{"id":105,"date":"2019-01-20T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T16:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/russianchat\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2019-01-31T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:57:17","slug":"technical-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/russianchat\/about\/technical-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>These guidelines were written by Vika Zafrin, <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/disc\/\">Digital Scholarship<\/a> Librarian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You will be going out into the field and recording audio and\/or video interviews. These guidelines explain what equipment and software you\u2019ll need, and walk you through creating sample audio and video files, uploading them to the Russian Chat website, and publishing the interviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Technical Assumptions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>We assume that you have a laptop running Windows or Mac OS, and a smartphone running iOS or Android, that you can use in this class. <\/span><span>If you do not have these, or if they are running another operating system, please let Prof. Malykhina know ASAP and contact Dr. Zafrin as per below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What You Will Need<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Hardware<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A phone tripod \u2014\u00a0optional, but strongly recommended. These are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=phone+tripod\"><span>available for purchase<\/span><\/a><span> on Amazon for $9-25 or so. It doesn\u2019t need to be fancy; tabletop is fine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Software<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Laptop<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Adobe Creative Cloud, and within it, Audition CC. You will use Audition to record, edit, and compress audio-only interviews.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>VLC media player. You will use this free and open-source software to compress video interviews.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Phone<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Adobe Premiere Clip. You will use this to record video interviews.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Software Setup<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Adobe Creative Cloud<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>First, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/digital-multimedia-production\/adobe-creative-cloud\/request\/\"><span>request a free-to-you license<\/span><\/a><span> from IS&amp;T. Allow a couple of days to receive this license.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>While you\u2019re waiting for the license, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\"><span>acquaint yourself with the suite<\/span><\/a><span> if you haven\u2019t already.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Once you have received this license, follow <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/digital-multimedia-production\/adobe-creative-cloud\/installation-instructions\/\"><span>IS&amp;T installation instructions<\/span><\/a><span> for Mac or Windows as appropriate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Once you\u2019ve installed Creative Cloud, follow the Installing Individual Applications instructions at the link above, and install Audition CC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>VLC media player<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Install it on your laptop from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/\"><span>here<\/span><\/a><span>, for the appropriate operating system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Adobe Premiere Clip<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Install this free app on your phone from the app store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The following instructions for logging in with your BU credentials were created using APC for iOS. Doing this on an Android phone should be very similar or identical:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Start up app; skip past any suggested additional app downloads<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Press \u201cSign In\u201d and accept the \u201cAutomatic Backup Enabled\u201d notice. Enter your full BU email address (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:yourusername@bu.edu\"><span>yourusername@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><span>) in the email address field. <\/span><b>DO NOT enter your Kerberos password or anything else in the Password field.<\/b><span> Press \u201cSign in.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>You should see a screen that says \u201cChoose an account for [your email address].\u201d Press \u201cEnterprise ID.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>You should be redirected to the usual BU web login window, with the BU logo at the top. Log in as you do for any other BU service (your username is NOT your full email address here).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>You should see an empty My Projects screen. If you see it, you\u2019re done. If you have any trouble with this, contact the IT Help Center (see below).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions?<\/h3>\n<p><span>If you have trouble with the installations, please contact the IT Help Center (353-HELP or open a ticket <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\"><span>here<\/span><\/a><span>).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p><span>After you&#8217;re done with the technical setup, please proceed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/russianchat\/about\/technical-setup-assignments\/\">Technical Setup Assignments<\/a>. <\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These guidelines were written by Vika Zafrin, Digital Scholarship Librarian. You will be going out into the field and recording audio and\/or video interviews. 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