Welcome to the Practice Presentation Room!  The following method describes recording your presentation for later review using a laptop and Zoom teleconferencing software.  Zoom is available at the "Pro" account level to all UCSB students and staff with UCSB NetIDs at no cost to the end user. 

For the method described in this article:

• You will require a laptop; this can either be one checked out from the Library Circulation Desk, or a personal laptop on which you have administrative rights.
• 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.

I) Initial Setup

Basic Requirements

Your laptop will require the following ports:

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 meet the above requirements.

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.

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.  

Troubleshooting:

• Ensure that the podium's usb cable continues on to connect to the wall-mounted USB port that leads to the webcam.
• Personal laptops: 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.

Connecting to the Television (optional)

You can duplicate your laptop's display to the Television to present materials to your audience.  To do so,

1. Connect the laptop to the the podium's HDMI cable (black). 
2. Turn on the TV (controls are on the right-hand side of the television).

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

Troubleshooting:

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

II) Prepare to Record

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.
   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:
   
   
   
8. When ready to record, click the "Record" button:
   
   
   

9. Perform your Presentation  
   

   If you're sharing your screen to the television, you may wish to minimize/hide Zoom-related windows at this point. 

   
   

10. 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:
     
    
    
11. Zoom will save by default to a new folder under Documents\Zoom.   After conversion, you should have an MP4 video that you can use to review your presentation: