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 Learning Commons One Button Studio and offers great tips. A video reflecting out set up will be posted when available.

Recording device is located on the podium.

When students enter the studio, the recording device will be blinking red. After the USB flash drive is inserted into the USB port connected to the recording device, the light will turn green. The device will continue to flash red if something is wrong with the flash drive. The light turning green is not instantaneous. It will take several seconds, as the device is reading the flash drive.

When students are ready to record, they will press the red button on the recording device. There is not a countdown.  Do a self countdown, from five, before beginning. The light on the recording device will be a solid red during recording.

When students have completed their speech/presentation, press the red button to stop the recording. The light will begin flashing red and will do so until the recording is saved to the flash drive. Once it is saved, the light on the device will turn green and it will be safe to remove the flash drive or begin a new recording.

Once the flash drive is removed the light will begin blinking red. If the device is ever blinking blue, there may be a problem.

How Does it Work?                                                

1. Plug the flash drive into the USB port. Students are supposed to bring their own 3 GB or larger flash drive. The light on the perimeter of the button device will be flashing red. Once the device has read the flash drive, the light will turn green. See Troubleshooting tab if light continues to flash red.
2. When you are ready to record, press the red button. The perimeter light will turn a solid red, not flashing. There is NO countdown, but it's a good idea to wait a few seconds before beginning your speech/presentation.
3. When finished, press the red button. The perimeter light will flash red while saving the recording to the flash drive. Once the recording is saved, the light will turn green. You can either press the button to record again or remove the flash drive from the USB port. 

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:

• Show students how to turn on camera and projector using the remote controls. There is no need to touch either device.
• Lighting. Show them where the light switches are on the lights if they choose to use them.
• Give the student directions about the recording device.

On Reserve

On Reserve is a packet containing the camera and projector remotes used to turn the camera and projector off/on. 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. Students log in to the computer, using their LSC username and password.
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

• When done, make sure that the projector is turned off to preserve the bulb (it's expensive to replace).
• Turn camera off.
• Log out of the computer.
• 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 desktop after logging onto the computer in the OBS. It is a power point slide that is a solid neon green and can be projected behind you.

What do I need to do?

• Log into the computer on the podium.
• 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, close power point, log off of computer. If the student wants to view their recording stay logged into the computer.

• Is the camera turned off?
• Is the projector turned off?
• Are the lights facing the right direction and off?
• Is the computer logged 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?

Troubleshooting

Flash drive has been inserted to recording device, and it won't stop blinking red. Flash drive may need to be reformatted. Set File system to NTFS.

Recording has no sound. The mute button may have been pressed on the Recording Device. 

If any other issues occur with the One Button Studio, please share with Allison, so we can add it/them to the libguide.

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.