Capture comprises a set of webcasting tools that enable you to create, record, and publish CaptureCast presentations. CaptureCast presentation formats are a combination of media from camera, microphone, and computer sources. As a presenter, you can schedule an event, webcast to an audience in real-time, interact with attendees through chat and publish it later for on-demand viewing.
Capture enables you to view CaptureCast presentations as part of course content. If you are a user with access to Capture Portal, you can access live webcast presentations with your computer or mobile device, look for scheduled live events from the Capture Calendar page, interact with other attendees and presenters through chat, and view presentations on-demand after past live events and offline recordings are published. If you are a Learning Environment user, you can view live events and on-demand CaptureCast presentations in your course content.
Conduct live webcasts and offline recordings from your own computer's Capture Software. Capture Software is installed on a PC, Mac, or Capture Station, and its essential function is to record and stream your CaptureCast presentations, and publish them to the end user. After you finish recording a presentation, Capture Software enables you to publish it to Capture Portal for on-demand viewing and further editing.
Use Capture Station to record automated presentations at a physical location such as a classroom, lecture hall, or conference area. Capture Station is a workstation with high performance interfaces for cameras and microphones, utilizing Capture Softare to record course sessions automatically at preset times and dates.
Once you create a webcast or an offline recording with Capture Software, you can publish it to Capture Portal for on-demand viewing. Capture Portal is a web-based application you can use to:
Capture Station is monitored through Capture Portal, allowing you to remotely schedule the station to start recording live streams at pre-determined times. Capture Portal users can log in to view live webcasts (e.g. live events), a calendar schedule of live events, and on-demand CaptureCast presentations (e.g. published live events and offline recordings).
If you are unable to record a live event from your computer, or if a presenter does not have Capture Software, you can use Capture Portal's Web Capture functionality to record a live webcast from a web browser using a uniquely generated URL. Unlike Capture Software, Web Capture has limited functionality and should be used only in unique use-case scenarios (e.g. special guest online presenters; presenters with no access to Capture Software).
Capture Portal's built-in Producer tool enables you to make simple edits to published CaptureCast presentations. You can cut segments from audio or video files, add chapter divisions, insert files, manage slides, and include closed captioning subtitles.
Similar to Capture Portal, Capture Central enables you to create live events, publish, manage, and edit presentations for on-demand viewing, and use Web Capture for presenters who do not have Capture Software, all in Learning Environment. Learning Environment users can view your live events and published presentations within their courses after you embed your presentations into course content.
Once you create a live event or publish a presentation, you can embed your CaptureCast presentation into course content anywhere HTML Editor is available.
See Installing and setting up Capture Software.
Note You will need your Desire2Learn Capture order confirmation email the first time you access Capture Portal. This email contains your Capture Portal URL and login information (you can modify your credentials after the first login).
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