Topics Covered In This Article
- Moodle My Media - Creating a presentation using CaptureSpace
- How to create a presentation
- How to embed the presentation
- Moodle My Media - Creating a presentation using CaptureSpace
Introduction
CaptureSpace (Windows or Mac) allows you to record narrated presentations. The presentation can be uploaded directly to My Media in Moodle where it can be easily embedded anywhere the Moodle text editor is available.
Note that presentations created using CaptureSpace cannot be downloaded.
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 Presentations & Lectures to record a presentation.
- 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.
- 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.
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.