League Policies
Mirrored video is standard for most online platforms. On the NCFCA platform, all speakers will see themselves mirrored on their own primary device screen, meaning that they will see themselves the way they would in a mirror. Judges and other observers will see a non-mirrored, normal view of the presenter. For most events, mirroring is natural and will go unnoticed, but in Duo and Digital presentation competitors will need to factor this phenomenon into their presentation plans.
Duo
For Duo competitors who choose to use separate devices, mirrored video creates a unique challenge for blocking, especially in the case of “interactions” between the video boxes. Competitors will see themselves as if in a mirror but will see their partner non-mirrored. The judges will not see either partner mirrored. If blocking plans would be impacted by the mirroring issue, competitors will either need to plan to share a device or plan to work around the mirroring. The competitor whose name comes first (Last, First) alphabetically will appear in the video box on the left when facing the screen and the partner on the right.
Digital Presentation
For Digital Presentation, mirroring impacts the presentation itself.
- If competitors use a separate screen facing the camera, any words or images will appear reversed to the competitor on the competition screen. However, the words and images will NOT appear reversed for judges and other observers.
- If a speaker uses the in-room screen sharing feature, the words will appear non-mirrored to both the speaker and judges.