Mediasite is a lecture capture tool used to record class sessions or lectures and upload recordings to university servers. The lecture capture tool is available for use by The Ohio State University faculty and staff. Generate recordings using one of three methods: a Hardware Recorder, a Desktop Recorder, or an external media source. Mediasite Mosaic is available in the Mac App Store: Windows. Mediasite Mosaic is available in the Microsoft Store as an open beta. The open beta is available for users to try Mediasite Mosaic before it is generally available. The feedback you provide on quality and usability helps us identify and fix issues, making Mediasite software better. Access via Deakin Video or your CloudDeakin site and select Deakin Video, under Tools (this option is not available to some faculties).; Select Add Media.; Click on the link ‘Download the Mediasite Desktop Recorder‘. Click on Download for Windows or Select Mac; Once downloaded, Navigate to ‘Confirm & Register’ Choose Mediasite Desktop Recorder. Can I download recorded Mediasite Lectures to watch offline? Navigate to where the Mediasite recording is located (it may be located in a MySCU site). If the lecture you are accessing is in MySCU, you will most likely have to select 'Lectures' then click onto 'Mediasite Lectures' to find the recordings.
1.Head to the Mediasite Manage Portal and login with your NetID.
2.Expand the “Downloaded Courses” folder and click on your course.
3. Select on the lecture you wish to download by clicking on the title text. This will make a window pop up.
4. Click on “Delivery.”
5. Once on the Delivery tab, you will click on “Video 1” and a new dropdown will appear. You will find a link under the Distribution URL. You need to highlight the URL up until the “?playback…” part.
6. Copy and paste this URL to a new tab/window. Pause the video that is now playing in the new window. Right click anywhere on the video and select to download the video. Each browser will have a different way of asking how to save the video.
7. The video will now download to your computer where you can keep it for your records.
My Mediasite is a part of the video solution Mediasite. My Mediasite lets you upload, administer, edit and publish videos, as well as record your desktop on your PC/Mac. The tutorials below offer a complete workflow for creating a desktop recording, while introducing you to the most important functions of My Mediasite. Get an account (Norwegian tutorial), and try it yourself.
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University owned computer (Windows): Available in Software Center. Use AnyConnect if you are at home.
University owned computer (Mac): Available for download on Mac. Use AnyConnect if you are at home.
Privately owned computer:
Log in at My Mediasite.
Go directly to the download page. Or Click “Add Presentation' and then “Capturing video requires an app - More information'.
Choose the version of Mediasite Desktop Recorder that is appropriate for your computer.
In order to be able to record, you will need to have Mediasite Desktop Recorder installed, and connect it to your account (this passage).
Log in to My Mediasite.
Go directly to the download page. Or Click “Add Presentation' and then “Capturing video requires an app - More information'.
Below step 2 on the page, click the “Register”-button.
Mediasite Desktop Recorder will start up on our computer.
Check your connection by ensuring that your username shows up on the left of the Mediasite Desktop Recorder.
A Presentation is a container for a video. It includes the video file itself, information about who made it, and who may view it. Create a presentation, and then fill it with your video / your recording.
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Click 'Add presentation'.
Click 'Capture Video' (or 'Upload New Video' if you already have a video file, e.g. from a Zoom recording).
Give the presentation a name.
Set 'Destination' to 'My Drafts' (or find an existing Channel or Shared Folder).
Click 'Create and Launch'.
Before you can start a recording, you need to create a presentation. After you have clicked “Create and Launch” in the browser, Medisate Desktop Recorder will open, and you may proceed.
Chose type of recording to make it turn yellow. Screencast is suitable for demonstrations (video). Slideshow is suitable for PowerPoint (without animations). Choose one of the “+ Video”-alternatives if you want to record your webcamera in addition to your screen. The tutorial below demonstrates “Screencast + Video”.
Click 'Next'.
Set up your desired webcamera source under “Camera Input”.
Set up your desired microphone source under “Microphone Input”.
Set up the volume of your audio recording by clicking “Open Sound Control Panel”.
Proceed by clicking “Next”.
Set up which part of the screen is to be recorded (Desktop, Window, Region).
Proceed by clicking the green button with a checkmark.
When you are ready to start recording, click «Record».
This assumes that you have created a presentation and started the recording.
(Windows) To pause the recording, click the red pause button in the system tray. Mediasite Desktop Recorder will appear.
(Mac) To pause the recording, click the red pause button in the menu bar. Mediasite Desktop Recorder will appear.
To continue recording, click “Resume Recording”.
To end recording, click “Finish Recording”.
After you have finished recording and uploaded it to My Mediasite, the video will be processed. This can take minutes or hours, depending on the length of the recording.
While the video is being uploaded, you can adjust a few settings for the presentation.
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Open the presentation by clicking on its title.
Underneath 'Who can view?' choose the desired level.
'Everyone' means everyone in the world with the link to the video will be able to watch it.
'My Organization' means UiT employees and students who are logged in with Feide will be able to watch the video.
'Only Share Users' means you make a list of specific individuals at UiT who can watch the video. Generally not recommended.
