ECHO360 PERSONAL CAPTURE

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1 ECHO360 PERSONAL CAPTURE Echo360 - Personal Capture allows a User an easy way to capture, edit, publish, and view lectures from their personal computers. Users and/or Instructors can use Echo360 to capture and record their lectures in real time and post them on a website for viewing by those who have access. Recorded lectures are stored on the server and can be accessed 24/7. Echo360 provides a great learning tool for students so they can review recorded class material anytime - anywhere, as long as they have internet access. Getting Access to Echo360 In order to use Echo360, a user must be granted access with a user name and password. Request access to the Echo360 services by visiting: Download Echo360 Once you have access to the Echo360 server, download the software to your local computer. Visit to download the software. Login with your CSU ename and epassword Tip: The echo 360 software is available for download on a Mac or PC. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

2 Once logged in, download the appropriate software by clicking on the Downloads tab. Contact your College IT staff if you encounter an error while downloading the software. View the College IT Staff Support List at: Video on How to Install Echo for Windows: Video on How to Install Echo for a Mac: Verify Echo Settings Prior to recording your first video, verify the settings are configured correctly in Echo. Access the settings by selecting the Gear icon in the upper right window of Echo. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

3 Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

4 Setup/Configure 1. If this is your first time using Personal Capture, configure the Microphone, Primary Display and Webcam options. The settings are located on the left side of the Echo window. Note, settings will vary depending upon the microphone and webcam you are using. Webcam is optional. Microphone (USB Audio Device): Make sure you have some type of microphone connected while Echo is running or the program will error. If you have more than one Microphone attached to your computer, select the appropriate audio device from the Microphone drop down menu. Primary Display: if your computer has multiple screens, select the screen you wish to record. WebCam: - select your webcam. If you do not have a webcam, then choose None. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

5 From the Echo window, verify that the device settings you plan to use are selected. If you enabled your audio device, then you will see a green bar on the top side of the window displaying the audio level as you speak. If you enabled your webcam device, then the camera view will display on the right side of the window. In the example above, the webcam is disabled. 1. Recording Options: a. You can record audio only (no screencast or webcam) by having the Microphone on and the rest of the options set to None Selected b. You can record audio and screencast only (no webcam) by having the microphone and display turned on, and Webcam set to None Selected. c. You can record audio, screencast and webcam by having all three options turned on. d. You cannot record only audio/webcam without the screencast. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

6 Create a New Recording 1. Open the Echo360 Personal Capture application on your computer. 2. Click the Record button.. Recording 1. Once all the configurations for screen capture are set, start your recording by clicking on the Record Button. Tip: It helps to stay focused and reduce editing if you have all of your presentations, websites and lecture materials already open and easily accessible on your computer prior to clicking the Record button. 2. You will get a 5 second countdown window to prepare, then your recording will begin. An Echo360 icon will appear in your system tray (Windows, in the lower right of your monitor or Mac, in the upper right of your monitor). Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

7 Shortcut Keys: You can use the Stop and Pause buttons in the Echo window or you can use the keyboard shortcuts as follows: Windows: Pause/Resume toggle: Alt+F5 Stop: Alt+F6 Mac: Pause the recording Command + 6 Resume the recording Command + 6 Stop the recording Command Conduct your demonstration, lecture, etc. as you would like it recorded. Note: Pause and Resume your recording, if necessary. Echo will make the transition between Pause and Resume seamless. Tip: If you mess up or have a long delay while you think during the recording, then just leave the capture running. You can easily edit and cut out these mistakes and pauses. Tip: recordings must be longer than 15 seconds in order to be saved. 4. Click on Stop Recording from the Echo icon in your system tray or use the shortcut keys of Alt F6-Windows or Command+ 8-Mac. 5. Your video will now appear in the Recordings area, the bottom portion of the Echo window.. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

8 Editing a Recording Once you stop a recording, Echo will place your video in the Recordings section of the Echo Screen. Mouse over a recording and a tool bar will appear with a Publish icon, Edit icon, and a Delete icon. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

9 Play back your video by selecting the Edit icon. The Echo window will change to display the video. The video Play, Stop, Audio control, and editing tools will display at the base of the window Exit the video tools and navigate back to the Recordings by selecting the Cancel/Home button in the lower left side of the Echo window. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

10 1. To Trim the Beginning, End or segment of the Recording: a. To trim your recording, drag the White Slider left arrow to the location where you wish to start the trim. Position the right White Slider arrow to the position where the trim should end. Select the Make Cut button in the lower right corner of the toolbar. To Cancel the Trim after the Make Cut has been applied, select the Clear Cuts button. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

