Camtasia Relay

Requirements

Windows XP SP2 (or Higher) Minimum, or Vista

• 1.0Ghz CPU Minimum, 2.0Ghz Recommended
• 512MB RAM Minium, 1GB Recommended
• 2GB/Hr of recording free HD space
• 15MB free of HD space for install

OSX 10.4.11 Minimum, OSX 10.5.x Recommended

• PowerPC 1.4Ghz Minimum, Intel-Based 2.16Ghz Recommended
• 512MB Minimum, 2GB Recommended
• 2GB/Hr of recording free HD space
• 15MB free of HD space for install

Tutorial Videos

Introduction to Camtasia Relay
Advanced Camtasia Relay Usage (coming soon)

Getting Started

Installing the Recorder

• Login to the administration interface with your Identikey username & password.
• On the right-hand side of the screen under the "Camtasia Relay Recorders" box, click the "Download" icon.
• Click the download for your platform (OSX or Windows).
• Once the downloaded, install the application as you would any other on your platform.

Test your Environment

• Open the Camtasia Relay Recorder.
• Login with your Identikey Username & Password.
• Under "Recording details", select "Direct Upload to YouTube (10Min MAX)" from the "Profile" drop down box. IMPORTANT
• In the bottom right hand side of the application, click the blue "TEST" button.
• Speak normally during the test and move your mouse around for 10 seconds.
• When the test is done a review window will pop-up.
• Click play and verify that you can hear yourself and that your mouse movements are visible.
• If you do not hear yourself or see your screen/mouse movements, skip to the troubleshooting section on this page.
• When done click close to return to the main application window.

Starting a Recording

• Open the Camtasia Relay Recorder.
• Login with your Identikey Username & Password.
• Under "Recording details", select "Direct Upload to YouTube (10Min MAX)" from the "Profile" drop down box from the "Profile" drop down box. IMPORTANT
• Enter a "Presentation title", and "Presentation description".
• In the bottom right hand side of the application, click the red "REC" button.

Ending a Recording

• Open the Camtasia relay application, click the stop button.
• The review window should open, click the play button to review the video.
• If the video needs to be edited, click the 'Trimming' button. See the Editing a Recording for more information.
• Afterwards click the "Submit" button (or 'Save' when off-line).

Deleting or Editing a Recording after Submitting

This functionality is not currently available at this time.  If you'd like to edit or delete a video that you have already submitted to YouTube please contact help@caete.colorado.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q. Powerpoint crashes when I encounter a video in my slides while recording.
• A. Disable macro's when opening your slides and/or use a newer version of Powerpoint. This is a known bug, and will be fixed in a future release.

• Q. I do not hear any audio in my recordings.
• A. Please ensure that you have the correct microphone selected on the Relay recording dialog. You can check this by clicking the microphone icon at the top. Please contact help@caete.colorado.edu if you need further assistance.

• Q. I do not see any video or the video doesn't change in my recordings.
• A. Unfortunately there is no simple solution for this, please contact help@caete.colorado.edu for further assistance.

Additional Applications & Tips

Mac OSX

• On-Screen writing can be done with a Tablet and Omni Dazzle.
• Zooming can be done by using the built in accessability tools.
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Windows

• On-Screen writing can be done with a Tablet or Tablet PC, and Windows Journal.
• Zooming can be done by using a 3rd party application called Magical Glass.

General

Orginary microphones can be used, but we'd suggest using a lapel, boom, or headset mic.  Unlike built in microphones, these will not pick up noise from your computer or keyboard. 

If you need assistance hooking a microphone up to your computer please contact help@caete.colorado.edu.