Media Controls

Media controls in Form Presenter allow users to record their audience screen during an assessment and save the entire screen video in the user's Google Drive. This will be very helpful for users to prevent their audience from doing malpractices during an assessment.

Note: Media controls are supported only on the Desktop. It is not supported on mobile or other handheld devices. Also, it is recommended to use the Google Chrome browser. Please advise your audience accordingly.

Media Controls key feature:

Capture video of the screen.

Click on Authorize Drive Access to authorize drive access for Form Presenter

Read the permissions and click Allow to grant access for Form Presenter to record the screen.
Click Cancel to cancel the permission access.

If permission is granted successfully the following screen appears.

Two types of media capturing is there:

Video: Capture as video (The captured video is uploaded every 2 min to the drive).
Screenshot: Capture a screenshot in a time interval.

Select Video or Screenshot.

Select Capture Screen if the screen needs to be recorded.
Select Capture Camera if the Camera should enable and footage needs to be recorded.
Select Track Microphone if the mic should enable and audio needs to be recorded.
Check Skip if capturing need not be made mandatory.

Capture Screen

Open the form.
Click on Start to start the assessment.

Once start is clicked a popup appears asking permission to capture your screen.
Click Cancel if the screen should not be recorded.

Note: If Capturing the screen is configured as mandatory and if the user clicks to cancel the following popup appears. The users will not be able to start the assessment.

Sharing your Screen

The Media control in Form Presenter allows users to share the following screen types

Your Entire Screen
Application Window
Chrome Tab

Your Entire Screen:

Once the user gives permission to capture the screen the following screen appears.
Select your entire screen and click share.

This will allow users to share their entire screen and will be recorded.

Application Window:

Select the application window that needs to be shared and click share.

This will record the application window video and save it in Google Drive.

Chrome Tab:

Select the Google Chrome tab that needs to be recorded and click share.

This will record the selected tab from Google Chrome and save it in Google Drive.

Once Share is clicked a popup appears showing that "presenter.jivrus.com is sharing your screen".
If stop sharing is clicked the following screen appears.
Click Share Screen to share the screen again.
Click Drop-Out to stop screen sharing.

Once Drop-Out is clicked the following screen appears.

"You are dropped out from the test. Better luck next time"

The following text will appear on the screen and the person attending the assessment will be booted out from the assessment.

Once the assessment is submitted successfully the following screen appears and the screen sharing will be stopped automatically.

Capture Camera

Open the form.
Click on Start to start the assessment.

Once start is clicked a popup appears asking permission to access your camera.
Click skip if the camera will not be turning on.

Note: If Capturing the camera is made mandatory and if the user clicks to skip the following popup appears and the users will not be able to start the assessment.

Track Microphone

Open the form.
Click on Start to start the assessment.

Once start is clicked a popup appears asking permission to access your mic.
Click skip if the mic will not be turning on.

Note: If Tracking Microphone is made mandatory and if the user clicks to skip the following popup appears and the users will not be able to start the assessment.

Saving the Captured Video

The captured video will be recorded in Google Drive.
A folder named Form Presenter-Media will be created in the User's Google Drive automatically.
Once the candidate starts the form a folder with the submission tracking id will be created
The video will be saved every two minutes it.
The Screenshots will be saved at every interval of time set by the Form Author.
The folder location will be Form Presenter-Media >> Form Id >> Tracking Id >> Files.

Estimating the resource needs:

Streaming videos to your Google Drive requires large free space in the Google Drive.

Please note the following:

There is a video clip sent every 2 minutes to Google Drive from each audience.
Each video clip size is expected to range from 4MB to 6MB

Audiences require the latest devices with high memory and strong network connectivity for their browsers to transmit high-volume video streaming.
Some of the media controls are not available on mobile devices. Please check the above sections and communicate clearly to your audiences.

Example:

Let's say 1000 students are attending an exam of 2 hours with media control on.

Required Drive free space = 1000 X 120 minutes / 2 X 6 MB ~= 360 GB space

Warning: Do necessary practice tests and see the usage and volumes before conducting on a full scale.