Hi all, our overly technical lab has invested in hardware that actually seems to work, and as a result we are now ~casually recording most things. I’m happy to describe the hardware set up in detail, but the core consists of a Chromebox, a portable monitor, a camera, and a tabletop speaker/mic. We set up the Chromebox to host a YouTube Live event (which is basically a Google Hangout) and then screenshare and record sound from the presenter’s laptop to the hangout. The great thing is that everything ends up on YouTube, AND you can include remote participants as long as they can join a Hangout - no special hardware/software required.
Recently we’ve recorded a number of things, including: (1) several informal in-lab learning events, e.g. * ReadTheDocs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-gw7e_f_Jw * binder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScICXDIJvU (2) a workshop on metagenomics at UCD: https://2016-metagenomics-sio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (3) a talk by Daniel Standage on software development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMKKlydeVc (4) an intro UNIX shell workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKotOYd3bBo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1CWu55qCY Of course we have the usual technical challenges that come with trying to teach and record at the same time, including bad sound etc. but we are working on checklists to help us with that. Anyway, I thought I’d share! Two questions/thoughts/comments: * it might be neat to provide a way to link videos (mine or better ones!) to the static lessons. Hardly a substitute to live teaching but maybe a nice adjunct? * is there a place (e.g. channel?) to post these videos (and others!) more generally? I’m happy to keep doing things myself but sharing broadly is what we do so… where should we put ‘em? Should we just have a youtube hashtag? etc. cheers, —titus _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
