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This page explains how to gain access to and manage the Zebra Fish Lab camera for the School of Science, Technology and Health. To access the camera, users must first create a Ring account, accept the invitation to view the camera and download the Ring app.

Note: You can click on the images for a more detailed view.


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Download the Ring Application from the App Store. The application will have the same icon on both the iPhone and Google/Android App Store.

2You will need to create Create a Ring account using your Biola Email Address. email address.
  1. Open the Ring app on your device.
  2. Click Create Account.
  3. The app will guide you through the account creation process.
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Once you have created the account, please accept the invitation that was sent over to your Biola email address to manage the cameras. You will need to make sure you first download the application, create an account, and then you can click on “manage the request.”

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Once you go back to the invitation email and select “manage the request” a window should appear on a web browser asking you to log into Ring. Once you have logged in, it will take you to the shared users page where you can view the invitation to manage the Zebra Fish Lab Cameras. 

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On the home page, please click on the 3 lines in the upper left hand corner to bring out the settings tab.

When you have expanded that tab, please click on the downward arrow carrot next to the location name. In this case, my location shows “Orange.” 

When you click on that, it should show you other locations you can access. Since you have accepted the Ring invitation at this point, La Mirada/Biola University will now appear as an option. Please click on the La Mirada/Biola Location. 

At this point in the process, it will take you to the home page of Biola University’s Zebra Fish Lab Cameras. 

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In order to view a camera, you will need to click on one of the available cameras on the homepage. Once you do that, it will expand and take you to a page to manage the camera. Click “Go Live” to view the camera’s feed. If you want to exit out of this camera, please click on the X in the upper left hand corner. 

Once your camera has gone live and is connected, you can begin viewing the video stream. Directly under the video display, there are 2 options for audio. The one with the microphone icon, is to unmute your own microphone so you can talk to the participants on the side of the camera. The one with a speaker icon is to unmute the speaker so you can listen to the audio feed on the camera. The Ring cameras are equipped with 2 way audio connection which means both the participants viewing/listening from the camera and the application can hear each other. In order to stop viewing the live camera please click “end live.” 

Zebra Fish Cam View

If you click on the square box in the lower right hand corner of the video feed, it will take you into full screen mode of the cameras. In order to exit it, you would just need to click the red hang up button. 

Zebra Fish Cam View