Eureki : how to use your Whiteboard in Studio mode
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Eureki : how to use your Whiteboard in Studio mode.
Eureki Studio is a virtual (Tablet PC recommended) or physical whiteboard system based on the eBeam System 3 technology (http://www.ebeam.com). You can use it independently from PowerPoint and it allows you to add whiteboard drawings, – and spoken comments – to your Speechi Studio presentation. It allows also to generate Flash animations that can be published independently on the Web.
The first step consists in equipping your whiteboard with the eBeam system. Once the whiteboard is connected to your PC (by a USB or BlueTooth connection), you can proceed on with the different setup steps of your whiteboard (calibration and shortcuts) necessary to use your whiteboard.
To run Eureki in Studio mode, just run Eureki in the Speechi program group (no need to open PowerPoint).
To setup the physical separate whiteboard (detect presence, calibrate whiteboard, calibrate stickers), refer to the corresponding above paragraphs in Conference mode.
« Just draw » mode
To access the drawing mode, use the menu “Record -> Draw”
In the “drawing mode”, Eureki allows you:
- to capture all drawings done on a whiteboard
- to print them (file -> print)
- to export them as Flash animation (Flash menu)
- to export them as XML for future importation to Speechi Studio or to modify them in Eureki Studio (file -> save)
In order to use Eureki Studio in the drawing mode, click on Record ->> Start or on the button « record » (
).
You can then start drawing on the whiteboard (4 colors), erase (electronic eraser) interrupt your drawing with the pause 
button, stop the recording with the STOP 
button.
How to play what you have recorded and how to change it (« play » mode)
To play what you have recorded or to update it, Eureki has powerful retouching tools for recordings.
The Play button 
- menu play -> Start allows you to play what you have recorded.
The «Beginning » et « End » buttons 
and 
allow you to go to the beginning or the end of the recording.
The « next shape » (
) and « previous shape » (
) allow you to go directly to the next or previous shape of your previously captured animation.
. In this case, you will keep everything that had been recorded before you started a new recording, everything after the new recording will be replaced by your new recording (your new capture). This mode is extremely powerful to retouch or update, on the whiteboard or on your PC, the different animations.
How to save your recordings in Xml or Flash format
When you have finished your recording, you can save it in Flash format (menu « Flash »), after having previewed it.
You can also save your animations in XML format. This format is very important because:
- it allows you at any moment to open your animation again with Eureki in order to play it, modify, etc…
- it is understood by Speechi and you can import your animation to Speechi Studio. Click on
in Speechi Studio.
« Record Drawing and Sound » Mode
To access the drawing mode, use the menu “Record -> Record Drawing and Sound”
In the “drawing and sound mode”, Eureki allows you:
- to capture all drawings done on a whiteboard, while recording your voice simultaneously
- to print them (file -> print)
- to export them as Flash animation (Flash menu)
- to export them as XML for a future importation to a Speechi Studio or to modify them in Eureki Studio (file -> save)
In order to use Eureki Studio in the drawing and sound mode, click on Record ->> Start or on the button « record » .
You can then start drawing on the whiteboard (4 colors), erase (electronic eraser) interrupt your drawing with the pause button, stop the recording with the STOP button.
To replay what you have recorded (« play » Mode)
Eureki allows you to play your recordings.
The Play button - menu play -> Start allows you to play what you have recorded.
The «Beginning » et « End » buttons and allow you to go to the beginning or the end of the recording.
The « next shape » and « previous shape » allow you to go directly to the next or previous shape of your previously captured animation.
How to save your recordings in Xml or Flash format
When you have finished recording, you can save them in Flash format (« Flash » menu), after having previewed them.
You can also save your animations in XML format. This format is very important because:
- it allows you at any moment to open your animations again with Eureki in order to play them, modify them, etc…
- it is understood by Speechi and you can import your animations to Speechi Studio. Click on in Speechi Studio.
« Comment an animation » Mode
To access the « Comment an animation » mode, use the menu « Record -> Comment an animation »
In the « Comment an animation » mode, Eureki allows you :
- to comment any animation previously captured
- you control entirely the moment of the appearance of the different parts of your drawing.
This mode is extremely interesting in order to comment, once you are relaxed, the drawings on the whiteboard. In general, a professor who prepares his class has difficulties to concentrate on his drawings and on his speech at the same time. With Eureki, he can calmly prepare his drawings, and comment them while controlling his course in time.
The navigation bar below is used the following way :
At the left hand, the button « record, pause, stop » (recorder bar) allows to record your speech.
At the right hand, the buttons, « beginning/end, previous/next shape, play » allow to make the drawing appear according to the rhythm wanted, shape by shape.
The « recorder » and « play » bars are totally independent. This way a professor can « stop » the course of his animation while he is recording (longer total time of the animation) or on the contrary, stop the recording and advance the drawing (shorter total time of the animation).
With these tools, it is possible to completely change the moments of appearance of the different shapes as well as the synchronization. This way , a drawing which would have taken 10 mn to draw , can be commented and played in 30 seconds, according to the needs of the professor.
and the first circle will no longer be visible in your final presentation (as a matter of fact, the drawing of your first circle, the erasing and the drawing of the second circle will be associated to one instant of the recording and only the final result (last action) will be visible.
How to save your recordings in Xml or Flash format
When you have finished your recordings, you can save them in Flash format (menu « Flash »), after having previewed them.
You can also save your animations in XML format. This format is very important because:
- it allows you at any moment to open your animations again with Eureki in order to play them, modify them, etc…
- it is understood by Speechi and you can import your animations to Speechi Studio including the sound. Click on 
in Speechi Studio.
