On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 08:39:18PM -0600, Cameron Macdonell wrote: > Hi Titus, > > I would agree with everything you've said. I think the goal of a camera is > to make the remote learner feel like they're in the room, but that is tricky > without a cameraperson, as you say.
The "trick" I tried on the second day (out of power plug placement necessity) was having the camera on a tripod very close to the front of the room, instead of at the back. That meant I could actually point it at the whiteboard and remote observers could see something ;). And, since people watching the recording can't really see the camera view most of the time anyway, it doesn't matter if they get a sense of the whole room or not... Also note that these are actually streamed workshops, technically, but I don't pre-announce them or solicit online viewers because life is complicated enough already. If I had a dedicated remote viewer for each workshop I could have them text me when sound was bad, so maybe I'll try to do that in the future. > Regarding the SIO workshop, the link you provided was the readthedocs.io site > rather than the youtube link (unless I'm missing something obvious) so I > didn't see that video. Oh, sorry, that's on the blog post - http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/2016-metagenomics-workshop-at-sio.html - I will add them to the workshop materials! best, --titus > >>> "C. Titus Brown" <[email protected]> 10/19/16 5:03 PM >>> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 04:33:33PM -0600, Cameron Macdonell wrote: > > Hi Titus, > > > > It took a quick peek at the videos. Two things: > > > > 1) It seems the camera is not really utilized, I believe it watches the > > audience? Does it watch the speaker too? I think it is beneficial to > > have a fly-on-the-wall view, but I wonder how it could be better > > executed to capture discussion and/or the speaker. > > We try to point it at the speaker...? > > Midway through the second morning of the SIO metagenomics workshop, we > turn it to the whiteboard - don't know if it came through well :). We > are still... evolving the workflow for using this stuff, but my sense > is that the camera can be occasionally useful ;). > > More generally we face the problem that without a ~dedicated person > managing all the recording, it will inevitably be very suboptimal. > *shrug* Better than nothing, right? > > > 2) Less seriously, that is an impressive number of browser tabs in the > > ReadTheDocs video. > > An empty browser is a sign of an empty mind! > > best, > -titus > > > >>> "C. Titus Brown" <[email protected]> 10/19/16 2:47 PM >>> > > 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 > > > > > -- > C. Titus Brown, [email protected] > > -- C. Titus Brown, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
