Creating screencasting videos in Kaltura 2017 · Keep in mind that you can create a screencast of...
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Creating screencasting videos in Kaltura This tutorial will guide you in the process of creating and deploying screencasts for use in Moodle courses. 1. Begin the process by accessing your Navigation block. You can access the Navigation block from any course or from your “Dashboard” page. 2. Click on the “down arrow” next to “Dashboard” to open the submenu. Then click the link “My Media” link. 3. Click on the blue button, “Add New”.
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CreatingscreencastingvideosinKalturaThistutorialwillguideyouintheprocessofcreatinganddeployingscreencastsforuseinMoodlecourses.
1.BegintheprocessbyaccessingyourNavigationblock.YoucanaccesstheNavigationblockfromanycourseorfromyour“Dashboard”page.
2.Clickonthe“downarrow”nextto“Dashboard”toopenthesubmenu.Thenclickthelink“MyMedia”link.
3.Clickonthebluebutton,“AddNew”.
4.Tocreateanewscreencast,clickonCaptureSpaceLite.
5.TheKalturaCaptureSpaceDesktopRecorderwillappear.Notethefourchoicesofscreencaststhatarenowavailabletoyou.
6.BeforeusingCaptureSpaceLiteforthefirsttime,itisagoodideatocheckyoursettings.ClickontheSettingstabinyourdesktoprecorder.
7.Usethedrop-downmenustoselectyourdefaultwebcam,ifyouhavesomethingotherthanyourdefaultwebcaminstalled.Oryoumayselect“none”,ifyouwanttodisablethewebcam.Youcanalwayschangeitasneeded.
8.IfyouareusingaUSBmicrophoneinsteadofyournormalbuilt-inmic,itisimportanttosetthis.Thebuilt-inmicistheusualdefaultsetting.Noteinthisexampleanexternalmicisbeingused.
9.Tocreateascreencast,minimizeyourMoodlescreenandmaximizethescreenyouwishtorecord(PowerPoint,webpage,etc.SelectScreen.
10.Dependingonyourpersonalsetup,youmayseeoneortwochoicesofwhatyouwishtorecord.Inthisexample,thiscomputerissetupwithanexternalmonitor(LGFullHD).TheColorLCDisthedefaultcomputerscreen.Ifyouareonlyusingyourcomputerscreen,obviously,youwillonlyseeonechoice.Whatiscriticalisthatyouselectwhatyouwanttorecord–FullScreenorSelectArea.InFullScreenrecordingmode,clickRecordtobegin.Youwillseea5-secondcountdowntimerandthenyourrecordingwillbegin.Onceyourrecordingbegins,yourKalturascreenmenuwilldisappear.Noworries!It’sstillthere!Onyourtaskbar,youwillseetheKalturaicon(starburst).Simplyclickontheiconandtherecordingmenuwillappear.YoucanclickPauseorResumeasneeded.Whenyouarefinished,clickDone.Topausetherecordingorresumeatanytime,youmayalsousekeystrokes.PressALT+P(Windows)orOption+P(Mac).
11.OnceyouclickDone,bepatient,asyourscreencastwilltakeafewmomentstoprocess.Howlongitwilltakedependsonthelengthofyourvideo.Afterithasprocessed,yourvideowillpopupinaseparatescreenasapreview.Notethatyouwillseeatimelineacrossthetop.Ontheleftsideofthepreviewscreen,youwillhavesomeadditionaltools–Trim,Chop,Titles,andCredits.Thiswillhelpyoutoenhanceyourscreencasts.Whenyouaresatisfiedwithyourscreencast,clickDone.Onthenextscreen(Uploadoptions),addthetitle(filename)ofyourvideo.Youmayalsoaddabriefdescriptionandtags(notrequired).Youwillseethreechoices:Upload–processesandfinalizesyourvideoforpublishing.Preview–AllowsyoutoreturntothePreviewscreen.Save–Savesyourrecording,butdoesnotprocessitforpublishing.Allowsyoutoreturntoyourvideoforfurtherediting.
12.OnceyouclickUpload,yourvideowillbeginprocessing.
13.Whenyourvideohasfinishedprocessing,simplyclick“Close”.
Keepinmindthatyoucancreateascreencastofalmostanything–aWorddocument,Excelspreadsheet,website,etc.Ifitisonyourcomputerscreen,youcanscreencastit.Justdon’tmakeascreencastofanyexistingvideos(YouTube,forexample)!First,it’sredundant.Therearebetterwaystoaddexistingvideos.Second,thatviolatescopyright!Tipsandsuggestions:Besuretocheckyourmicrophonesettingsforclarityandquality.Built-inmicswillwork,butyouneedtocheckthequality.SomeinternalmicsonPC’sarenothighquality.Theuseanexternalmicishighlyrecommendedforbettervoicequality.Ifyoudecidetouseanexternalmic,aUSBplug-inmicispreferred.Thenextstepistoactuallyembedyournewvideointoacourse.InstructionsforembeddingKalturavideoscanbefoundinthe“AddingKalturaVideostoaCourse”.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorissueswiththecreationofascreencast,pleasecontactyourinstructororsubmitahelpdeskticketforfurtherassistance.
15.ReturntoyourMyMediaspaceandrefreshthepage.YournewrecordingwillappearinyourMyMedialibrary.Important!Dependingonthelengthofyourvideoandcomputerspeed,itmaytakeawhileforittocompletelyrenderandappearinyourlibrary.Sobepatient!
14.YourLibraryofyourlatestrecordingswillappear.Atthispoint,youcanrecordanewscreencastbyclickingRecord.OryoumaycloseoutyourDesktopRecorderbox.
