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You can record a narrated presentation directly from your My Media page. To do this, you will need to install the My Media application called Kaltura Capture. Once you have made your recording, you can upload to your My Media library and embed it anywhere the Moodle text editor is available. 

Your presentation slides (i.e. PowerPoint in .PPTX or .PPT format) need to be prepared in advance. 

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  • To view the settings, click MANAGE to go into the Kaltura Library.

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4. Open the presentation file that you wish to use

  • Open and put the presentation into Slide Show mode.


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  • Click the New Recording button to start recording.

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  • Click the Start Recording button

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  • Put the presentation into Slide Show mode

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  • A 3-second countdown timer will indicate when recording will begin. To ensure that nothing is cut off from the beginning, it is a good idea to wait an extra second before you begin speaking.

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  • The slides will automatically be captured as chapters and the text, they will be indexed and searchable later on in the player.
  • Click the slide to advance to the next slide or use the left and right arrow keys to move back and forth.

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  • Note: The recorder bar will be visible in Full Screen recordings. To hide the bar, click the minus icon (–) first to minimize it and then use the shortcuts, Command or Control+Shift+R, to start and Command or Control+Shift+S to stop the recording.
  • The following shorts are below, Mac users use the Command (CMD) key and PC users use the Control (Ctrl) key:

Recording Shortcuts
Command or Control+Shift+RStart or Pause Recording
Command or Control+Shift+SStop Recording
Command or Control+Shift+CCancel Recording
Command or Control+Shift+EClear all Notifications
Command or Control+Shift+M

Go to Manage

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5. Annotating your slides

  • In the recording menu, look for the pencil icon to open the annotation tools.

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  • Use the annotation tools to draw attention to or highlight the slide’s content.
  • Your mouse pointer and the PowerPoint laser pointer will not appear in the recording, use the Cursor arrow in the annotation tools instead.
  • When you are done with the annotations, click the Pencil icon again to return to the cursor mode. For more information, go to Kaltura's notes on the annotations tools.

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6. Click Stop Recording to finish recording

  • Click the square to stop recording.
  • The red circle is to temporarily pause. You may also pause or resume the recording by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+R.
  • Click the X to cancel and start again.

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  • It will prompt you to save the recording, select "Yes, stop it".

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  • Exit presentation:
    • If you don't see the recording bar anymore, press ESC key to exit full screen mode and return to the desktop.
    • If you have minimized the Kaltura Capture recording bar during your recording it will be in your Tray (PC) or dock (Mac). The tray and dock are the list of icons usually arranged at the bottom of the screen. Look for the Kaltura icon.

7. Name & save your recording

  • Give your recording a title in the Title field. 
  • Optionally, you may add a description and tags.
  • Clicking SAVE & UPLOAD will upload the recording to My Media and also save it in the Kaltura Capture library.
  • Clicking SAVE will save it in the Kaltura Capture library where you can upload later to My Media.
  • Important Note: DELETE will remove it from your computer. It will not go into your Recycle Bin and can't be retrieved. Make sure you have either uploaded it into My Media or you would like it to be deleted. Deleting it from My Media will also remove it and can't be retrieved.

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