Monday, March 16, 2020

Speaking Online Challenges (Disasters!) Reminders

I have made these notes to remind myself but you might be interested.

Speaking online reminders
Body monitor
hands can go out of screen. Must use hands in front of you.
You must practise your speech.
PC recommended or laptop. Not a mobile.
Don't say it's my first time on land.
If standing too far back, you get poor sound quality.

Also if you will be a judge, practise judging yourself giving a speech.

Research thoroughly because online you are more likely to be recorded.

Chat function stops people discussing and sharing the subject of the table topics (or any other secret discussion)

People unmute thinking you need to unmute to hear.

You need a mute master to remotely mute.

How do you get just your photo showing. Does it mean you are out?
Show IC to prove who you are, in an exam, just not look aside.
If you go to the toilet, your notes are removed.
SAA ask you to open your phone and power off. Practice that.
Cut down ways of cheating.
Zoom master must spotlight the speaker.

You can turn off the video by covering your built in camera
on laptop, so you can be invisible if you are applying lipstick, combing your hair, tying your tie, making notes and looking away or typing in your laptop or using the phone.

gallery view - see lots of poeple. Speaker view shows just one person.
For a recording you need to focus on the speaker. Sit facing your camera. Don't sit to one side or lean out of view.

I used a laptop, but saw the. A sign under person's picture shows they are speaking.

Use an extra mike to be loud and clear.
On a low setting see one page of a person speaking?
For just one person.

Assign a breakout room (separate room) so nobody in tat room gets extra time listening to the topic..
Anone late is in a waiting room and admitted during a break.

Judge is given control of the limited options.

Only zoom  host can control.
You lock out latecomers.
If not a contestant must wait until break time. Why people who are disconnected and come back they turn microphones on and off and delay and distract the operators.

Alternatively put everybody in a waiting room.

Mute of stoops others unmuting.

Why cover your camera. So you can yawn or sneeze unseen. Or shout for a glass of water. Slip awy to fetch a pen or visit the bathroom (rest room). In case you look tired. Or need to wash your hair.

To send ballot via whatapp. for a record, use email.
Chief judge sends it to the tally counter.
Judges are still anonymous..

Timer and tally counter could be one person.

You can give the host account to the chief judge.
In the breakout room it is not recorded.

Chief judge decides.
Sign out.
Judges can all be in different.
Breakout room just for chief judge and tally counter.
Still have to send to each other.

You look for your name in the list.Enter a screen name.find contestant fast. Number or list each name with a prefix number so you can find the people needed for the breakout room.

You must create Whatap group for the quick messages.

Send an email so you can find the record easily.

You need to print a form and take a picture.
Email gives date, type of contest and , otherwise the chief judge has lots of cryptic messages from different events.

Do you judges need a printed judging form.
Or you can type in. Make a pdf to send to the chief judge. The top part you normally keep is not sent.

If no time to print, pdf writers have an easy meeter  writer or adobe? Sign on paper and send photo to chief judge. Only one minute to send results.

Same as physical club, you need a break of 15 minutes.

Contest chair if experienced must check all contestants can see the timer.
Contest chair must know the features of zoom.
The word

green screen or timer with card.

Timer in one corner.
not possible.
The word timer is under it.
Show recording would be interrupted.

In a room of 200 people, or 25, can see some people.
Hold up green card near camera to fill the screen.
Hold card over your face.

Go to google random number to choose speaking order. But you might not want to waste time.

As a contestant use your mobile horizontally.

If the audience members are muted, they cannot respond with laughter. They could wave.
GET AN EXTERNAL MICROPHONE.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Author and speaker.














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