Viso12 - Reference Manual
Introduction
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Welcome to Viso
Welcome to Viso
Main topics How to use this Help Introduction Important definitions User management Wh...
How to use this Help
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Introduction
Viso® is a powerful tool to record video and audio in multiple independent locations. Record with...
Important definitions
IMPORTANT The terminology in this Help may differ from what you see in Viso, since your colleague...
User Management
Viso has five user roles that differ in rights to work with the program. This ensures that acti...
What's new in Viso 11?
Allocate locations to departments In Viso 11 we introduce the concept of departments. Your colle...
What's new in Viso 12?
Software based licensing fully integrated in Viso You can activate or deactive your software lic...
Prepare session recording
Locations and Sessions
By default, a session is a recording with all cameras in one location. To create sessions, your u...
Pan, Tilt, and Zoom
aim Pan, Tilt and Zoom the camera to obtain a proper view of the subjects under study. prere...
Save PTZ presets
aim To save the new camera view so that you can return to it easily. prerequisites nYour user ...
Video layout
aim To choose the position of your videos on your screen. IMPORTANT The changes do not affect ...
Change Audio source and volume in preview
aim To select which audio source to hear in Viso and to adjust the volume. By default you hear o...
Talk to people in location
aim To talk to the people in the location through the camera speaker. This is, for example, usef...
Specify a default session name
aim To set a default name for your sessions. Your sessions will be saved with the default name, ...
Create and edit groups
aim To give groups of users identical rights, for instance, permission to view your session live...
Invite participants
aim To give other users permission to view your session live and to review it afterwards. prere...
The Viso interface
Log in
aim To start working with Viso you need to log in with the login name and password that you rece...
Tabs
The Viso interface has the following tabs: Dashboard Locations Sessions Scheduler (if y...
Dashboard
Viso opens with the dashboard which includes a calendar and a sessions list. Days in bold indicat...
Locations
The Locations tab is present for those whose user role allows session recording. It contains a li...
Sessions
The Sessions tab contains the list with recorded sessions that you are entitled to review. For Te...
Scheduler
The Scheduler tab is available if you have the Scheduler Module. In this tab you can schedule you...
Codes
The Codes tab is available if you have the Annotation Module. In the Codes tab you can create Cod...
Select locations for recording
What do you want to do? Select one location and record a session Select multiple locations to...
Select one location and record a session
aim To select one location for a single session recording. prerequisite Your user role allows ...
Select multiple locations to record separate sessions for each location
aim To select multiple locations for simultaneous session recording. Each location results in a ...
Select multiple locations to record a composite session
aim To select multiple locations for simultaneous recording. All recordings are combined in one ...
Sessions
Record sessions
aim To create recordings with all cameras in the selected locations. Important Do not log in w...
Review sessions
aim To play back recorded sessions. If your license includes the Annotation Module you can also ...
Present sessions
aim To present a session full screen on another screen, for example with a beamer or on a large ...
Manage sessions
aim To rename or delete sessions, change the annotator or the owner of a session, import videos,...
Annotations
The Annotation Module
If your Viso license includes the Annotation Module, you can mark events that are of interest for...
Annotation Module, important terms
Subjects Subjects are the individuals in your study. Define subjects if you are interested in di...
Create Codes Lists
aim To specify the events of interest for your study. Subjects and markers are organized in code...
Annotate
aim To score markers during session recording, or afterwards while playing the recorded session ...
Enter a remark
aim To mark something of interest that you did not define in the Codes list. This can be done du...
View annotations
aim To view the annotations from a session recorded by someone else. prerequisites Your lice...
Playback events
If you want to play back a specific event, set a pre-roll interval to start playing a few secon...
Edit scored subjects, markers and remarks
aim To correct annotation errors. prerequisites Your license includes the Annotation Module....
Select another Codes list
aim To choose another Codes list than the one that was used for scoring and annotate with that l...
Change the annotator
aim To assign the role of session annotator to another user, for instance, a colleague or one of...
Reclaim the role of annotator
aim To claim back the role of annotator that you gave to another user, for instance, a colleague...
Customize the Session window
What do you want to do? Dock/Undock Event log or Time Line Dock/Undock panes and tabs Displa...
Export annotations to text file
aim To export the annotations to a Comma Separated Value text file (CSV-file) so that you can an...
Highlight videos
aim To select specific point events of interest within sessions and create highlight videos cont...
Schedule Session Recording
Schedule a session
aim To schedule session recording in advance. prerequisites Your Viso license includes the S...
Manage scheduled sessions
aim To reschedule or remove a scheduled session. prerequisites Your Viso license includes th...
The Scheduler in detail
What do you want to do? Select the current day in the calendar Select locations to display in...
Making an audit report
aim To export a log file with all the activities regarding video creation, deletion and access o...
Viso with The Observer XT
Start and stop recording in Viso from The Observer XT
Combining your Viso recordings with other data may give you a more complete picture of the phenom...
Import Viso sessions into The Observer XT
The videos created by Viso can be opened in the manual annotation program The Observer XT and, ...
Import sessions directly
aim To import Viso sessions in The Observer XT. This makes use of the Noldus network communicati...
Export sessions in Viso and import them in The Observer XT
aim To import Viso sessions in The Observer XT if the computers with Viso and The Observer XT ar...
How Viso annotations appear in The Observer XT
In the Coding Scheme In The Observer XT, choose Setup > Open Coding Scheme, to open the Coding S...
Further analysis with The Observer XT
In The Observer XT you can further analyze your sessions. For example: Carry out a Behavior an...
Technical Support
Viso Menu Viso’s menu contains the following support options: Viso Help Opens the Viso Help....
Keyboard shortcuts
Why use keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts allow you to use Viso without taking your hands of...
The Viso Web App
Log in
aim To start working with the Viso Web App you need to log in with the login name and password t...
View locations and start and stop recording
aim Remotely view locations and start and stop a (single session) recording. prerequisite Your...
Sessions
The Sessions tab contains the list with recorded sessions that you are entitled to review. For Te...