Using Screencast-O-Matic App for D2L

0:00 This is a quick intro to the Screencast-O-Matic app for Brightspace. This tutorial assumes the Screencast-O-Matic LTI App has already been installed by your Administrator. 0:11 You can easily add a recording as part of an announcement. On your course homepage, click "Create a post" and type in your announcement. 0:19 In the menu below your post click "Attach Link to Existing Activity" and select "External Learning Tools from the list. 0:27 Select "Screencast-O-Matic". Now click the "Screencast-O-Matic" link you just created. 0:33 If it's your first time using Screencast-O-Matic then you'll see a box like this so you can setup an account using your Brightspace login. 0:42 If you already have a Screencast-O-Matic login then you can also click this link to login with that account or if you've previously logged in at Screencast-O-Matic.com then the app will just use that login and skip this step. 0:56 Once you're logged in you'll be shown a list of your current uploads at Screencast-O-Matic.com so you can easily click to embed a video. 1:06 If you'd like to create a new recording then you can click this button to launch the recorder from your browser. 1:12 If you haven't used our recorder before on this computer then you may be prompted to download and install the recorder to get started. 1:20 Once you've made your recording then you can give it a title and upload it to your Screencast-O-Matic.com account. 1:27 After the upload is finished you'll see a preview of the embed with some options for how the embed will appear in Brightspace. 1:35 Clicking the Embed button will add that embed to your post then when your students click on that post link they will see the video ready for playback. 1:43 Team Pro Hosting users can also embed an entire video channel or the screen recorder for student assignments. 1:50 You can add the app as an activity in any Brightspace course module. On the course top level menu select "Content." 1:59 Select a module or create a new module. 2:02 From within a module, click "Add Existing Activities". Select "External Learning Tools" from the drop down menu 2:10 A form appears. Click "Screencast-O-Matic" to add the app as an activity. 2:15 From the drop down menu next to Screencast-O-Matic, select "Edit Properties in Place" and give a title and description to your activity. 2:24 Open the activity you just created. 2:27 Go to the Channels Tab. Select a channel to include. Click embed channel and when your students access this activity the video channel will be available for viewing. 2:38 To add the recorder for student assigments, go to the Recorder Tab and select the channel where you want student videos uploaded. 2:46 Click embed. Students can now access this acvitity and create their own videos for an assignment. The videos they create can only be uploaded to your channel on Screencast-O-Matic.