The following are the instructions for creating a personal capture in your office or on your personal computer.
To download the Echo360 Universal Capture software: Navigate to echo360.umass.edu and log in with your NetID and password. The Echo360 Library page will open. On the Echo360 Library page, select Settings (the gear icon) and then select choose Download. Our new ASR solution provides a pathway to affordable captioning and immersive student learning. Join us at an Echo360 Community Conference near you to network with your peers, share video capture and active learning best practices, learn about new product capabilities and roadmap items, and discuss. Personal Capture (PCAP) is a stand-alone application designed to be used by Instructors on their personal computers to generate captures outside of the classroom environment. The topics in this section of the Online Help provide installation and user instructions for Personal Capture for Mac.
To make, edit, and publish a recording using the Echo360 software, please follow the instructions below:
1. RECORDING
Installing Echo360 Personal Capture Client (Mac). Once logged in, click on the Downloads tab at the top of the page. Once the Downloads tab loads, click on the Installer for EchoSystem Personal Capture (Mac OS X) link under the File column. The installer file will start downloading.
The latest version of Echo360 Personal Capture is 5.2 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for the Education category. The app is developed by Echo360 Inc.
Open Echo 360 Personal Capture by double clicking on the icon on your desktop.
Once the application is launched, you will see a screen with two options:
Under Screen you should keep the default settings unless you have more than one screen plugged in.
In addition to capturing your computer screen, you can also include a video (of yourself). Most Macs come with a built-in iSight camera.
Under Video Device select the built-in iSight or FaceTime HD Camera from the drop-down menu.
When done, click Save. You will be taken back to the main recording page.
On the Recording page review that all the devices you will be using are Enabled. In order to enable a device, simply tick the box under the device name.
Also check that the microphone is working by looking at the indicator bars on the left-hand side of the main screen.
(Note:It is best to have your presentation or web site open before you start recording.) Once you have configured your settings on the Recording screen, click the Start Recording button. The Recording window minimizes automatically and a 5-second countdown dialog box appears. When the countdown disappears, you can begin your presentation and start speaking. Casio graphics calculator download mac.
To stop the recording, go to the Echo 360 icon at the top right-hand side of your computer screen, click on the Echo symbol and select Stop Recording.
Once you stop the recording, Edit Recording window will open automatically, and your recording will be on the editing timeline.
You have Two Options:
Edit the recording: If you need to apply edits and trims to the video, move to the EDITING section.
Do not edit the recording: If you do not need to apply edits and would like to publish the recording as it is, skip the EDITING section and jump to the PUBLISHING section.
Immediately after stopping a recording, the Edit Recording screen appears.
On My Recordings screen select the recording and click View/Edit. The Edit Recording screen appears.
Trim
To Trim the recording from front and back, drag the left slider in to trim the front of the recording. Drag the right slider in to trim the end of the recording. (Note: You can position the playhead in the spot you want to view.)
Click Apply Edits. (Note:Changes cannot be undone after the edits are applied.) The trim(s) is applied and you return to the My Recordings screen.
Cut
Position the playhead on the section where you want the cut to start (e.g. 00:00:14) and click the mark-in button. This places the mark-in point at current playhead position.
Position the playhead on the section where you want the cut to stop and click the mark-out button. This places the mark-out point at current playhead position.
Once you are happy with your mark-in and mark-out points for the cut, click Cut. The cut area(s) will appear gray on the timeline.
(Note: To clear the last cut made, double-click the gray cut area. To clear all cuts made to the timeline, click theClear Cutsbutton at the bottom of the application window. A popup appears asking for confirmation to clear all cuts from the recording. ClickYes.)
Click Apply Edits. (Note:Changes cannot be undone after the edits are applied.) The cut(s) is applied and you return to the My Recordings screen.
Motion tracking software free mac. In the My Recordings screen, the recording shows a progress bar as the edits are applied. Once edits are complete, the status changes to Edited.
3. PUBLISHING
You can select a recording for publication in one of two ways:
On the My Recordings screen (which can be accessed by starting the Echo360 Personal Capture application > Go To My Recordings), select/highlight the recording in the list and click Publish Recording.
Immediately after completing a recording, you are taken to the View/Edit screen to view, edit, and/or publish the result. On this screen, click Publish Recording.
On the Publish Recording - Select Course page, select/highlight the course section in which you would like to publish the recording and click on Next.
Select Create new Echo to create a new recording or Replace existing Echo to replace an existing one for this course. Set the start date and time for the new recording (the start date and time will become the presentation date and time to the students viewing the Echo) and then click Next.
Enter a title for the recording and click Publish.
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This returns you to the My Recordings screen and the recording appears in the list with a status of Published. (Note:Upload may take considerable time depending on the size of the recording and network conditions.)
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As the recording gets published, it is automatically uploaded to the course in Blackboard.