Connect Pro meetings directly from the desktop. In this tutorial, Vincent Toesca from Adobe, walks through all the features and system requirements of the new Lotus Notes Add-in.  The tutorial is broken up into two sections. Links to the tutorials are listed below.

Part 1:  Overview (Feature Summary, System Requirements)
Part 2:  Demonstration using Lotus Notes 8.5

Another great tutorial presentation is available from connectusers.com. In this tutorial Paresh Kharya from Adobe looks at the improved conversion of PPTX in a Connect Pro share pod. Adobe have made some real improvments to their conversion of powerpoint files so this tutorial is a must see.

The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browser with Flash installed. The tutorial is available for watching online.

With the release of a major update to Connect 7.5, Guillaume Privat from Adobe, has posted a helpful tutorial to Connect Users website about some of the new features.  In this presentation, Guillaume introduces administrators to Secure Desktop Sharing – the new feature in Connect Pro 7.5 that enables organisations to create white lists of applications that can be shared using screen sharing.

The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browser with Flash installed. The tutorial available online.

Check out this helpful Tutorial by Jody Plotkin from Adobe. In this presentation, Jody walks through the features and advantages of using Universal Voice – a new feature added to Connect Pro 7.5. The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browswer with Flash installed.

This tutorial is available on connectusers.com or click here for the tutorial.