(aka "Cyt-Fx4" in Zoom)

The PTZ  camera is the camera to use to show selected, non-moving shots of your classroom.  Contrast this with the Meeting OWL, which is designed to show the entirety of your classroom, with built in AI to zoom in on whoever is speaking.  The PTZ camera also has a very high image quality, bringing a level of quality that your online students will appreciate. Learn more  ←INSERT LINK (What’s a PTZ Camera?)  more general information about the PTZ camera here.

To use the PTZ camera, follow these 3 steps:

Step 1: Turn it on

Camera ON: Check to see that the green light on the base of the camera is on.

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• • Press the red Power button in the upper left of the remote control to turn the PTZ on - the green light at the base of the PTZ camera should illuminate, and the PTZ camera will swivel up into an upright position.

Step 2: Get it setup with Zoom*

* or other video conferencing app, instructions are similarly-spirited to the ones below

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• • Audio:IMPORTANT: You will use the Meeting OWL-- not the PTZ-- as your mic and your speaker. 
    However, if you are only teaching students who are online (synchronously or asynchronously), you may opt to use a Samson wireless lapel microphone as the microphone instead.  How?INSERT LINK to SAMSON ONLINE MIC

• • Choose “....(Meeting Owl Pro)” in both the Speaker drop down menu and the Microphone drop down menu.
    
    
    

  • Click or tap Test Speaker. You should hear a chime emanate from the Meeting OWL. Click or tap Stop. 

  • Click or tap Test Microphone.  Speak a few words. The application will record what you say and play it back to you from the Meeting OWL.  

  • Uh-oh: If you do not hear the chime, or your voice is not played back to you, or you do hear these things, but not coming from the Meeting OWL, check that “....(meeting owl pro)”is selected in both the Speaker and Microphone drop down menus (see above.)
    
    Also check for the following:

    • Red lights illuminated on the base of the Meeting Owl? This indicates that theMeeting OWL’s is muted.
      You would also see the following icon in the center of the video feed coming from the OWL in Zoom:

  

  To unmute the OWL walk over to the Meeting OWL and press the following button located on the base of the OWL:

  

  Done with settings!  Phew!  But don’t close the Settings window yet...
  

Step 3: Set the camera shot.

Now it’s time to point the camera where you want it.  Still in Zoom Settings, in the Video settings section, use the video preview to help you choose your camera shot.

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