fOCUS II Demonstration

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viewing files

time-sampling

Step-by-step guides to:

fOCUS II

OBSERVATION METHODS

event-sampling

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This shows the main screen of fOCUS II.

From here, you can access all the files and functions of the software

Viewing files

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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

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Clicking on the up-down arrow box next to filter shows a pop-up 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

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Double-clicking on any file opens it

The highlight shows an example of a video file

Video files open into the video viewer

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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

The right hand buttons are frame-by-frame controls

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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

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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

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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

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event-sampling

To code a video using event-sampling, 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

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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

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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 up-down arrows in the scheme box to open the scheme menu

[Clicking on new scheme opens the scheme editor for creating new schemes]

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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

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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

To replay an entry, double-click on it

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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

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time-sampling

To code a video using time-sampling, 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 ‘time-sampling’

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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

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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]

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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

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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

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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

To replay an entry, double-click on it

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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

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