How to use Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal

Overview

Universal Capture: Personal is a stand-alone version of Echo360 desktop application.  Recordings are created on a ad hoc basis and can be published to whichever course or section the user is logged into.  This means that instructors can easily use it to create captures as needed.

Before you start, you must have the application installed on your computer:

Instruction

To start a capture:

1. Launch Universal Capture.

2. Log in using your Mount Sinai Email account.

3. Select the inputs you want to capture (Audio is always required.  You can select to capture display and video, two display inputs, or two video inputs besides the audio.

4. Preview the inputs on the screen, to be sure they will record properly.

5. On the top left, click the pencil icon to launch the Capture Details dialog box.  Enter a title of the capture and select where do you want to publish it to, then click Save.

By default, the capture will be published into your own Echo360 library.  If you need to publish it to your course, please click the drop down menu and select the appropriate course.  If you do not see your course, that means that you have never accessed Echo360 from your Blackboard course.  You can still continue to publish to your library, and after the recording is completed, please send an email to ITG@mssm.edu requesting it to be publish into your course.

6. Click the Record button to begin.  A countdown appears and the Universal Capture window minimizes.

7. Click Stop when you are finished and completed your recording.

Once the recording is completed, it will be uploaded to Echo360 server to complete processing.