Create a screencast with Kaltura Capture guide

Kaltura Capture is a standalone screen capture program which you can run on your computer to create screencasts, video and audio recordings.

• Please note that Kaltura Capture won't work correctly on computers with two screens.
• Kaltura Capture does not currently work in computer labs, it will only work on personal computers.

Recording system sounds

• Kaltura Capture is normally used for recording audio from a microphone. However, there are occasions when you may want to record sound from a video or other system sounds together with your microphone audio. For PC users, please follow the following steps to activate recording of system sounds.

1. Go to mediaspace.city.ac.uk, select Guest in the top right, and log in with your City username and password.
2. Under the Add New menu, select Kaltura Capture.
3. You will need to download and install the program on your computer.
4. If you are using a work computer, or are experiencing problems downloading the application from MediaSpace you can use AppsAnywhere or the Company Portal to install Kaltura Capture.
5. If you cannot install Kaltura Capture using the above two options, please contact the IT Self Service Portal.
6. You can request a headset from IT Self Service Portal to record your captures.

1. Login to MediaSpace and select Add New. Choose Kaltura Capture.
   • Always launch Kaltura Capture like this. Don't be tempted to open it from the Start menu (Windows) or from the Dock / Applications list (Mac). There is no log-in/log-out function in Kaltura Capture, so recordings are saved and uploaded to the account of the last person who logged in to mediaspace.city.ac.uk on the computer.

1. Select the inputs that you would like to record. Selected inputs display in blue and any selected inputs will be captured on the recording.

   

   • Screen allows to record whatever is shown in your screen. It could be useful, for instance, to demonstrate how a piece of software works or to show a step by step process. You can either record the full screen or select an area.
   • Camera records your webcam. This can be used to create an introduction to the lecturer and the modules at the beginning of the course.
   • Audio records your voice. If you select only Audio you can create a Podcast.
2. Select the arrow alongside each of the options for more options.

To record the full screen:

1. Select the arrow alongside screen.
2. Select the Full screen option.

To record a section of the screen only:

Select the Select area option and then select Select Area again. 

1. You now have the option to draw a rectangle or choose a certain resolution to select the area of the screen you want to record This can also be moved around to show certain areas of the screen.

1. Select the Manage link. This takes you to your Capture library and provides access to additional settings.

   

2. Select the cog icon to open the additional settings.
3. The Camera recording quality allows you to select a quality for the camera recording.
4. The Screen recording quality allows you to select a quality for the screen recording.
5. The Record system audio option allows you to select whether or not you want the system audio in the audio for your recording. If you have videos in your lectures, and would like the audio from the video to be available in the recording, select Yes as the option.
6. The Recording name prefix option allows you to title your recordings.
7. The Highlight Cursor option will show a colour to highlight where the cursor is when a button is pressed.
8. Select the Save button in the top-right to save your settings.

1. Once your settings and inputs are selected and you are ready to record, choose the Record button (red button on left of Kaltura Capture).
2. While recording, a bar will display in the bottom right of your screen.

• To hide the toolbar in your recording, select the grey line on top right of the recording bar.
• To stop the recording, select the grey square.
• To pause the recording, select the round red circle.
• To cancel the recording, select the grey cross.
• The pencil icon allows you to annotate the screen.
• Select stop to finish the recording. Accept the confirmation message that displays.

1. When you select stop, your recording is displayed in the review window. You can now play back your recording and edit the settings for the video, such as:
   • Title allows you to rename your recording. 
   • Description allows you to add an optional description to your recording. 
   • Tags allows you to add tags to your recording. This is optional.
   • Delete will delete your recording.
2. Save & Upload will upload your recording to MediaSpace. By default it will be uploaded to your My Media and will be private to only you.
   • Save will save the recording in Kaltura Capture, and gives you the option to upload to MediaSpace afterwards.

This step only needs to be completed if you selected Save after recording.

1. Select Manage to open your Capture Library.
2. Select Upload to upload the recording to your MediaSpace account. 
3. By default it will be uploaded to your My Media and will be private to only you.
4. You can now add the Capture recording as a Video Resource in Moodle.

Once you have uploaded your narrated PowerPoint to MediaSpace you can complete basic edits using the MediaSpace editor. Further guidance is available in the Edit MediaSpace video guide.