11 2. Give the Recording a Title: a. Next to Title field, located in the upper left corner of the screen, type in the title of your recording. Select the Save title button on the right side of the screen. To Edit the Title, just click on the title, type the new title, and select the Save title button. 3. To review all changes and your final recording prior to publishing, press the Play button. 4. After all edits have been applied to your recording, click on the Apply Edits button. 5. You should now be located at the Total Recordings window within Echo. Navigate to this screen by clicking on the My Recordings button. The last step is to Publish your recordings so that others can view them. Publishing a Recording All of the recordings created thus far live on the computer on which they were made. In order for your students and/or others to view these recordings, they must be published to the Echo360 Server. Note: this requires an Internet connection and an Echo360 account. 1. From the Echo window Recordings section, mouse over the video to publish. Highlight the recording you wish to publish and click on the Publish Recording icon. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

12 2. The Echo360 Login screen will appear. Login with your ename and epassword. Select the Login button to continue. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

13 3. Verify and/or edit the Title, Select the Course, and Output. Select the Upload button. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

14 4. Once published, you will receive an from Echo360 Help notifying you when the file is available. In the , you will have a URL that you can use to access the file or you can login to the Echo360 server and access it from there. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

15 Sharing and Managing Recordings Once you have uploaded your Echo360 lectures you can share, delete and manage the recordings via the Echo360 administrative interface. 1. Using a web browser go to 2. Login using your CSU ename and epassword, click Log In. 3. Click on the Echoes tab to see a list of all of your personal capture lectures. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

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17 4. Mouse over the recording title to review the options for each of your captures. Options will display to the right of the capture title. a. View: plays the full recording including audio, screencast, and video if applicable. b. Play mp3: plays back only the audio. This is what would be used by students with mp3 players. c. Play m4v: plays back only the screencast and audio even if webcam video was recorded. This is what would be used by students with a mobile device. d. Edit: edit the recording and set the recording controls such as: Title Description Add presenters Change the term and course/section Change the start time (availability) Change the playback options Add a text transcript or a closed caption file Edit the recording (Edit Media) e. Download: download the recording to your computer. f. Closed caption: download an mp3 audio file for use in creating closed caption files. g. Copy: copy the entire recording. h. Delete: delete the entire recording. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

18 Sharing Echo Recordings will automatically be shared so that others can view them. The Sharing status can be changed for any video from the Echoes tab as long as they are still on the server. Follow the steps below to change the status of your recording. 1. From the Echoes, Available tab, click on the link for the video you wish to modify the sharing status for. 2. To stop sharing a capture, you must make a video unavailable. a. From the Available tab, select the check box next to the video you wish to unshared and/or make unavailable. b. From the Actions drop-down menu located at the base of the window, select the Make Unavailable option. c. Once a capture is made unavailable, anyone attempting to access the link will receive the message This Echo is not being made available at this time. d. You can make the capture available again by switching to the Unavailable tab, selecting the check box for the capture to make available again, and selecting Make Available from the Actions drop-down menu. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

19 Deleting 1. From the Echoes tab mouse over the video to delete and click on the Delete link. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

20 2. At the prompt choose Yes to delete and No to cancel the delete. 3. If you choose Yes, the recording will be moved to the Deleted tab. 4. To Reinstate the Recording a. From the Deleted tab, check the box next to the video to reinstate. b. From the Actions drop-down menu, select Reinstate Selected. 5. To Permanently Delete the Recording a. From the Deleted tab, check the box next to the video to delete permanently. b. From the Actions drop-down menu, select Delete Permanently. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August

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22 Tips When recording, determine where you are going to look (either at the camera or at the screen) and try to stay with that decision. Looking around can be distracting for the viewer. Remember that these initial recordings are being stored on your computer so make sure you have enough available drive space. To help you estimate the required space here are a few guidelines for a 10 minute recording:: Recording Configuration File Size Video and Screencast - Actual Size Video and Screencast - Quarter/Smaller Size Audio only and Screencast - Actual Size Audio only and Screencast - Quarter/Smaller Size MB MB MB MB When recording screencasts with small text, such as webpages and/or Word documents, record the screen at Actual Size. Quarter/Smaller size makes the text unreadable. Adapted with permission from Echo 360 Personal Capture. College of Charleston, SC August