Recording an Online Class

Please turn off all energy saving options, pop-up blockers, automatic updates (Windows as well as virus protection), and instant notifications on the recording computer. The recording computer screen needs to be active the entire time of the recording and cannot have any extra applications running. Check with your technical supervisor for details. 1. Open Internet Explorer and go to: emindful.webex.com. Join and enter the class as an attendee (the name of the recording computer is eRecorder as shown below with the yellow arrow).

2. After signing into the online classroom, click on the Restore Down option (yellow arrow). This allows you to reduce the size of the window.

3. Now, put the cursor in the upper left hand corner (yellow arrow) until it changes to a double arrow. Click and drag the classroom window to reduce the size approximately 25%.

4. Open Camtasia Studio 7.

5. When Camtasia opens, click the Record the Screen option (yellow arrow).

6. A record toolbar will pop up (green arrow). Now, click and drag from the corners and side (red arrows) of the classroom window until it fits in the white outlined area. The standard recording area for most of the classes is 1280 by 720 (yellow arrow).

7. Here is an example of the correctly-sized recording window. The area that will be recorded is inside the dotted lines (yellow arrows). Note: keep the tool bar out of the recording area or the tool bar will be recorded (you can move the toolbar by left clicking and holding on the gray area at the top of the toolbar and dragging it to the desired position as shown by the red arrow).

8. Click on the little down arrow located just to the right of the microphone icon (red arrow).

9. Now make sure the Do not record microphone option and the Record system audio option is selected as shown below (circled area).

10. Next, click the red record button on the toolbar (yellow arrow).

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11. A pop up will now appear that will count down until the recording starts. Once the recording starts, speak into the microphone from the support computer to pretest the audio. Now click the stop on the toolbar (yellow arrow).

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12. Name file as pretest (yellow arrow) and make sure the pretest is saved in Camtasia Recording Files (red arrow) then click Save (green arrow).

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13. Open the Camtasia screen and click on import media (yellow arrow) and locate your named pretest file in pop-up window (green arrow) and Open (red arrow).

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14. Right click on file and click on add to timeline (yellow arrow).

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15. In pop-up box, click on drop down under Dimensions and choose 800 x 450 (red arrow). Be sure that Keep aspect ratio is checked (green arrow). Click OK in pop-up (yellow arrow).

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16. Your recording is on the timeline (yellow arrow). Click on play (green arrow). If you can hear your voice clearly, then your pretest was successful. Minimize the Camtasia screen.

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17. To end the recording click on the Camtasia stop button (red arrow).

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18. Camtasia will save the video and in a few minutes, a pop-up window will appear. Name and date the class (yellow arrow) and click save (red arrow).

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19. A pop up box will appear as Camtasia saves your named project (yellow arrow). DO NOT click out of Camtasia until project is saved and this box disappears.

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