Knowledge Base

Edit the Episode Selection

What Do You Want to Edit?

• Events within Episode
• Episode Selection
• Episodes
• Transitions

Events Within Episode

Add Events to an Episode

1. In the Event Log pane of the Episode Selection window, select an observation from the first list and an event log from the second (if the selected observation contains more than one event log).
2. Drag events to the Episode Selection pane. For state events with start and stop lines, you do not need to drag and drop the stop line. Just drag the start line (with the green triangle next to the behavior name). The information about the duration of that state is copied anyway.

Move an Event to Another Episode

To move an event to another episode, select it and drag it to the required position. You cannot move an event to a new position within the same episode, because events in an episode are ordered chronologically.

Remove Events from an Episode

To remove events, select them and click the Delete event button on the toolbar. Removing events from the Episode Selection does not affect events in the Event Log pane.

Edit the Cell Contents

1. Double-click the cell you want to edit.
2. Enter text, or, for time/duration cells, click one of the numbers (s.dd) and use the arrow keys to change the value.

Note: Only columns that are not grayed out can be edited.

Episode Selection

Sort Episode Selection Columns

To sort the columns of the Episode Selection, click a column header and drag the column to another position.

Episodes

Rename an Episode

To rename the Episode title row, double-click the name and enter the new text.

Split Episodes

To split an episode, insert a transition. See Transitions.

Move an Episode

To move an entire episode, select the transition title and drag it to the required position. To move an episode to the beginning of the Episode Selection, drag its title row to the header row of the Episode Selection. To move an episode to the end of the Episode Selection, drag its title row to the last transition title row in the Episode Selection.

Transitions

Delete a Transition

To delete a transition, select the transition row and click the Delete transition button on the toolbar. The events in the episode are moved to the previous episode.

Delete an Episode

To delete an entire episode, select the transition row and click the Delete episode button on the toolbar.

Customize the Episode Selection Window

Optionally, customize the Episode Selection window by choosing the panes or columns to display. To do so:

1. Choose View Settings at the far-right side of your screen.
2. Select what to display:
   • Event Log – The Event Log pane.
   • Videos – The Videos window. If your Episode Selection contains multiple videos, click Videos and select one of the following options:
     • Show All Videos per Episode – To display all videos that are associated with the events in the episode. The video that is selected in the Video column for that episode is shown in the middle of the Videos window. The other videos are shown on the left side of the Videos window.
     • Show Videos Selected for Episode Video Only – Only the video that is selected in the Video column for that episode is shown in the Videos window.
   • External Data – This option is only available if you have the External Data Module. To display the External Data window, choose External Data > External Data Window. To choose some external data streams, choose External Data > Show External Data and select which streams to display. The areas in the External Data window with a white background show the data which are included in the Episode Selection. The blue areas show the data which are excluded. You cannot display different external data sets in separate windows.
   • Playback Control – To display the Playback Control window.
   • Show Column – Select which columns you want to show in the Event Log or Episode Selection. Alternatively, right-click a column header and select Show Column.

The Episode Selection Columns

The Episode Selection contains the following columns. Dependent on your license, some columns may not be available.

• Observation – The name of the observation the event was scored in.
• Event Log – The name of the event log data file in which the event was stored.
• Episode Selection Time – The start time of the event relative to the start of the Episode Selection. This includes the duration of the first transition at the start of the Episode Selection (see the time in the subtitle duration column in the transition row).
• Start Time – The start time of the event.
• Stop Time – The stop time of the event.
• Relative Event Time – The start time of the event relative to the start of the Event Log.
• Event Duration – The duration of the event. For point events and events scored with Instantaneous Sampling, the duration is zero.
• Subject – The Subject in the event line.
• Behavior – The Behavior in the event line.
• Modifier – The Modifier in the event line.
• Comment – The comment in the event line.
• Video (editable) – The name of the video file associated with the observation. If the episode is associated with more videos, the Video cell in the episode title row contains a list with the available videos. You can only select one video per episode.
• Roll-On Time (editable) – The time that playback starts before the actual start of the event.
• Roll-Off Time (editable) – The time that playback continues after the stop of the event.
• Subtitle Text (editable) – The text that will be used as subtitle. You can specify a text for each event or transition. By default, it shows the name of the Behavior.
• Subtitle Duration (editable) – The duration of the subtitle text of events and transitions.

Source: The Observer XT 17 Help - Episode Selection, Noldus Information Technology