Producing Teams Live Events

In this module, you will learn how and why to set up a TLE virtual event

Lessons:

• MS vs Zoom
• TLE vs Teams Meeting
• Roles and Permissions in TLE
• Desktop vs Web Platform
• System Requirements and Supported Platforms
• Scheduling and Configuring TLE Meeting
  • Global Event Policies
    • People & Groups Org-wide Public
  • Event Settings
    • Recording Options
    • Captions
    • Attendee Engagement Report
    • Q&A (detailed in Module 2)

Lab: Set up a TLE Meeting at a specific time, add presenter as an attendee to check completion

In this module, you will learn how to operate and produce the TLE, and will have the opportunity to try it for yourself

Lessons:

• Joining the Event
  • How you will join as Producer and Speakers
  • How attendees will join
  • How attendees join through OV
• Controlling Content
  • Queuing content to preview window
  • Single Source; Content Left
    • Sharing screens, webcams
  • Best Practices
    • Conflict in sharing
    • Mute all
    • Auditorium mode
    • Live Captions
    • Live event will resume in a moment
  • Production Chat (viewable only by producer room)
  • Moderated Q&A
    • Publishing Questions
    • Answering Questions Publicly vs Privately
    • Dismissing Questions
  • Making an Announcement
    • Making an announcement in OV
    • Why you would want to do TLE vs OV Announcement
  • Monitoring Call Health
  • Pushing Live/Starting the Event
    • Monitoring the attendee feed
      • 20 second delay
    • Ending the Event/Restarting the Event
    • Reporting/Recording available after the event

Lab:

• Join TLE as a Producer, post an announcement for the presenter to check

In this module, you will learn how and why to pre-record content, and play the pre-recorded content back through a virtual webcam

Lessons:

• OBS Basics
  • Use Cases
  • Adding scenes to live video
  • Pre-recording video content
  • Playing pre-recorded content as a virtual webcam
• Overview and where to download
  • Version 27 or earlier needed for NDI
  • Version 28+ Virtual Webcam
• NDI Tools
  • Overview and where to download
  • Enabling NDI in Teams
• OBS Basic Operation
  • Studio Mode
    • Dock Overview and Info
    • Settings
  • Streaming
  • Recording
  • Virtual Webcam
• Pre-recording Video
  • Why to pre-record?
  • How to build scenes
    • Adding sources
    • Layers
    • Adding lower thirds, graphics
    • Audio
  • Playing Back Pre-Recorded Content
• Playing OBS Output through TLE Webcam

Lab:

• Change webcam in TLE to a virtual camera with alternative input

Module 4: Taking Your Event to the Next Level

Lessons:

• Accessibility for Organizers
  • Captions
  • VOD
• Driving Attendance
• Driving Engagement
• Tips for Better Events

Labs:

• Use Case Studies with seeded questions, polls for data

Module 5: Q&A and Wrap-up