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  • You will require a laptop; this can either be one checked out from the Library Circulation Services Desk, or a personal laptop on which you have administrative rights may work.
  • If you use a Circulation laptopLibrary laptop, we recommend a personal USB drive (thumb drive) if you wish to retain your recording.
  • The laptop must meet the following minimum system requirements to use the Logitech Meetup Camera: 
        • Windows®7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
        • macOS® 10.10 or higher
        • Chrome OS™ Version 29.0.1547.70 and higher

        • USB 2.0 port (USB 3.0 required for 4K video)

  • You will use Zoom to record your presentation, not to present.  
  • If you have Powerpoint presentations etc. to share with your theoretical attendees, those will be shared independently of the Zoom app.

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If your laptop does not have these particular I/O ports, you may require adapters. 
Note that the laptops available for checkout at the Circulation Desk Services Desk meet the above requirements.

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You should now see your laptop's screen duplicated on the TV. 

If you don't wish to record your presentation, you can simply practice and then skip to section IV at the end of this article regarding what to do when finished with the room.

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Troubleshooting: If you encounter issues with the above,

  • Make sure the TV's input is set to HDMI 3 (Input button is also on right-hand side)
  • Make sure Verify that the HDMI cable is fully seated in your laptop.
  • Verify that the TV's HDMI input cable has not been disconnected from the right-hand side of the TV.
  • Verify that the TV's input is set to HDMI 3 (Input button is also on right-hand side of TV)
  • You may need to configure your laptop to use the additional displayTV.  For circulation Windows laptops, hold the Windows Key while pressing "P" to cycle through display options, stopping at "Duplicate Display".

 

Connecting to the Webcam 

If you wish to record your presentation for later review, you can use Zoom and the room's camera to do so.

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  1. Make sure your laptop has a working internet connection.  You may need to authenticate to establish this.
  2. Connect the laptop to the podium's USB cable (blue).  When you do this, you should see the webcam lens begin to move and center itself.
  3. Drivers for the camera should automatically download and install.  


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Troubleshooting: If you encounter issues with the above,

  • Ensure that the podium's usb cable continues on to connect to the wall-mounted USB port that leads to the webcam.
  • Those using personal laptops: 
    • Confirm that your laptop meets the minimum system requirements described at the top of this article.
    • You may need to update your operating system while the webcam is attached in order to download drivers for it.  Meetup Camera drivers for Windows systems come via Microsoft updates, not Logitech.

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  1. Using your preferred browser, go to ucsb.zoom.us

  2. Choose "Host a Zoom Meeting":


  3. Authenticate using your UCSB NetID.

  4. Follow the instructions to download and launch Zoom (in most cases this will happen automatically).

  5. Click "Join With Computer Audio"


  6. Camera Setting: If the camera icon at lower-left is crossed out, click on it to enable.
    Then use the up-arrow ( ^ ) to ensure that the Logitech Meetup camera is selected:


  7. Microphone Setting:You can use either the Meetup Camera microphone, which will gather sound from the rear of the room as your audience would hear, or if your laptop is equipped with its own internal mic you may prefer to use that: Click the up-arrow ( ^ ) to the right of the Microphone Icon at lower left, and make sure that the Logitech Meetup Camera's mic has been selected.  The name used in this interface may vary by Operating System.




III) Recording and Reviewing your Presentation

  1. When ready to start recording, click the "Record" button.  
    If given a choice between recording to Computer and recording to Cloud Storage, choose to Record to Record to the Computer for Computer for best results.
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  2. If using the TV, you can minimize/hide all Zoom-related windows at this point and bring up any presentation materials.

  3. Perform your Presentation  


  4. When ready to stop recording, click the "Record" button again (it will have changed to a Stop/Pause icon), then choose "End Meeting" from the lower right.


  5. Choose "End Meeting for All", as you are the only participant.



  6. Depending upon your Zoom configuration, it may prompt you for a save location (or else defaults to saving under Documents\Zoom).   After conversion, you should have an MP4 video that you can use to review your presentation; double-click this to play and review your presentation:
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    If you are still connected to the TV, most laptops will attempt to output sound to that by default. If you are connected to the TV and do not get any sound during replay, use the Volume controls at the right-hand side to increase the volume.


IV) Finishing Up

  • Please turn the TV off when done.

  • If you are using a circulation laptopLibrary laptop, we recommend moving your video to a personal USB Flash drive if you wish to keep it.

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    Privacy Warning: Laptops checked out from the circulation desk Services Desk will reset and wipe user files between each user, but only only if you power it off or restart windows fully. When you're done and have saved any materials you want to keep to a personal USB Flash Drive, click on the Windows start button and choose either shutdown or restart.

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  • You can simply disconnect the USB and HDMI cables from your laptop when done.

V) Technical Support

Library IT's onsite staff are available from help with:

  • Issues with the webcam or TV
  • Issues with Library laptops checked out from the services desk.

IT staff   If you are unable to resolve such issues, you may wish to check out a laptop from the Library Services Desk and attempt to use that.