TV

The TV channel allows designers to deliver streaming content to participants during an exercise, simulating broadcast-style updates and new reports etc. This enhances realism by providing participants with timely media coverage.

Benefit

• Stream live YouTube feeds from major news channels

• Switch between live and recorded feeds via inject

Feature

Running

This is what the TV channel looks like to players

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Designing

How to (Injects)

1. Add an inject, select the TV channel, and click to add video:

1. Select the video you want to use:

1. Once the video is attached you can modify:

• The news ticker by adding text in the content box

• An overlay image: click the image with a + icon. You can also set a time below for this image to appear and disappear

Ensure the video content is appropriately timed with the news ticket text for sufficient reading time

1. Send the TV channel to players. The default option here is to send to All . But you can send to a specific player by setting up a position if you wish.

Send to a "dedicated screen"

You can use positions to send TV channel injects to a "dedicated screen". To achieve this, do the following:

1. Create a TV position in Configuration in the Editor:

1. Instead of sending the TV channel inject to All, send it to the TV position:

1. In the Facilitator Dashboard, assign the desired player with the TV position:

Now, only players assigned with this position will receive TV injects. Only sending TV channel injects to some players can test teams' communication skills throughout an exercise.

FAQs

What happens if I upload another video to the TV channel?

It will replace the previous video uploaded on the TV channel.