Scholars Studio: One Button Studio (OBS)

​Hours

The One Button Studio is open during Circulation Library Hours of Operation. 

The One Button Studio may be reserved for up to 2 hours per day and a total of 14 hours per week. Once a reservation is made, the student (or faculty/staff member) will receive an email to confirm the reservation. The student (or faculty/staff member) must confirm the reservation within 30
minutes of receiving the email to complete the reservation process. The Access & Instruction Desk controls access to the One Button Studio at the time
of reservation.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the One Button Studio, our policies, or the online reservation system, please contact the Access & Instruction Desk at circle@cofc.edu or 953-8001.  

Using the Studio

The One Button Studio: Create Video in 3 Simple Steps

Quick Start Guide

Presentation Best Practices

• Provides helpful tips for presenters on scripting, what to wear, recording (video duration, eye contact, audio and tone), presentation guidelines (fonts, colors, photos, contrast, text, and making your video recording accessible for viewers with disabilities).  ---from Penn State Media Commons

Troubleshooting

Penn State One Button Studio Support provides helpful tips for common Flash drive recording errors.

• Flash Drive Not Formatted Correctly
• Not Enough Space on Flash Drive
• Nothing Happens When Flash Drive is Plugged In
• I Plugged in the Flash Drive and the Lights Turned On, But There is No Video or a Solid Blue Background on the Screen.
• There is No Video on the Flash Drive

What is it? How does it work?

The One Button Studio (OBS) is a simple, easy to use video recording lab located at Addlestone Library, Room 136, adjacent to the Access & Instruction Desk. The Studio is  equipped with lights, audio, and cameras and can be used by College of Charleston students, faculty, and staff to practice and record presentations without video production experience. 

The One Button Studio can also be reserved for podcasting and audio recording. A Blue Yeti USB microphone is available for checkout at the Access & Instruction Desk and GarageBand and Audacity audio editing software is available on the Mac computer designated for podcasting.

What Can I Use It For?

Some types of video projects work well in the One Button Studio.  When building assignments or planning a recording session consider some of these ideas:

Presentation practice, rehearsing individual or group oral presentations.
Practicing your public speaking skills, preparing for conference presentations, thesis and dissertation defenses, poster sessions,
       or research exhibitions.
Practicing interviewing skills for internship or job interviews.
Creating videos for course introductions, online instruction, training, recruitment, or posting to social media.
​Creating pitch videos, recording innovative videos for class projects.
​Recording interviews, podcasts.
Creating video essays.
​Language Practice.

---Adapted from University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries, Penn State Media Commons, and UC San Diego.

Reserve Studio Online

• Reservations can be made online or via mobile phone by visiting library.cofc.edu, navigating to the "Services" tab and clicking One Button Studio Reservations.
• Only CofC students, faculty, and staff with a valid @g.cofc.edu or @cofc.edu email address are allowed to make reservations.
• Once a reservation is made, you will receive an email to confirm the reservation. You must confirm the reservation within 30 minutes of receiving the email to complete the reservation process. You may use your confirmation email to verify your reservation in the event that two groups claim to have a reservation for the same time.
• Reservations may be made up to 60 days in advance.
• Each student, faculty, or staff member can make two, one hour reservations per day, up to 3 times per week.

Check-in with Access & Instruction

• Visit the first floor Addlestone Access & Instruction Desk to verify your reservation, check out presentation remote, USB flash drive and obtain access to the One Button Studio (requires valid College of Charleston ID).
• You may also use your own flash drive.
• USB drives are also available for purchase from the vending machine on the Library's first floor.

Record Your Video

Record Your Video Make sure you have enough space on your flash drive—a 1GB flash drive will record approximately 25 minutes Insert your USB drive into the dock to activate the Studio camera and lighting Press the large silver button to start/stop recording When finished recording, remove your USB drive to deactivate the studio camera and lights Use the workstation PC to move your recordings to your personal USB drive or cloud storage (optional)

Want To Do Some Post-Production Work?

Make sure to visit the Production Lounge!

The Production Lounge is a suite of 5 Mac computers that may be reserved by College of Charleston students, faculty and staff for digital scholarship and multimedia curricular activities (photo editing, audio editing, and video production). The Production Lounge provides access to Adobe Creative Suite and computers in the Production Lounge may be reserved for up to 5 hours per day and a total of 10 hours per week. 

A full list of software, resources, and tutorials is available at: https://libguides.library.cofc.edu/productionlounge.

Images
Expected Time Investment in Technology Skills from One Button Studio (Penn State).
One Button Studio floor plan graphic from One Button Studio (Penn State).
Video Studio Icons designed by Freepik from Flaticon. Remixed with permission by JPvanArnhem. 
Welcome to the One Button Studio animated .gif from One Button Studio (Penn State).

Sources
The Pennsylvania State University Media Commons: Using Your One Button Studio
University of California San Diego: One Button Studio
University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries: One Button Studio LibGuide

Tips for Faculty 

Instruction Timelines, Strategies, and Best Practices

• A list of timelines, strategies and Best Practices for faculty interested in video project assignments or activities.  ---from University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries
• If you are interested in using the OBS in your courses or would like advice on designing your activity or presentation, please contact Jolanda-Pieta (Joey) van Arnhem.