Recording & uploading to MEDIASITE and embedding into canvas

May 23, 2023

Duane Woods

Audio Video Design Specialist, CEE

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Recording with the mosaic app

Add Presentation: Capture App

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Mediasite Recording apps

Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR) , Mediasite Capture and Mediasite Mosaic are online screencasting apps that directly integrate into My Mediasite.

It allows you to record video and/or audio presentations, with light editing available in the Web Editor, if needed. It is then automatically streamed online with My Mediasite.

Versions

MDR - PC

Mediasite Capture - Older Mac

Mediasite Mosaic* - Newer Mac

*all Mediasite apps will become Mosaic

Keep in Mind

• Best to think of MDR/Mosaic recordings as "one-shot" videos (one chance to record with little/no editing)

• Uploads and downloads can take much longer than you think

What it can do

• Record your screen & mic

• Single window or side-by-side

• Record audio/podcast

What it can't do

• Record system audio

• Resize or cut between shots

• Not quite Youtube quality

• Editing (text, titles, other media)

• Can't create closed captions

What can mdr/Mosaic do?

Capture

Presentations 

Screen recording methods

• Zoom

• Macs: COMMAND + SHIFT + 5

• Windows 10: Game Bar

• Camtasia (*must be purchased)

• Export a Movie from PowerPoint

Narrated POwerpoint

*all can record/export in MP4 format

Editing software

• iMovie (free on Macs)

• Adobe Rush (SFU supported, Mac/PC)

• Camtasia (*must be purchased, Mac/PC)

• Smartphone apps: iMovie, Rush

*Quick Tip: iMovie or Camtasia can be used as easy file converters 

Converting files

• VLC (can be unreliable)

• Handbrake (free but complicated)

• iMovie (free on Macs)

• Camtasia (*must be purchased, Mac/PC)

• Mediasite can accept many formats, but many will be slower to process and have other issues

• 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720

• MP4

conversion software

stream.sfu.ca

where to go

uploading

Uploading VIDEO FORMATs FOR MEDIASITE

Video FORMAT

• Container Format: MP4  (*mp4, avi, mov, flv, m4v, mkv, wmv accepted, but may causes issues)

• Resolution: 1920 x 1080 recommended, 720p okay

• Codec: H.264 is preferred

• Frame Rate: 24 or 30 frames per second

• Duration: ideal length for a video is under 1 hour (up to 2 hours maximum)

• File Size: less than 2GB for a single video file recommended

Uploading audio FORMATs FOR MEDIASITE

Audio Format

• Container Format: MP3  (*wav, vob also accepted)

• Bit rate: 192 kbps or less recommended

• Duration: length for a recorded audio is under 3 hours

• Note that audio uploads will appear as a black screen, like a "blank" video

Add Media

Uploading

uploading

Add Presentation 

• Capture Video (MDR/Mosaic)

• Upload New Video (from your computer)

• Link External Video (ie. Youtube)

Text

Details

uploading & processing

- processing/uploading times are not exact, no "percentage done"

- processing times have sped up since a spring 2021 Mediasite update

Mediasite settings

Individual

Presentation

Permissions

• recommended for ease

• SFU ID needed to view

• may already be signed in

• Mail list through IT

• private 

• anyone can view

• no security 

Details

Making it downloadable

view Analytics

embedding into Canvas

SHARING from Mediasite?

• Use it to directly email a link

• Do not use it to embed into Canvas (embed FROM Canvas)

SHARING from a shared folder?

• Classroom recordings: May have to get IT to transfer video to your account

embedding into Canvas

1. Open up a Page in Canvas to Edit

embedding into Canvas

2.  Click on Apps icon, select Mediasite

embedding into Canvas

3.  Choose:

•  Presentation for a single video

•  Collection for a playlist (*Channel in Mediasite)

embedding into Canvas

4.  Choose your video, select:

• Presentation Link for a hyperlink

• Player Only to embed it

embedding into Canvas

5.  Save your edits!

embedding into Canvas

   How it looks on your Page:

• Link

• Player Only

info/FAQ from IT Services

https://www.sfu.ca/information-systems/services/mediasite.html

Questions?

CEE's new media studio!

Lightboard

filming

interviews

straight to camera

Not for lecture capture

*NOTE: This studio is NOT intended to be used for lecture capture. For this service, please use:

• IT Services for in-class lecture recordings

• the Library's Maker Space for one-touch recording or simple podcasting

Studio uses

• Lightboard filming

• Filmed Interviews

• Podcasts (more extensive or important)

• Guest Speakers/Experts

• Filmed Demonstrations

• Audio Dramas

• Simulations/Dramatizations

• Performances/Artistic Installations