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Checklist for light tripod (05-12)

2013/12/23 Leave a comment
  1. Are all Parts there?
    1. Tripod screw, wing nut
    2. Top plate – make sure this part is not missing!clip_image001
  2. Test the Functionality
    1. Make sure that tripod can extend and stand on 3 legs, like so:clip_image002
    2. Attach a camera to tripod.
    3. Move camera in all directions (top/bottom, left/right…)
  3. Maintenance:
    1. reduce tripod size again to its most compact position.
    2. Close all levers so that legs arrest.
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Checklist for lavaliere microphones (01-03)

2013/12/23 Leave a comment
  1. Are all  Parts there?
    1. Microphone with 3.5 mm cable
    2. Phono adapter (1/4’’)
    3. Clip clip_image002
    4. Battery  (pictured below) clip_image001
  2. Test the Functionality
    1. Test making a recording like so .
  3. Maintenance:
    1. If needed, exchange battery (from box on shelves with sign "office supplies")
    2. Ensure that microphone is turned off. Have returning student make sure the microphone is turned off (wears down battery).
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Checklist for heavy tripods (01-04)

2013/12/23 Leave a comment
  1. Are all Parts there?
    1. Tripod
    2. Head plate
    3. Screws /wing nuts
    4. Handleclip_image001
  2. Test the Functionality:
    1. Attach a camera to tripod.
    2. Move camera in all directions (top/bottom, left/right…)
  3. Maintenance:
    1. reduce tripod size again to its most compact position.
    2. Close all levers so that legs arrest.
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Checklist for lights (01-07)

2013/12/23 Leave a comment
  1. Are all Parts there:
    1. main:
      1. Light q60
      2. stand raven rs-8

      q60-sg light and Raven RS8 8 ft. Aluminum Light Stand

    2. minor:
      1. Lamp clip_image001
      2. Stand
        1. (1,4): screw, wing nut
        2. (2,5): screw, wing nut
        3. (3,6): screw, wing nut
        4. disassembled: CAM04117
      3. Test the Functionality
        1. Assemble light and (not pictured) stand and extend.
        2. Plug them in and turn them on CAM04116
      4. Maintenance:
        1. Replace bulb if necessary
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Checklist for Rebel cameras (17/18/19/20)

2013/12/23 1 comment
  1. Parts
    1. Battery
    2. SD Memory Card
    3. Battery Charger
    4. USB cable
    5. Lens

    clip_image001

  2. Test the Functionality
    1. Turn camera on
    2. Set to video
    3. Take a 5sec video
    4. clip_image002
    5. clip_image003
    6. Playback clip_image004
  3. Maintenance
    1. Charge battery
    2. Initialize sd card like so.
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Checklist for microphone booms

2013/12/23 Leave a comment
  1. Model:CIMG0052
  2. Parts:
    1. CAM04107 Stitch
    2. 3 segments (1,2,3),
    3. 2 segment connecting screws (4,5)
    4. 1 top screw (6) allows for attaching part  “small”from shotgun mics (but “large” does not fit):
    5. LRCMicroBoom large CIMG0048gitzo-gb0530-CIMG0010microphone holder CIMG0050
    6. 1 top screw plastic cap(not pictured)
  3. Functionality:
    1. Note that these parts are supposed to be assembled,
    2. and the plastic rings to be loosened,
    3. for the boom to extend, like so: CAM04109 Stitch
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Trying to reduce Attempt abandoned in Hot Potato Hot Pot Moodle quizzes

2013/12/20 Leave a comment
    1. The Hot Potatoes quiz activity per se does not seem to have a submit button, since it is auto-grading, per question.
    2. . When the quiz is completed, the string in ExerciseCompleted (usually: “You have complete the exercise” )appears in a modal dialogue and on top.
    3. image
    4. Before Exercise is complete, the instructions now remain, since I have turned off ShowCompleteSoFar:  clip_image001
    5. One could make  ExerciseCompleted much more visible (like with ShowCompleteSoFar permanently in a Hot Potatoe inhstallation), if looking out for this message would help the students not abandoning the quiz early: image
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How to get rid of “Questions completed” feedback in Hot Potatoes quizzes

2013/12/20 Leave a comment
  1. If you dig into the JavaScript in the HTML, looking for the default feedback t4ext (“Questions completed so far”), you see (as I have done here manually; this could be relatively easily done also for an entire batch of course quizzes with a global replacement) that you turn this option off:
    1. var CompletedSoFar = ‘Questions completed so far: ‘;
    2. var ShowCompletedSoFar = false;
  2. But that does not get rid of the #/# being displayed.
  3. There is an option to get rid of the Feedback text: image
  4. If I read the options correctly, there is no such setting (we tried the obvious suspects here): image
  5. function CheckQuestionsCompleted(){
    // trp: trying to disable showing to student QuestionsCompleted 
// (entire function  even if somebody changes the variable ShowCompletedSoFar) 
    // if i understand correctly, what users really do not want to show 
// is a misleading completed correctly for completed 
// (which leads to students not know that they have finished?) - \
// is there no better way? 
    // was: if (ShowCompletedSoFar == false )){return '';} 
// trp: cannot find a gui to set ShowCompletedSoFar  to false
    var QsCompleted = 0;
    for (var QNum=0; QNum<State.length; QNum++){         if (State[QNum] != null){             if (State[QNum][0] &gt;= 0){
                QsCompleted++;
            }
        }
    }
//Fixes for 6.2.2.2
    if (QsCompleted >= QArray.length){
        return ExerciseCompleted;
    }
    else{
        return ''; // trp: CompletedSoFar + ' ' + QsCompleted + '/' + QArray.length + '.';
    }
}
  6. Since you can edit the sourcefiles of a HotPotatoes installation, you can turn it also off for a machine permanently:
  7. If this variable is there in the underlying code, shouldn’t there be also an option in the GUI (not necessarily, maybe was never implemented – or maybe I just have not found it…).
  8. For what the output will look like, see here.
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