Part 1: Setting Up Your YouTube Account For Recordings

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1 Part 1: Setting Up Your YouTube Account For Recordings Before you start your first recording, you will need to make sure that you have a YouTube account setup and ready to upload videos to. Note: You are able to use a non- GVSU YouTube account for uploading videos. If you would like to, skip to the next page. To do this, go to YouTube.com and click Sign In in the upper right corner of the screen. At the next screen, you will need to sign in with your full GVSU address and GVSU network password. Enter Full GVSU Address After clicking Sign In, it will direct you to the Grand Valley sign in page. Enter in only your GVSU username and password. GVSU Username, Not Once you have clicked Login, YouTube will open and you will have successfully activated your YouTube account.

2 Next, go to gvsu.techsmithrelay.com and log in with your GVSU username and password. If you log into the TechSmith Relay website and get an error looking like the one below, click on the YouTube link in the error itself. At the next page, you will need to enter your YouTube account information. If you are using your GVSU YouTube account, you will need to enter your GVSU in the space provided labeled Username and then your network password in the space labeled Password. GVSU Address After you have entered in your information, click save and your videos should load to your YouTube account.

3 Part 2: Recording Your screencast using TechSmith Relay Open the documents or programs you want to appear on your screen as you are recording (i.e. PowerPoint presentation, your Blackboard site etc.). Open/Launch TechSmith Relay. Enter your GVSU username and password. Click Log In. GVS GVS U rn Use U Pa am e ssw o rd Once you are logged in, you can check your audio input by making sure the Audio button is green and when there is a sound made around your mic, the volume bar moves. Before you begin recording, you can give your recording a title and a description. Needs to b e green to record audio

4 The toolbar at the top will help you setup your computer for the recording process. If you have multiple audio inputs, you will need to select which one to use during the recording by clicking on the Audio button on the bar at the top. The audio levels will automatically adjust during your recording but you can also manually boost or lower the volume of your microphone. Note: If you are having difficulty selecting your microphone or adjusting your volume, you may also need to select and adjust the appropriate audio input via your computer s sound manager. We also recommend using a USB wired or wireless microphone for recording. This type of microphone will produce better quality audio than your computer s built- in microphone. If you are using more than one monitor display, click Display to select which monitor you would like to record. If you would like to use your webcam to record video of you during the presentation, click Camera. If you have multiple displays and want to record from a certain one, click on the Display button to select which monitor you want to use. Before officially recording your screencast, click Test to check that your audio levels and video are indeed recording as desired.

5 Once you re ready to record, click the REC (record) button. A 3 second timer will appear, counting down the time before the recording will actually begin. The timer will then minimize so that it does not distract from your presentation. Note: If you are using a headset to record your screencast, you will not hear the audio through your headset during the actual recording process. Once you have finished recording your screencast, select the TechSmith Relay Recorder and click the Stop button. It may take a few moments for Relay to finalize your recording. Once your screencast has finalized but before submitting it for final processing, you have the option to trim the beginning and end of your presentation.

6 Part 3: Trimming and Submission Click the Trimming button. Click and drag the marker along the timeline to where you d like the presentation to start. Click Set presentation start. Click and drag the marker along the timeline to where you d like the presentation to end. Click Set presentation end. Set start and end with these buttons Click the Submit button when ready to publish your screencast and leave your computer running for a few minutes so that the screencast may upload to the Relay server. Click to upload The length of time needed for processing is dependent on how long your presentation is and how many other users are requesting processing at the same time. We recommend that your videos never exceed any more than 20 minutes in length. Tip: For quickest processing results, break your recordings into shorter segments (20 minutes or less). Most recordings are available within several hours after being submitted. Once your screencast has finished processing, you should receive an confirmation in your GVSU . To view your recordings, go to gvsu.hosted.techsmithrelay.com. Log in once again with your GVSU username and password and then click on presentations at the top. You can check to make sure that your recordings were uploaded to YouTube with this page. If they have successfully loaded, you will not see any videos in the presentation list.