fOCUS II Demonstration
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fOCUS II
OBSERVATION METHODS
Step-by-step guides to: viewing files
event-sampling
© 2004 The Open University
This project is funded by the Higher
Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE) and the Department for
Employment and Learning (DEL) under
the Fund for the Development of Teaching
and Learning
time-sampling
*Click on one of the options above
Viewing files
This shows the
main screen of
fOCUS II.
From here, you
can access all
the files and
functions of the
software
*Click the left mouse button or the right
cursor key to see the next step in
‘viewing files’
back to menu
The highlighted
area is the
collections
column
Clicking on the
Methods file
icon at the top
shows, in the
main window,
all the files in
fOCUS II
Clicking on one
of the collection
icons below
shows all the
files in that
collection
back to menu
Clicking on
the up-down
arrow box
next to filter
shows a popup menu
Clicking on
any item in
the menu
shows just
files of that
type in the
main window
Clicking on all
shows all file
types
back to menu
Doubleclicking on any
file opens it
The highlight
shows an
example of a
video file
Video files
open into the
video viewer
back to menu
The highlight
shows the
control bar for
the video
Clicking on the
loudspeaker icon
opens the
volume control
The right facing
arrow button is
the play/pause
button
The button on
the slider can be
used to go to a
specific place in
the video
back to menu
The right hand
buttons are
frame-by-frame
controls
Text files open
into the html
viewer
There is scroll
bar on the right
The back and
forward buttons
let you view files
that you have
already opened
The index button
gives access to
all the text files
back to menu
There are text
and audio help
files for every
function in
fOCUS II. They
can be accessed
from the help
collection and
the help? icons
The index button
on the help
window also
gives access to
all the help files
back to menu
Click on the title
bar of a file to
drag it to
another part of
your computer
screen so that
you can read it
while you use
other functions
*This is the last step in
‘viewing files’ - click below to
return to menu
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event-sampling
To code a video
using eventsampling, click
on a video file,
drag it to the
code box and
drop it in
The video will
then open into
the coding tool
window
*Click the left mouse button or the right
cursor key to see the next step in
‘event-sampling’
back to menu
This shows the
video opened
into the coding
tool
Before coding
can start, a new
record has to be
set up
To do so, click
on the new record
button
back to menu
First, type a title
for the record
into the record
name box
Leave the time
sample check
box unchecked
To select an
installed coding
scheme, click on
the small updown arrows in
the scheme box
to open the
scheme menu
back to menu
[Clicking on new
scheme opens the
scheme editor for
creating new
schemes]
Click on one of
the installed
schemes in the
scheme menu to
select it
Click on create to
create the
coding record
and go to the
coding tool
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Find the first
event that you
wish to code by
using the video
controls
Click on the
appropriate code
in the scheme
box
This creates an
entry in the
record, shown in
the centre of the
coding record
frame
Continue in the
same way to
code further
events
back to menu
To add an
annotation to an
entry in the
record, click on
the entry to
select it and
type the
annotation into
the right hand
box
To edit an entry,
select it and
then either click
on another code,
edit the
annotation or
click on delete
entry as
appropriate
back to menu
To replay an
entry, doubleclick on it
To add further
information
about your
record, you can
enter text into
the abstract box
Once you have
finished coding,
clicking on save
and close closes
the coding tool
and saves your
record so that it
can be opened
from the fOCUS II
main screen
*This is the last step in ‘eventsampling’ - click below to
return to menu
back to menu
time-sampling
To code a video
using timesampling, click
on a video file,
drag it to the
code box and
drop it in
The video will
then open into
the coding tool
window
*Click the left mouse button or the right
cursor key to see the next step in ‘timesampling’
back to menu
This shows the
video opened
into the coding
tool
Before coding
can start, a new
record has to be
set up
To do so, click
on the new record
button
back to menu
First, type a title
for the record
into the record
name box
Select an
installed coding
scheme from the
scheme menu
Click on the time
sample check
box so that a
cross shows in it
[Clicking on new
scheme opens the
scheme editor for
creating new
schemes]
back to menu
Set the coding
interval for the
desired
sampling rate by
using the slider
or the right-left
arrows. The
interval set is
shown in the
right-hand box
Click on create to
set up the new
record and go to
the coding tool
back to menu
Click on start
sample to play
the first time
sample
When the
sample has
played, click on
the appropriate
code to make an
entry in the
record and play
the next sample
back to menu
To add an
annotation to an
entry in the
record, click on
it to select it and
type the
annotation into
the right hand
box
To edit an entry,
select it and
then either click
on another code,
edit the
annotation or
click on delete
entry as
appropriate
back to menu
To replay an
entry, doubleclick on it
To add further
information
about your
record, you can
enter text into
the abstract box
Once you have
finished coding,
clicking on save
and close closes
the coding tool
and saves your
record so that it
can be opened
from the fOCUS II
main screen
*This slide is the last step in
‘time-sampling’ - click below
to return to menu
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