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phones (one cardioid MX391/C and one omni-directional MX391/O microphone). The

ConnectPro is a Flash-based web conferencing platform for web meetings, eLearning,

and webinars. The Adobe ConnectPro is completely Flash-based and requires an in-

ternet connection to work, but this allows for it to “collaborate across firewalls on virtual-

ly any device, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as across desktop

platforms with no client downloads for participants.” [29] [30]

In Metropolia the ConnectPro is used for online lectures, webinars as well as confer-

ences and meetings. It allows the presenter to show their Powerpoint slides while using

a webcam for “video-calls” thus allowing the viewers to follow the presenter on screen

while still being able to see what slides are being shown and discussed. The system

also allows for the viewers to interact with each other and the presenter in the form of a

chat box as well as audio-chat if they have a microphone of their own. This improves

the experience of the webinar as the viewers, that are not present on location of the

actual seminar are able to still take part and interact with the lecturer.

All Metropolia staff and students can use ConnectPro, with logging in to the service

using everyone’s individual Tuubi-user ID (Identification) and even non-Metropolia affil-

iated people can use ConnectPro, with a user ID created for each person. If a non-

affiliated person desires to hold a conference or webinar, a ConnectPro Room must be

required from the superuser, Antti Laiho, who is specifically in charge of the Con-

nectPro administration. To use the service access the https://connect.metropolia.fi/ -url

(Uniform Resource Locator) login and then either create a room or find the correct

room for the desired purpose, a seminar on the growing game industry in Finland or a

lecture on 3D animation. [31]