Login & Setup Guides

Eligibility

The University of Minnesota offers faculty, staff, and eligible graduate students access to UMConnect through a UMConnect Account.  UMConnect can be used to create on demand web presentations and to communication and collaborate over the web through web conferences and webcasts. To activate your UMConnect account, see the information below under Activate Account.

Students at the University of Minnesota can access online UMConnect content and participant in web conferences and webcasts. Students are also able to download Adobe Presenter and publish presentations locally.

ACTIVATE YOUR UMCONNECT ACCOUNT

New UMConnect Users 

Your UMConnect account becomes active the first time you log in to UMConnect. 

• Log in to UMConnect and activate your account

Adobe Presenter

Getting Started with Publishing Presentations - (U of Mn Faculty, Staff, or Student)

1. For information on acquiring Adobe Presenter, see the following article from the Presenter 6 FAQs page: Where do I download Adobe Presenter?
2. Install Adobe Presenter. Adobe Presenter is installed as a menu in Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows only). NOTE: You will need administrator privileges to install Adobe Presenter. The Adobe Presenter menu allows you to create audio narrated presentations and publish them locally or to the web.
3. To publish to the UMConnect Server, (Faculty, Staff, and eligible graduate students only) the URL to use for server preferences is "http://umconnect.umn.edu".
4. Login to UMConnect Manager to manage content, including setting permissions or using presentations in courses and curriculums.
5. Consult the Presenter resources at the Acrobat Connect Pro Resource Center to learn more.

UMConnect Meetings

Getting Started with Creating Meetings - (Faculty, Staff, and eligible graduate students only)

1. Install Adobe Acrobat Connect Meeting Add-in for Windows or Macintosh Operating Systems. The Adobe Acrobat Connect Meeting Add-in allows you to share your screen and upload files to meetings.
2. Test your computer to make sure that you are set up with all of the tools you will need to participate in the meeting.
3. Add users and create user groups to invite to the UMConnect meeting by visiting the Account Management page.
4. Login to UMConnect Manager and click on the New Meeting link on the home page.
5. Complete the Meeting Creation wizard and enter the meeting room by clicking the Enter Meeting Room button.

6. Consult the Connect meetings resources at the Acrobat Connect Pro Resource Center to learn more.