Running the Camera:
1. Put tape in Mini DV camera (make sure tape is not locked), or make sure memory card has enough time in the Canon FS200
2. If you’re using the tripod, go ahead and screw the footplate into the bottom of the camera to later click into the tripod
3. Set your camera up high so you can easily pan the room, seeing the teachers and students. Yes, this means wearing pants and flats on taping days, be safe on top of the desks!
4. Connect power cable from camera to wall if you want to record for extended time
Microphone use:
- Put battery in cord on microphone and turn switch to on, put microphone into green jack
- Put on headphones (red jack) to listen during taping to make sure the microphone is working. For best results, squeeze them up against your head to know that you’re definitely hearing what the microphone is picking up
5. Move switch by your thumb to power “on” position.
6. Green light should be by tape, not memory or play/edit
7. Push in Red Button to record
Saving to iMac (or other Mac/iMovie devices)
- Plug in power on camera, and then into the Mac using USB drive, turn camera on. Choose “attach to PC Computer” when dialog comes up.
- Open iMovie, choose “file” and import from Camera.
- Make sure window comes up with name of Camera – (Canon FS200)
- Choose Manual instead of Automatic, and choose one frame/recording at a time, delete any files that are un-needed
- Name it something easy to find, starting with last name: TeacherNameDateClassPeriod = NunaleeOct7p2
- Make sure it’s checked to “stabilize”
- Once it pulls the video into iMovie, choose “File” new project
- No Theme
- Same name as above
- 16:9 ratio
- Under Project Properties choose at the bottom, “Fit in Frame”
Burn to DVD
- Share – drop down to iDVD, this will take a while to process within iMovie, then open an iDVD window
- Use theme “Modern” – it’s pretty clean
- To Do:
- file name should show up correctly
- now click in the gray area
- choose i button in bottom left
- no intro, no outro
- loop duration 0:00
- unclick – Show Drop Zones and Related Graphics
- x close
Put in blank DVD, label facing forward
Click on 007 eyeball next to play button: “burn to disc”
Burn Final DVD with Exact Times for National Board Sumittal
Use this spreadsheet to get exact blocks of time from the teacher.
Final DVD Order Form
· Time on DVD Player counter is the time on the original camera.
· When you pick the parts you want, copy this time off the screen, giving –:–:– and a few details.
· I will hold on to originals and make a final DVD when you’re ready.
| Teacher Name | Subject, Class Period and Date (eg. HEng3-8th period-Feb.17) | Part of tape wanted on final DVD –:–:– until –:–:– | Notes –Including details of when to start and end, “after Leah sits down” |
N Nunalee
| Physics, 6th Pd, Oct 7 |
0:47
Until
8:24
|
My first sentence is “What is a pendulum?”
My last sentence is “The heavier this is, it’ll happen faster.”
|
N Nunalee
| Physics, 6th Pd, Oct 7 |
29:29
Until
34:28
|
My first sentence is “Anything you’re using a pendulum for…”
Last bit includes students doing an experiment with the pendulum, but not the words that follow
|
N Nunalee
| Physics, 6th Pd, Oct 11 |
0:34
Until
7:58
|
My first sentence is “So which one are you plotting here?”
My last sentence is “So that’s consistent”
|
In iMovie, create a new project title “TeacherName Timed DVD” or the name of the entry, “TeacherName Entry2”
Now, go to the original cut of the movie (not in the projects section) to grab those little parts of time that you need. See the final time of the project to make sure you’re within the required time.
Burn iDVD of this project. Don’t label it, let the teacher label it with their NBPTS ID number.
