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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.
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You can easily add a recording as part of an announcement. On your course homepage, click "Create a post" and type in your announcement.
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In the menu below your post click "Attach Link to Existing Activity" and select "External Learning Tools from the list.
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Select "Screencast-O-Matic". Now click the "Screencast-O-Matic" link you just created.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If you'd like to create a new recording then you can click this button to launch the recorder from your browser.
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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.
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Once you've made your recording then you can give it a title and upload it to your Screencast-O-Matic.com account.
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After the upload is finished you'll see a preview of the embed with some options for how the embed will appear in Brightspace.
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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.
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Team Pro Hosting users can also embed an entire video channel or the screen recorder for student assignments.
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You can add the app as an activity in any Brightspace course module. On the course top level menu select "Content."
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Select a module or create a new module.
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From within a module, click "Add Existing Activities". Select "External Learning Tools" from the drop down menu
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A form appears. Click "Screencast-O-Matic" to add the app as an activity.
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From the drop down menu next to Screencast-O-Matic, select "Edit Properties in Place" and give a title and description to your activity.
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Open the activity you just created.
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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.
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To add the recorder for student assigments, go to the Recorder Tab and select the channel where you want student videos uploaded.
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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.