
First you need to record - this may include what’s on the screen of your computer, video of you yourself, and of course your spoken words. Secondly you need to be able to manage your recordings, to get them to the persons that need them in a format that works for them.
There are a variety of ways to record and distribute video. Which one you choose depends on what kind of videos you want to record, who needs to record, and who needs to view. Some of the options include:
Mediasite Desktop Recorder - desktop recording app that is the front end for distribution via Mediasite, campus’ private media media system. All campus users (fac, staff, and students) have access to Mediasite. To get started go to: https://www.csusm.edu/mymediasite.
Camtasia Studio - a fully featured desktop application for Windows and Mac. This is what you want for more complex recordings. Available for fac and staff. Go here to download the free trial versions: https://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasia/. To get the passcode to authorize use go here: https://www.csusm.edu/tss/software/index.html.
Zoom - although it’s primarily a web conferencing tool, it can record what’s happening on the screen. We have a campus license for all fac, staff, and students.
SnagIt - a simple desktop recorder for Windows and Mac. Go here to download the free trial: https://www.techsmith.com/download/snagit/. To get the passcode to authorize use go here: https://www.csusm.edu/tss/software/index.html.
Quicktime Player - a simple desktop recorder for Mac only. Comes already installed on your Mac.
Use the MyMediasite portal to manage your recordings and share them.
Zoom
Start a Zoom conference.
When you’re done use the Zoom admin portal to manage your recordings and share them.
Mediasite - students use the same process described above and can share links to their recordings with one another and their instructors.
Zoom - use Zoom to web conference and choose Record to the Cloud. Use the Zoom admin portal to manage your recordings and share them. Zoom’s record feature allows you to pause and restart recording during a session.
Camtasia Studio is one of the top screen-recording products available. For that reason it is more complex and can take some time to get used to.
Mediasite won't work for you at the moment as it is not compatible with the most recent Mac operating systems. Instead try the Quicktime Player.
Records Desktop | Records Webcam | Records Audio | Free for CSUSM | Online Delivery | Windows | Mac | Mobile Devices | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mediasite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mediasite | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
Zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes |
YouTube | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | YouTube | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Snagit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fac/Staff | Any | Yes | Yes | No |
Quicktime Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Youtube | No | Yes | No |
Camtasia Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fac/Staff | Any | Yes | Yes | No |
Mediasite - our private media distribution system.
Google Drive - you may already have a Gdrive account. Lots of folks don't know that you can easily stream videos you put into it. There are limitations; if you are linking content on the campus website Google Drive is not allowed as it cannot be captioned.
YouTube - the worldwide standard for delivering video online. We won’t bother linking to resources here, since there are so many - on YouTube.
When you register Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR) with Mediasite, your credentials are saved. Each time you launch MDR, these credentials are used to automatically log you into Mediasite. To upload recordings, a Mediasite connection is required.
NOTES:
Registering your desktop recorder with Mediasite
MDR allows multiple connections on the same computer:
To remove a connection, select (Login name) > Forget a Connection and click the X next to the connection. When the confirmation message appears, click Forget.
Forgetting a Mediasite connection
Select the Screencast + Video option to record your desktop as video with slides extracted as well as an additional video input from a camera with audio from a microphone. Once you finish, you can upload the recording to a presentation on the connected Mediasite.
NOTE: Screencast + Video includes the mouse cursor in the final output.
This help includes the following sections:
After setting up your presentation, click Record. MDR will begin a five-second countdown before recording begins. Click Stop at any time during the countdown to return to the Summary page. The selected capture region is highlighted with red corner indicators and the
MDR control panel is displayed as the countdown begins and throughout the recording
process.
MDR Control Panel
WARNING: If the MDR control panel is in the capture area during your recording session, it will appear in the final recording. To avoid this, if you are recording the entire desktop, make sure to hide the MDR control panel. If you are just recording a certain region of the desktop, simply make sure the MDR control panel is not within the capture region's boundaries. If you do not want to display the control panel, clear the Show recording control panel check box.
To pause the recording, you have a few options:
NOTE: Clicking discard will cause you to lose your recording. A confirmation message is shown before the recording is discarded.
After setting up your presentation, click Record. MDR will begin a five-second countdown before recording begins. Click Stopat any time during the countdown to return to the Summary page. The selected capture region is highlighted with red corner indicators and the
MDR control panel is displayed as the countdown begins and throughout the recording
process.
MDR Control Panel
WARNING: If the MDR control panel is in the capture area during your recording session, it will appear in the final recording. To avoid this, if you are recording the entire desktop, make sure to hide the MDR control panel. If you are just recording a certain region of the desktop, simply make sure the MDR control panel is not within the capture region's boundaries. If you do not want to display the control panel, clear the Show recording control panel check box.
To pause the recording, you have a few options:
NOTE: Clicking discard will cause you to lose your recording. A confirmation message is shown before the recording is discarded.
NOTE: When MDR is launched from My Mediasite, Record Now is one of the recording options available on the home page.
After setting up your presentation, click Record. MDR will begin a five-second countdown before recording begins. Click Stopat any time during the countdown to return to the Summary page. The selected capture region is highlighted with red corner indicators and the
MDR control panel is displayed as the countdown begins and throughout the recording
process.
MDR Control Panel
WARNING: If the MDR control panel is in the capture area during your recording session, it will appear in the final recording. To avoid this, if you are recording the entire desktop, make sure to hide the MDR control panel. If you are just recording a certain region of the desktop, simply make sure the MDR control panel is not within the capture region's boundaries. If you do not want to display the control panel, clear the Show recording control panel check box.
To pause the recording, you have a few options:
NOTE: Clicking discard will cause you to lose your recording. A confirmation message is shown before the recording is discarded.
After setting up your presentation, click Record. MDR will begin a five second countdown before recording begins. Click Stopat any time during the countdown to return to the Summary page. The selected capture region is highlighted with red corner indicators and the
MDR control panel is displayed as the countdown begins and throughout the recording
process.
MDR Control Panel
WARNING: If the MDR control panel is in the capture area during your recording session, it will appear in the final recording. To avoid this, if you are recording the entire desktop, make sure to hide the MDR control panel. If you are just recording a certain region of the desktop, simply make sure the MDR control panel is not within the capture region's boundaries. If you do not want to display the control panel, clear the Show recording control panel check box.
To pause the recording, you have a few options:
NOTE: Clicking discard will cause you to lose your recording. A confirmation message is shown before the recording is discarded.