OVEE is a self-taught platform with education in the form of live demos with OVEE staff and the below resources.

OVEE Instructional Resources

Here you can find detailed instructions combined with frequently asked questions.

• Account Setup - Frequently asked questions for setting up your account
• Event Creation - Instructions for creating and editing your event
• Video Content - Understanding how to stream video content
• Production Breakdown - Provides an estimated breakdown of OVEE pre-production and post-production hours based on event type
• Event Moderation - Responses to common audience questions and samples of common chat moderator posts
• Eventbrite Integration - Instructions for integrating Eventbrite
• Zoom Livestream Integration - Instructions for integrating Zoom
• Browser Media Settings - Instructions for optimal OVEE viewing in various browsers
• Common Tech Troubleshooting Responses - Responses to audience technical questions and other helpful FAQs
• Privacy and Safety - Frequently asked questions

Tutorials

• How to set up a screening event
  A guide to setting up an event, adding content, and inviting panelists
• How to edit a screening event - A guide to editing your event, previewing content, adding polls, announcements and pause points, and managing invites and RSVP's
• How to moderate a live screening - A guide to managing the user experience, control playback, and incorporating a live video stream to your screening
• ​Reviewing Metrics - A guide to accessing your individualized metrics reports, automatically generated after each event

Workshops

• Livestream on OVEE - This workshop covers set-up, calculating your delay, producing talent, and on the fly troubleshooting
• Cool Things 2.0 - Highlighting outside the box ideas and giving creative props to stations and partners who’ve been going above and beyond with their OVEE event productions
• Audience Experience - From engagement, technical support and more, this workshop focuses on how to create the best audience experience possible
• Video Content 101 - Overview of YouTube, PBS.org and Vimeo platforms, settings and content rights

Templates & Resources

Sample Promotional Toolkit

Live Streaming Event Day Timeline

Chat Producer Run of Show Template

Livestream Run of Show Template

Video Resources

Welcome & Introduction to OVEE - If you would like to use the intro video during an OVEE screening, access it when creating the event by choosing PBS Video, then type "welcome-ovee" into the search bar to pull it up.

OVEE Holding Screens

How to Connect Zoom via YouTube Live Tutorial

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