{"id":16939,"date":"2018-10-05T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=16939"},"modified":"2018-11-14T06:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T06:30:08","slug":"video-conference-guide","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/knowledge-base\/video-conference-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Conference Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Find an Expert<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>email an expert at a university<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>find an expert through the twitter community<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Prepare Your Students<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>break into groups to research the topic, eg. biographies, early interviews<\/li>\n<li>guide students into asking open-ended questions that lead to stories or anecdotes, these tend to make the most interesting interviews.<\/li>\n<li>students formulate questions to ask the expert based on research<\/li>\n<li>collate the questions into a logical sequence for an interview and print (they may need some light editing)<\/li>\n<li>select two students to ask the questions during the interview.<\/li>\n<li>So that each student has a voice, ask the interviewers to phrase the questions like this &#8220;This question comes from John, he asks &#8220;________&#8221;&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Running the Video Conference<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Teacher presence in the interview should be not on screen, but it is suggested that you gesture to the interviewers off-camera to get them to skip questions.<\/li>\n<li>Write an introduction for interviewers to read followed by the student-generated questions in sequential\/ logical order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a video to show the results of the conference. We recommend watching the introduction and then skip ahead to some later questions.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L_ENmPXfuN4<\/p>\n<h2>Hardware<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Laptop computer with webcam tends to work best for video conferencing<\/li>\n<li>External microphone such as a Blue Snowball (available from IT)<\/li>\n<li>Dongle or AirPlay to connect to a projection device (if more than 2 participants on your side of the conversation)<\/li>\n<li>External speakers (removed from the mic as far as possible)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Software<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/technology\/files\/2016\/11\/google.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15470 alignleft\" src=\"\/technology\/files\/2016\/11\/google.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/google.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/google-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/google-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/google-35x35.jpeg 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>We recommend Google Hangouts for ease of use. <em>Note: Google Hangouts on Air is a nice solution if you want to also record the conference for later use.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Zoom is a new online software that is quite good.<\/li>\n<li>Skype is a nice option too, but the other party needs a Skype account.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/technology\/files\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15540 alignright\" src=\"\/technology\/files\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/category-icon-communication-35x35.jpeg 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>There may be a video conference software dictated by the conference organizer. If there is a new software not listed above, please be sure to test before your event to ensure it works in nistwifi on the actual computer you want to use for the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Setup<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Student computers<\/strong>\u00a0that need to\u00a0control the video conference will need their network settings changed to allow access to video conferencing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lighting<\/strong>: Be sure to not have a light source behind you. (i.e. do not sit with your back to a window) Be sure to have a light source in front of you (behind the camera in the laptop).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background<\/strong>: Try to have a dark and\u00a0simple (not distracting) background. You can try to have a logo in the background if it helps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Audio<\/strong>: Choose your audio output as the TV speakers or an external speaker. Choose your external mic as the input source\u00a0in your video conference software.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video<\/strong>: Watch the conference on your laptop. Send your video to the projection device if there are more than 2 participants on your side of the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find an Expert email an expert at a university find an expert through the twitter community Prepare Your Students break into groups to research the topic, eg. biographies, early interviews guide students into asking open-ended questions that lead to stories or anecdotes, these tend to make the most interesting interviews&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[174,1122992],"ht-kb-tag":[488965,384911,994,32818,1154474,312910,1154470],"class_list":["post-16939","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-communication","ht_kb_category-google-items","ht_kb_tag-call","ht_kb_tag-conference","ht_kb_tag-expert","ht_kb_tag-global","ht_kb_tag-hangout","ht_kb_tag-skype","ht_kb_tag-video-call"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16939"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16966,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16939\/revisions\/16966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=16939"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=16939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}