What hardware you need, along with some “nice-to-have” recommendations
Our goal is to provide enough information to get educators comfortable and up and running as quickly as possible with OBS and Zoom, and our “How to Use OBS and Zoom for Online Teaching” guide overs: We understand that the software may appear somewhat daunting at first – it did to us – but we also know from experience that taking the time to learn a few basic concepts and with some practice, you can quickly tame the learning curve.
Even if one’s first attempts at using OBS with Zoom are a little bumpy, we’ve found that students really appreciate the effort. Whatever the case, our guide is for anyone who wants to deliver a remote education experience that seamlessly incorporates presentations, spreadsheets, documents, websites, video, a virtual blackboard – really anything digital – without skipping a beat. Or you’re simply curious about expanding your tech skills for teaching. Or you may be fairly new to Zoom, and though you’ve traditionally incorporated various source materials into your teaching, haven’t found a way to really replicate the experience for students virtually. You may already be using Zoom, but finding the transitions between class materials via screen sharing are just too clunky. Produced using the methods described in our “How to Use OBS and Zoom for Online Teaching” guide, the video below showcases what can be done with OBS – hosted by CRDT Multimedia Producer Greg MacDonald: OBS allows users to seamlessly switch between various digital inputs while sending a single stream to students via Zoom. Zoom “sees” the output of OBS as a webcam, while you control the changing/mixing of inputs using OBS. It eliminates the need to share your screens and windows in Zoom thereby eliminating those awkward transitions from one Zoom view to another. – on their computer and feed them all as a single stream to Zoom. OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software Studio) is a free, open source application that allows users to switch between various digital inputs – webcams, tablets, browser windows, documents, videos, etc.
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