Presenting and publishing with Web Capture

Instructors may want to invite guests to present lectures or events from remote locations. If guests are not members of the institution, it is difficult to provide them with Capture Software and Capture credentials. Web Capture is a light-weight solution to this problem.

Web Capture is a Flash-based presentation tool available within Capture Portal or Capture Central. Presenters can launch Web Capture from any browser. Presenters with Publisher, Manager, Admin, or Super Admin access rights can conduct live webcasts with Web Capture, or share specific Web Capture URLs to presenters who do not have access to Capture Software.

Capture Software is a computer application, whereas Web Capture is a web browser experience. Capture administrators or instructors create live events in Capture Portal, and send each event's generated URL to guest presenters. Guest presenters ready to create live webcasts navigate to the URL to launch the recording interface.

Tip  Think of a Web Capture URL as a secret key.  The URL is sent to a guest presenter, who opens the link at the time of the event and records the webcast from a remote location.

After a user presents a live webcast with Web Capture, the presentation is stored in Capture Portal or Capture Central for further editing or publishing. As a best practice, consider limiting your use of Web Capture to unique use-case scenarios only (e.g. special guest presenters; presenters with no access to Capture Software). Do not use Web Capture as the main tool in recording webcasts since it has less options and capabilities in comparison with Capture Software.

Note  You must be online with a high speed internet connection to present from Web Capture.

Record a presentation with Web Capture

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Log in to Capture Portal and click Admin.
    • In Learning Environment, click Capture Central on your course navbar.
  2. In the Manage Content area's Live section, click Manage Live Events.
  3. Click the Web Capture icon beside the live event you want to present.

    Manage Live Events area

  4. Do one of the following:
    • If you are the presenter, click Start Presenting.
    • If you are coordinating the presentation for a presenter, click Copy URL and paste the URL in the event invitation you are sending to the presenter. The presenter navigates to the URL and clicks Start Presenting.

    Web Capture presentation link and URL

  5. Click Allow when the Flash player prompts you to allow camera and microphone access.
  6. If your presentation layout allows a slideshow, you can click Add Media to import files (PPT, PPTX, DOC, DOCX, PDF) to the presentation. The quality of the upload and conversion process may not be as high quality as the conversion within Capture Software. 
  7. Once the interface loads, you can see audio and video preview feeds in the encoder screen. Click Start to begin streaming the live webcast in Capture Portal or Learning Environment.

    Tip  You can click the Pause icon any time during streaming to pause your live stream. Paused sections of your presentation are not released to viewers. Click the Start icon to resume streaming.

  8. When you are finished webcasting, click Stop.

    Important  Clicking Stop during a live event indicates you are finished recording. Clicking the Start icon after clicking Stop overwrites your current recording with a new recording.

  9. Click Finish. Guest presenters cannot publish presentations to Capture Portal and must wait for Capture administrators or instructors to publish the completed event.

Publish a Web Capture presentation

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Log in to Capture Portal and click Admin.
    • In Learning Environment, click Capture Central on your course navbar.
  2. In the Manage Content area's Live section, click Manage Live Events.
  3. Click the Publish icon beside the presentation you want to publish.

    Publish a Web Capture webcast presentation.

  4. If your presentation publishes successfully, select one of the following options:
    • Click Watch to view the published presentation.
    • Click Edit Details to modify presentation details on the Edit Recorded Presentation page.

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