Step-by-Step Guide Updated Feb 1, 2017
Overview At Swivl, our mission is to lift school achievement by expanding the focus of observations to students. Typical classroom observations tools aren t observant enough to be valuable to teachers. So, we built our own solution that enables teachers to record frequent video observations of not only themselves, but of their students, too. With the new Swivl+ app, you can record video from up to 5 devices at once to capture your entire classroom. After recording, we built an innovative interface for reviewing these Multi-Camera observations.
Pro+ Key Features Record video from up to 5 devices at once. Teacher controls when recording starts and stops from his/her device. Deliver slides on 5 devices with content or instructions Keeps small groups focused and on task Play 5 videos at the same time from a single interface for advanced assessment Easy switching between video feeds
Software Download the Swivl app for ios Used by the Teacher to initiate Multi-Camera recording. Download Swivl+ for ios or for Android Used by the Students for small group video recording. Pro+ Subscription Login to Swivl cloud to enable your free Pro+ Trial, which unlocks the Multi-Camera feature.
Set up Requirements Use up to 5 recording devices. The latest ipads and Android tablets work best, smartphones work too. The teacher device must be an ios device. The student devices can be a mix of Android and ios. Make sure each device is fully charged, has plenty of free storage space, and is connected to a strong WiFi network. Positioning Position one ios device facing the teacher with the Swivl app open. Position between 1 and 4 ios or Android devices in front of small groups of students with the Swivl+ app open. (Swivl+ for Android)
Typical Layout in a Classroom
Capture Open the Swivl app on the teacher device. Log into your cloud account. Navigate to the recording screen by tapping on the Capture button in the app menu.
Pin Code In the lower right corner, tap on the Multi-Camera button. This will generate a unique Multi- Camera session pin code.
Connect Student Devices From the Student devices, open the Swivl+ app and enter the pin code. Repeat this until all student devices are connected.
Confirm Connection From the teacher s device, you ll see how many devices are actively connected at the bottom of the screen. Currently the maximum is 5 devices total, 1 teacher and 4 student.
Initiate Recording From the teacher s device, tap the record button to initiate recording on all the connected devices. The teacher controls when the student devices are recording or not.
Pause and Resume You can pause the video and resume using the Rec button. All the recording devices will stay in sync.
End Session, Upload When you are finished recording, tap End Session. Select OK to enable automatic delete. You re videos will automatically be uploaded to your cloud account and removed from local storage.
End Session, Upload After you tap End Session, all the connected devices will stop recording and automatically upload the videos to your cloud account. The students do not have access to the recorded videos. For fastest results, keep the apps open until uploading is completed.
Upload and View After all the videos are uploaded, they will be processed in the cloud for easy viewing. Login to your Swivl cloud account to view and share Multi- Camera projects.
Multi-Camera Interface
Switching Video/Audio Click on any of the video previews to swap it with the main video in the primary viewing window. This also enables audio for the video you clicked and mutes audio for the video moved to the preview window.
The main video plays at normal frame rate. Multi-Camera viewing
The smaller video previews play at 2 frames per second. Switching Video/Audio
Switching Video/Audio You can adjust which audio channels are enabled from the mix panel control on the bottom right of the player control bar.
You can also share the video with colleagues and get feedback with time-stamped comments. Commenting
Sharing You can share the projects with others via Email, a Private Link or to a Group. Collaborate with colleagues, teachers and administrators.
Slides Using slides is a great way to deliver content and instructions to small groups. To get started, you first need to upload a slide presentation to your Swivl cloud library. Importing Slides Once slides are uploaded to Swivl cloud, login to the Swivl app and the slides will be automatically synced to the device.
Adding Slides Tap Add Media to insert slides that you ve already uploaded via Swivl cloud. Select the slide deck from your library, then tap the Multi-Camera button to start the session.
Progressing Slides You control the slide presentation by either swiping right / left on the ipad screen, or using a Swivl robot and clicking the left or right buttons on the marker. The slides will automatically be shared on the connected devices.
Using Swivl Robot Connect your Swivl Robot to the primary device and launch the Swivl app. C-Series Setup Once the Robot is connected to the primary device, you ll be able to control the recording (start / pause / resume), as well as navigate the slides with the help of your marker.
Multi-Camera videos work best when using a wide angle lens. Expand Lens Integrated wide angle lens, case and stand Compatible with ipad Air 1,2 and ipad Pro 9.7 Expand Lens Mini Clip on wide angle lens for ios and Android Devices Learn more at swivl.com/expand Wide Angle Lens
For additional help, visit support.swivl.com