Moodle My Media - Creating a screencast using CaptureSpace

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Introduction

CaptureSpace (Windows or Mac) allows you to record screencasts, webcams, presentation slides, or just audio. The media can be uploaded directly to My Media in Moodle where it can be easily embedded anywhere the Moodle text editor is available.

How to create a screencast

From Moodle, click on the User menu in the top right and click My Media.

From the My Media window, click on Add New and then CaptureSpace.

If you’ve already installed CaptureSpace, it will launch automatically. Otherwise, please refer to Moodle My Media - Installing CaptureSpace.
With the CaptureSpace Desktop Recorder window open, select Screen to record a screencast. If you would like to include your webcam in the corner of your recording you may select Screen & Webcam.
You may need to select which screen to record from and whether to record full screen or a selected area of one screen. If you've selected Full Screen click the Record button. If you've selected Select Area click the Select Area button, which will prompt you to click and drag the rectangle of the screen that will be recorded.
A five-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.
You may pause and resume the recording by pressing Alt + P.
You may also draw on your screen by using Alt + D, and this drawing will appear in the recorded video.
It's recommended that you pause your video with Alt + P and then stop it to avoid the screen capture controls from appearing in the video.
Use the Recording Screen Capture controls to stop your video. If you know you want to delete your recording and start again you may click Cancel. Click Done to move on to reviewing your video.
If you'd like to edit your CaptureSpace recording please refer to Moodle My Media - Editing CaptureSpace recordings.
If you do not wish to edit your recording, click Done.
Next, title your recording. Optionally, you may add a description and tags.
Clicking Upload will upload the recording to My Media and save it in the CaptureSpace library.
Clicking Preview will take you back to the editing window.
Clicking Save will save it in the CaptureSpace library where you can upload it to My Media later.

How to embed video

To embed a video in Moodle, please see Moodle My Media - Sharing video & audio.

How to access the MP4 video files

You can access the local MP4 video recording files, and here's how:

Open CaptureSpace and click on the Settings tab. Copy the location of the 'Local Media Files Storage' and paste it into the Windows Explorer address bar. From there you'll need to find the correct sub folder with the MP4 file you're looking for.

Troubleshooting

For information on troubleshooting, please see Moodle My Media - CaptureSpace troubleshooting.