Is it possible to allow a presenter to record a meeting in Adobe Connect 8?

[cthrelkeld]

We have a couple of classes that want to allow students to go into the meeting rooms and have group sessions. However; these are for a grade and need to be recorded. We already have a template set up to allow guests to come into the meeting rooms as a presenter so they have the ability to speak and share documents without the faculty being there. We do not give students accounts in Connect. Is there a way to allow the presenters to start and stop a recording in Connect 8?

[Jorma_at_CoSo]

Starting and ending recordings is a host only feature. So, no a presnter cannot start a recording.

If you have a licensed deployment, you would have the option to set every meeting to record automatically, but that option is not available with a hosted account.

[cthrelkeld]

Thank you. We are not hosted so where do I find that field for automatically recording the meeting?

[Jorma_at_CoSo]

You can find the option to force all meetings to record at the following location on the Connect Server.

Adminstration > Compliance and Control > Recordings and Notice

There should be a check box for "Lock recording settings for all meetings", and then a raido button option to record all meetings or never allow meeting recordigs.

[cthrelkeld]

Thank you again, but I only have a option to never allow meeting recordings and I am not able to uncheck it.

[Jorma_at_CoSo]

Just to double check, does your account URL look like http://XXX.adobeconnect.com/ or is it something like http://connect.company.com/? If it is the first, then Adobe is hosting your account and that would be consistent with what you are describing seeing. If it is the latter, then you may need to talk to the individual who admins your server and see if they set something to disable the option of forcing recordings.

[cthrelkeld]

It is the first one. Adobe is hosting for us.

[Jorma_at_CoSo]

Then that explains it, unfortunatly.

Without doing user accounts, I'm not sure of another way around the recording function.

[Guest]

Please beware that if you are allowing non-hosts to be in meetings without a host present that you may be violating the EULA license. Adobe has not been enforcing that issue but will begin here very soon.

Hosts need to be in each room when others are present. Students cannot attend room sessions when there is no host present accoding to the EULA. At any time, this will be turned on with an upcoming service pack and so you should be making plans to determine another method.