Technology Manual

The One Button Studio is a recording studio where students can record a practice run of their speech or presentation or record the real thing. A practice recording will allow students to see where they need to make improvements for when they either record or present the actual speech or presentation. The video below is similar to the previous set up of the Learning Commons One Button Studio and offers great tips. A video reflecting our set up will be posted when available.

A student has made an appointment to use the One-Button Studio. At the time of their appointment they will check in at Tech Help and check out the package with the camera remote control, the Projector remote control and the presentation clicker. The staff member at the Tech Help station will let the student(s) into the OBS and help with the following:

• Make sure computer is logged in, camera is on, and the OBS Studio program is opened and visible on the monitor below the camera. Show students how to turn on the projector using the remote control. There is no need to touch the camera or projector.
• Lighting. Show them where the light switches are on the lights if they choose to use them.
• Give the student directions about recording.
• Students can use the camera remote to zoom camera view in or out. Do not power the camera off.
• When finished with their appointment, remind students to:
  • save all recordings made to a flash drive or their cloud account (one-drive).
  • log out of any programs they logged into
  • Turn off projector.
  • Return any chairs, stools, whiteboards etc. to the main space.
  • Return remote control pack to Service desk.
  • DO NOT shut down computer, close the OBS Studio program, or turn the camera off.

On Reserve

On Reserve is a packet containing the camera and projector remotes. Included is a presentation clicker with a laser pointer. This packet is to be checked out to the student who has reserved the OBS using their LSC Student ID card.. 

Directions

1. The computer is already logged into a generic account (Cody Coyote).
2. Open presentation file and set it to Slide Show.
3. Use the remote to turn on the projector.
4. Use the clicker to move to the next slide. Note: Clicker has a flash drive in it that will need to be plugged into the computer. There are ports on the left, back side of the computer monitor.

Before You Go

• Save recording files to a flash drive or One Drive account.
• When done, make sure that the projector is turned off to preserve the bulb (it's expensive to replace)..
• Remove clicker flash drive from monitor and slide it back into the clicker.
• Return the remotes and clicker to the service desk.

What is a Green Screen?

The Studio is set up so that a user can record a video and add images or other video layers into the background of the recording.

A green screen is a standard because neon green is not typically used/worn by the subject (clothes, hair, etc.). 

For a Green Screen effect, look for this tile on the computer desktop. It is a power point slide that is a solid neon green and can be projected behind you.

What do I need to do?

• Turn projector on.
• Find Green Screen tile on desktop and open it.
• Set it to slide mode.
• When finished recording, escape out of slide mode (press the ESC key on the keyboard), close power point, log out of One Drive if logged into.
• Recording(s) can be viewed on the computer by clicking on the Recordings folder, located on the desktop.
• Save recording(s) to a flash drive or One Drive account.

• Is the projector turned off?
• Are the lights facing the right direction and off?
• Is all the equipment still in place?
• Is the room clean?
• If chairs or white boards were brought into the studio, were they put back into the main space?

Part timer closing needs to delete files from Recording folder and then empty Trash/Recycle Bin.

Camera is not working or is frozen.

If you don't see the camera view on the monitor or the screen is frozen, close and reopen the OBS Studio program. If that doesn't work restart the computer. It will auto log in and should reopen the OBS Studio program. If the OBS Studio program does not automatically open, click on the OBS Studio icon located on the computer desktop.

ID badge doesn't unlock the door

• Use the break room key

Step 1: Student Reservation

Students make appointments to use the One Button Studio through WCOnline, a scheduling program. They can access it by:

• Typing lonestar.mywconline.com in the address bar of a browser.
• Clicking on "Schedule an Appointment for Help" under Services on the Library webpage.

If students have not registered to use WCOnline, students will have to go through a quick set up process where they create an account in the program. From there, they can select the calendar of their interest (Math, Writing, OBS, Science or Honors Research Consultations) and set up an appointment at a time that works best for them.

The student will receive a reminder and, if necessary, a cancelation email.

Step 2: Full-timer Puts Reservation on the Room Scheduler

Because the WCOnline tool is unable to sync up with our Evoko room schedulers, Allison will enter the scheduled appointments onto the LIB 105 calendar. Allison is currently receiving the appointment confirmations from WCOnline. 

1. Open the LIB 105 calendar.
2. Right click on the date in the calendar of the appointment.
3. Select New Meeting.
4. In the title line type: Reservation - first name initial, full last name. Ex.: Reservation - A Huffy
5. Set the date and time as provided in the email or WCOnline schedule.
6. In the Location line, type KC-LIB-105. Once you begin to type, a list of choices pops up. Click on KC-LIB-105. The room number should now be listed in the required field as well as the location field.
7. Send the invite. This reservation will now appear on the Outlook calendar and the Evoko box outside of the One Button studio.