'Only Me' means no one except for you can watch the video, whether they have the link or not.
Click «Edit Details».
Here you can add a description, a presenter profile, Modules for linking the video to Canvas, and more.
Click «Save» when done.
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Open the presentation by clicking on its title.
Click «Edit Video». The editing tool will open in a new tab.
The editing tool allows you to do simple edits to a video while you are working in a browser.
This assumes that you have opened the editing tool.
If the presentation includes recording from both your screen and webcamera, make the video from the webcamera visible by clicking “Video Source”. Afterwards, click “Right” (Video) and “Video 1”.
To cut (remove) a part of the video: use the marker to select a part of the timeline. Click “Cut Time”.
To make transitions smoother in segments where you have cut part of the timeline: click the triangle “Drag to move or click for options”, and choose “Fade”.
To add a chapter: set the marker where the chapter is supposed to start. Click “Insert Chapter”. Set up your title, and click “Ok”.
To undo a change: click “Projects” and then “Revision History”. Click “Restore” on the action you wish to undo.
This assumes that you have opened the editing tool and edited a recording.
When you have finished editing, click “Save Video”.
Choose between “Save Video to Current”, “Save Video to New” and “Save Video to Existing”.
«Save Video to Current» means that you overwrite the original recording in the same presentation.
«Save Video to New» means that you create a new presentation to save the edited recording.
«Save Video to Existing» means that you save the edited recording in a presentation that you have created previously.
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Open the presentation by clicking its title.
Click on the “Share Presentation” button down to the right.
Copy the URL under “Quick Link” and paste it into an e-mail, Canvas etc.
#12: Publish the presentation on a page in Canvas
To post a My Mediasite presentation in Canvas, you can publish the link, or you can use Canvas integration to transfer the video directly to Canvas. This method makes the video a part of a content page in Canvas.
Log in to UiT's Canvas.
Find the page in Canvas where you wish to post the video.
Edit the Canvas page.
Click the Mediasite symbol.
Choose “Autoriser” if you are asked about connecting your account.
Choose 'Presentation'.
After a little while, your My Mediasite presentations will be visible.
Click «Embed» on the presentation in question, and choose how you want it displayed in Canvas. We recommend that you use both «Player Only» and 'Presentation link'.
Save and publish the Canvas page when finished.
#13: Publish the presentation in Canvas via the class channel
There is an integration between Mediasite and Canvas that makes it possible to gather all videos for a class in one channel. This will desplay in the class in Canvas as «Mediasite kanal for video».
«Mediasite kanal for video» is mainly for automated lecture capture, but you can add your own videos as well. E.g. flipped classroom videos that you have made in your office and saved in My Mediasite.
The process of adding a presentation to the Mediasite channel of a class has two parts. First, the channel of the class in Canvas needs to be activated. Afterwards, you edit the presentation in My Mediasite so that it is visible in the class channel.
Part 1 – Activate the class Mediasite channel
NB! You need to be registred as the class teacher in Canvas for this to work.
Go to the main page of Canvas.
Find the class in question.
Click 'Mediasite kanal for video' in the left-hand menu of the class. If it is not visible, you can make it so by editing the class navigations links.
Part 2 - Edit the presentation in My Mediasite
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Open the presentation by clicking its title.
Click 'Edit Details'.
Under the «Information» tab, you will find «Modules». (Note: a Module in My Mediasite is not to be confused with Modules in Canvas).
Click 'Add Module'.
Choose the correct Module.
The list of available Modules depends on whether the “Mediasite kanal for video” of the class has been activated (check out part 1 above). NB! If you don't see Canvas courses where you are registered as a teacher, contact Orakelet.
Click 'Save'.
Many lecturers makes video recordings of their own lectures. The presentations can be made available for students at Min side. This is achievable by using tags.
Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Open the presentation by clicking its title.
Click «Edit».
Under 'Tags', add
class code: [your class code]
student publication: yes
The video will be available on Min side the following day.
Remove a video from Min side
If a published video (as described above) is to be removed, you need to remove the tag «student publication: yes». The video will disappear from Min side the following day.
If you need to remove the recording immediately, you can log onto My Mediasite and set the presentation to Private – this ensures only the owner can view the recording.
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#15: Publish the presentation in a channel/catalogue you have created yourself
You can publish a set of presentations in a Channel that works like a playlist on YouTube. One advantage of channels is that you can set rights for the channel once, and it will apply for all the videos in the channel even if they are added at a later date.
The process below is for channels/catalogues you have created yourself. Channels that are connected to a class require a different process.
Put simply, the process is as follows:
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Go to the main page of My Mediasite.
Click 'Channels'.
Create a channel by clicking 'Add Channel'.
Decide who is permitted to view the videos by clicking “Security”. “Everyone” means that anyone in the world can view the videos. “AuthenticatedUsers” requires a UiT-log in to view them.
Move presentations from “My Drafts” to the channel by clicking the title of the presentation and then “Move to”.
You can find the channel’s link by clicking “Channels”, your channel and then “View”.