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.