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Opened up a dive video and immediately forgot everything you ever learned about STv3? Here's the bare-bones version of what you need to know to start annotating!
In addition to the instructions below, two printable Quick Reference guides specifically geared towards On-Ship Dive Logging are available:
Setup
- If new dive needed: Create Dive in Expedition Listing, and check SeaTube Ready and Active
- Go to Expedition Management and find the expedition and the dive; click on the Play arrow to open up the main STv3 logging UI
- Arrange the widgets in the STv3 UI to your liking.
- Recommended settings:
- Annotation Entry widget
- Check Quick Entry and Attributes in the 'More' dropdown options.
- Choose a Button Set to display (can be changed at any time).
- It's highly recommended to use button sets as your primary logging tool; the taxon search dropdown is requires a good knowledge of the taxonomies to use effectively.
- Check Auto Save if you want annotations to be saved immediately upon clicking a Button from the Button Set, rather than when you click Save.
- Annotation List widget
- Check Auto Refresh, Full Timestamp, and Taxon Attributes in the 'More' dropdown options.
- If you are annotating LIVE VIDEO that you're watching on an external source, remove the Video widget so annotation timestamps default to the current time. If you are annotating HISTORICAL (pre-recorded) video, use the Video widget and the annotation timestamps will be synced to the video stream
- Annotation Entry widget
- Recommended settings:
Create a new annotation
In the Annotation Entry widget:- Click CAPTURE TIME (if not using Auto Save with Buttons)
- Different ways to create an annotation:
- Select a taxonomy and taxon
- If using the taxonomy and taxon dropdowns rather than button sets (generally not recommended), choose the appropriate taxonomy, then begin typing the name of the operation, species, or geoform/substrate/water column level into the taxon search field, e.g. 'CONNECTION', 'VISUAL', 'jellyfish', 'carcharias'
- OR click a Button from a Button Set
- OR type something in the Comment field
- Select a taxonomy and taxon
- Different annotation types:
- OPERATIONS, e.g. 'Connection', 'Visual Survey Start', 'Organism Sample': use your organization's User-Created Taxonomy. The taxonomy name should have your organization as its prefix, e.g. ONC, NOAA, or DFO
- BIOLOGY: use the WoRMS taxonomy
- ENVIRONMENT: use CMECS taxonomy
- Fill in Attribute values if known
- Save.
Edit an annotation
- Find the annotation in Annotation List
- Click the Edit Annotation icon:
- The annotation information will appear in the Annotation Entry widget
- Edit the annotation
- Save
Search for an annotation
- 2 ways to search annotations:
- Search filters in Annotation List widget (simpler, can only search one dive)
- Open with button
- Seatube Search (more advanced, can search all dives within an expedition)
- Access in Oceans 2.0 via More > SeaTubeV3 > SeaTube Search, OR button in Annotation List filter search
- Search filters in Annotation List widget (simpler, can only search one dive)
- Type text into the 'Comment' field to search both Comment and Taxon name, e.g. 'Connection'
- Add Filter Option: you can also search by Taxonomy, Attribute, or (coming soon) Attribute value
- Click Apply Filter (Annotation List) or Search (SeaTube Search) button
- 2 ways to search annotations:
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