How to Record Audio/Video in WebStudy Some courses may require you to record Audio and/or Video for Assignments or Forums Language or Communications courses for example. To Record Audio you need a microphone, either built in to your computer, or in a headset. To Record Video you will need a camera, either built in, or attached to your computer. We will use creating an audio recording for a Forum as an example: After you click “Start new thread” button, or click on the Instructor’s initial post in a Forum to Reply, you will see the “RECORD AUDIO/VIDEO” button. Anywhere in WebStudy that you see this button, you can click it to open the CourseLive Recorder window. Note: If you don’t have a camera attached or built in to your computer you will see a warning message: Audio recording will still work, even if you don’t have a camera. So, if you are only required to record audio, you will be able to do that. How To Record Audio/Video in WebStudy - Student Revised January 2013 © WebStudy, Inc. Page 1 of 4 To start recording click the Record button. You will see a flashing upper right corner of the window. message appear in the And the Adobe Flash “Allow/Deny” pop-up appears (if you have not set Flash Player to Remember this option). Click the “Allow” button to continue. Begin speaking into the microphone. The progress bar will show your progress, and the Length in minutes and Size in MB will update at the bottom of the screen. When you are finished recording, click the Stop Recording button. You will then see the pop up message that the recording has been Saved. IMPORTANT: Click the “OK” button to complete the Save. At this point, you can review your recording by clicking the Play button. If you are not satisfied with the recording, follow the steps above to make a new recording. Click “Append” to add more to your previous recording, “Overwrite” to erase the previous recording and create a new one, or “Cancel” to keep the previously saved recording. If you are satisfied with your recording, you can Close the CourseLive Recorder window . This returns you to the Forum post screen (in this example). IMPORTANT: Click the “SUBMIT” button to Save the recording as a post to this Forum. How To Record Audio/Video in WebStudy - Student Revised January 2013 © WebStudy, Inc. Page 2 of 4 Your Instructor, and in this Forum example your classmates, will be able to play your recording by clicking the only. button. Recordings in Assignments and Exams are visible to Instructor Troubleshooting - What to do if your audio/video is not working: 1. Open the recorder window by clicking the button. 2. Place your mouse-cursor anywhere within that window and rightclick. In the pop up Flash menu, click on ''Settings''. 3. Adobe Flash Player Settings box will open. 4. Click the “Allow” radio button. That allows the WebStudy site access to your recording devices so your recording can be saved. 5. Click on the ''Microphone'' icon. 6. Click the down arrow to list the available microphones, and click on to select the correct microphone to match the one you are using. This choice is saved automatically. Note: you can also adjust the Volume slider here, and/or click the Reduce Echo check box if desired. How To Record Audio/Video in WebStudy - Student Revised January 2013 © WebStudy, Inc. Page 3 of 4 7. Click on ''Camera'' icon. 8. In the drop-down list of available cameras, select the correct camera to match the one you are using. This choice is saved automatically. 9. If you click to check the Remember checkbox , with the Allow option selected, you are allowing all applications from the WebStudy site, not just the application that is currently running, to access your microphone and/or camera. Flash Player will not ask you again if applications from this website can have access. If you don’t select Remember, your selection to allow or deny access applies only to the application which is currently running. If you run this application again, or any other application from this website, Flash Player will ask you each time whether to allow or deny access to your microphone and/or camera. 10. Click the “Close” button to return to the recording window. 11. Test Audio/Video recorder. -- If it still does not work, repeat the process and choose a different device Clicking the “Help” icon takes you to the Flash Player help page with information on the current settings and links to other Help topics. This is a link to that page: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help03.html How To Record Audio/Video in WebStudy - Student Revised January 2013 © WebStudy, Inc. Page 4 of 4