New+Class+Set-up


 * ** Many of the instructions on how to setup for new classes are already listed within this website, this serves more as a flowchart to know what needs to be done and it what order it should be handled. **

Creating a Blackboard page for a Class

 * Requesting and Creating a Blackboard Page
 * You will start off using a template that was created for ELO classes. Additional modifications might be requested by course instructor

Creating Class Folder on Instructor PC

 * Working on the Instructor PC, **Locate** the folder on the desktop that corresponds for your semester, ie. !Fall2010 or !Summer2012.
 * Within this Folder, **create** a class folder, following the notation **IE305**, as an example.
 * Now that the class folder has been created, you can **copy/paste** the contents of a previous class here and **delete** anything that can be in the sub folders, or **create** the sub-folders yo urself. If you were to create them, name them: "Assigned labs/Camtasia Backups/Camtasia Files/Lecture Notes/Previous Semester/Student Presentations/Students/Supplementary Material/Syllabus"
 * This is where instructor notes are going to be saved before saving the PDF onto Firma.

Creating a Class Folder in the Encoder (recording) PC

 * On the Encoder PC find the semester that corresponds for your class in the desktop
 * Within this semester, create a sub-folder for your class using the annotation **IE305**
 * This is the folder where the Wirecast recordings are going to be saved.

Creating a Firma Folder

 * If you computer is not connected onto Firma, **Go** to **Connect to Server** and locate "afp://eocs1.engineering.iastate.edu/firma/" and use the general password.
 * On the Firma server, **find** the semester that corresponds to your class.
 * Once you have the correct semester, **create** the class folder, following the annotation **IE305** __(note that there is no space)__.
 * Within the class folder, **create** the sub-folder **"PDF"**.
 * Ask the supervisor if you also need to copy/paste the same class folder onto the main Firma folder, that is, outside the class folder.
 * This is where edited videos will be exported to.

Creating an Encoder Files Folder

 * If you cannot find the Encoder Files, you will need to connect to the server "afp://woojo-desktop01.las.iastate.edu" with the general password.
 * On the Encoder Files in your desktop, find the semester that corresponds for your class.
 * In this semester, create the class folder using the annotation **IE305** __(note that there is no space)__
 * No sub-folder within the class folder is needed.
 * This is where the Wirecast recording form the Encoder PC are going to be mirrored before editing in the control room

Working with Superflexible File Synchronizer

 * Superflex
 * When working with Superflex, you would be creating links between different servers, make sure the computer you are working on is able to connect to those servers.
 * Familiarize yourself with the servers in EncoderFiles, Firma, and EDE

Linking Instructor Notes(Instructor PC) to Firma

 * Create a **Superflex** synchronization from the PDF sub-folder on the Instructor PC to the PDF sub-folder in the on the Firma Server

Linking Instructor Notes(Instructor PC) to WebCT
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 * Create a **Superflex** synchronization from the course folder on the Instructor PC to the correct semester course folder on the WebCT Server

Linking Wirecast Video (Encoder Server) to Encoder Files

 * Create a **Superflex** synchronization from the class folder on the Encoder PC to the class folder in the Encoder Files (Encoder Server)

-Link Firma to Blackboard (contact supervisor for this)
Once everything is created and linked, a test recording can be performed to ensure the system is working.