Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal

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What is Universal Capture?

Universal Capture is software from Echo360, which allows you to record videos on your personal device by capturing your screen and microphone audio. These videos can be published directly to your MyUni course through Echo360.

Downloading and Installing Universal Capture

If you are using a University machine, you can now install Universal Capture from the Software Centre for Windows and Mac Self Service for Mac. You no longer need administrative access to the machine to install it.

If you are working on a personal device, use the instructions below to download and install Universal Capture.

In MyUni, go to one of your courses, and navigate to Echo360.
Click the cogwheel in the top-right and select "Downloads"
On the Echo downloads page, look for "Universal Capture: Personal". Select the appropriate link for Windows or Mac devices to download the installer.
Open the downloaded installer, and install the program to your machine.

The video below also walks you through this process.

Recording a Video With Universal Capture

When you open Universal Capture on your machine, you'll be prompted to login, which will launch a browser window to enter your university credentials (this will require your university email in the format a1234567@adelaide.edu.au - the firstname.lastname@adelaide.edu.au format will not work).

Before starting the recording, you should set your video and audio using the dropdown menus. Choose which of your screens to capture and show in your recording. Anything on this screen during the recording will be visible.

It's recommended to use only one video input, as when lectures are downloaded by students, the video file will only show one screen. Check that the microphone is picking up your audio (the coloured bars will light up as below when you speak).

The last thing to do before you begin recording is to click Edit capture details to set the following parameters for your lecture:

Title: Set it to something meaningful
Description: Brief blurb about the topics covered in the lecture
Publish Location: By default this will be set to 'Library'. Your library in Echo is your private area for recordings, from where you can publish to any course. You can instead select one of your courses to publish the recording directly there when it's finished.

Save your capture settings. When you're ready to begin, click the red circle to initiate a 5 second countdown, when the recording will start. If you've selected a course to publish to, when you finish your recording it will be immediately uploaded to the course and available to students. If you've selected 'livestreaming', students will be able to view it live.

Publishing from your Library

If you chose to publish your recording to your library, it won't be accessible in your course until it is published to the course. Click the Echo logo at the top of the Echo360 page in any MyUni course to get to your Echo360 Library.

From there, click the 'My Content' tab to see all videos you've uploaded, and find the video, and click the three dots to bring up the options. Click 'Share'.

Select 'Class' and then select your course from the dropdown menu. Then click 'Share'. The lecture will now be appear in the Echo360 area in your course.

The recording will now be available for students in your course.

Editing Videos

Echo360 provides a basic editing feature which allows you to trim out portions of the video (see Echo360 guide).