ThereNow iris LiveView User Manual - Automatic Uploading

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AUTOMATIC UPLOADING

The video recordings that are created during an observation 

are initially stored on your computer’s hard drive (C:/therenow/

recordings). The videos must be uploaded from your computer 

to your secure account on the thereNow web application. This 

will allow you to review the recordings in the context of the 

data you have collected or to collect further data and share the 

observation with other users if you wish.

This process will be managed for you using the 

thereNow Video Uploader. 

Automatic Upload using the thereNow Video 

Uploader

The thereNow Video Uploader is installed on your 

computer automatically when you download and run the 

software from the ‘Getting Started’ area of your Dashboard tab. 

Upon first launch, the Uploader will prompt you to log in. Use 

your thereNow credentials to log in. If open, the thereNow Video 

Uploader will automatically detect when you have made a video 

recording during an observation and upload it to your account. 

The thereNow Video Uploader will run automatically 

from start up.  You can check the status of any 

upload or change the settings by 

double clicking on the 

Uploader icon in the bottom 

right hand corner of your screen (icons 

tray).

Be sure that the 

thereNow Video 

Uploader is 

activated before 

starting the 

recording. This 

will ensure that the 

video gets uploaded. 

Once uploaded, the web application will 

associate the video file with the relevant 

observation and optimize the video for 

viewing on the Internet.

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If the computer you 

are using is shared with 

other thereNow users 

then make sure that the 

thereNow Video Uploader 

is logged into your 

account by clicking on 

the settings tab.

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Don’t worry if you 

disconnect from the 

Internet while uploading 

a file - the next time that 

you have a connection 

the software will pick up 

from where it left off.

Audio and camera controls

To control the camera, simply left click with your mouse in the 

video window where you would like the camera to center.  Use 

the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out.

The following is a description of the icons on the bottom of the 

LiveView player from left to right.

Take a snapshot.  Use the ‘camera’ icon to take still shots. (pics 

saved under C:/therenow/snapshots).

Full screen video mode.  Use this button to expand the video to 

a larger player - ideal for a duel computer monitor set up.

Joy stick mode.  This is another mechanism to control the 

camera. The arrow on the screen indicates the direction of 

camera travel. When you depress the left mouse button, the 

distance from the center of the video image indicates the speed 

of camera travel. This control mechanism is more precise but 

requires practice.

Mute and un-mute.  This mutes the sound from the microphones 

in the classroom.

Talk back button.  Click this button to communicate to the 

teacher through the earpiece.  Be sure to use headphones when 

doing this.  Not using headphones will result in the teacher 

hearing the classroom audio from your computer’s speakers.  

Click again to mute the talk back button.  

Video and audio comments

In addition to text comments, you can create video and audio 

comments using your computer’s microphone and webcam by 

clicking on the ‘Record Audio’ or ‘Record Video’ buttons. 

Adding files

You can add files to support your observation by clicking on the 

‘Files’ button underneath the video window. If the file is of a type 

that can’t be opened by your browser then right click on the file, 

select ‘Save Target As’  from the menu and save the file to your 

computer so that it can be opened with the appropriate program.