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Introduction

A webcam recording is a recording made from your computer's internal or external camera. Webcam recordings are an easy way to record yourself speaking directly to your viewers. Webcam recordings are useful for introductions, video messages, weekly updates, tutorials, etc. 

You can make a webcam recording 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.

To learn how to make a webcam recording, watch the video or read step-by-step instructions below.

How to record a webcam video

1. Open Kaltura Capture

In Moodle, select My Media at the top right.

In the My Media window, at the top right select Create and then Capture.

If you’ve already installed Kaltura Capture, it will launch automatically. Otherwise, please refer to Moodle My Media - Installing Kaltura Capture.

2. Select Camera and Audio in Kaltura Capture

• In Kaltura Capture, enable Camera and Audio as shown in the image below. They can be toggled on/off by selecting them. Blue indicates that Camera and Audio are enabled and grey with the line through it indicates that Screen is disabled.

3. Start and Stop Recording

• When you're ready, select Start Recording.
• A 3-second countdown timer will indicate when the 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.
  
  
  
  
  
• Once it starts recording you'll see the following three buttons.
  
  
  
  
• Stop the recording when you're finished recording. 
• Pause and resume the recording. Keyboard shortcut is CTRL+SHIFT+R (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+R (Mac).
• Cancel the recording if you want to delete it and re-record it.

When you're finished, select Stop Recording.

If you'd like to edit your Kaltura Capture recording please refer to Moodle My Media - How to edit video.

4. Name & save your recording

• Give your recording a title in the Title field. 
• Optionally, you may add a description and tags.
• Clicking Upload will upload the recording to My Media and save it in the Kaltura Capture library.
• Clicking Save will save it in the Kaltura Capture library where you can upload it to My Media later.
• 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.

• After uploading the recording to My Media, if you don't see the recording in your My Media library right away, try clicking the refresh button:

Kaltura Capture keyboard shortcuts

How to embed video

To embed a video in Moodle, please see Moodle My Media - How to upload and share video & audio.

How to access the MP4 video files

To download a video in Moodle, please see Moodle My Media - How to download your video.

Troubleshooting

For information on troubleshooting, please see Moodle My Media - Troubleshooting Kaltura Capture and My Media.

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