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Echo360- Personal Capture for Mac

Updated: February 5, 2018 1 SVSU ITS

Echo360 Personal Capture allows you to create recordings in your office. Simply install the software on your computer

and record your computer screen, audio, and video (external webcam recommended).

Lectures are made available in Canvas to your students.

Follow the steps below in this guide to install Personal Capture (PCAP) for Mac.

Echo360 Username Echo360 Password

If you interested in Echo360, email [email protected], contact us by phone at 989-964-4225 (x4225), or stop by Zahnow Library, first floor. We need the minimum of 7-10 business days to fulfill requests.

Contents Personal Capture (PCAP) Features .......................................................................................................................................... 2

PCAP Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Using Personal Capture Mac on Retina Display Models ......................................................................................................... 2

Before You Can Record Your Lecture ...................................................................................................................................... 2

Change Your Password ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

Forgot Your Password ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

Download Personal Capture ............................................................................................................................................... 4

Install Personal Capture ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Start Personal Capture (PCAP) ................................................................................................................................................ 5

Configure Audio and Video Settings ................................................................................................................................... 5

Audio and Video Settings .................................................................................................................................................... 7

Video (Webcam) ................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Clean Up the Desktop ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

Create a Recording .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Pause/Resume/Stop a Recording ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Pause a Recording ............................................................................................................................................................... 9

Resume a Recording ........................................................................................................................................................... 9

Stop a Recording ................................................................................................................................................................. 9

View a Recording .................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Edit a Recording ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9

https://www.echo360.org

mailto:[email protected]



Play Controls ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Edit Controls ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Cut Segments from a Recording ....................................................................................................................................... 10

Publish a Recording ............................................................................................................................................................... 12

What to do After Publishing.................................................................................................................................................. 15

Checking Your Recording's Progress ..................................................................................................................................... 15

Personal Capture (PCAP) Features • Record your computer screen.

• Add video & audio (video is optional)

• Record, edit and publish the finished recording to the Echo360 server.

• The recorded lectures are accessible from your Canvas course from the Echo360 tab.

PCAP Requirements Echo360 Training (attend a workshop or 1-1 session)

Echo360 user account

PCAP

Webcam with audio or a microphone

Mac OSX 10.10 and above (check your OS version). For other system requirements click here.

Using Personal Capture Mac on Retina Display Models

For certain Retina Display models of Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, and iMac. Personal Capture cannot capture Display input properly at the native resolution. Click here for more information.

Before You Can Record Your Lecture Contact the Support Center at [email protected] or x4225 to put in a request to start using Echo360.

o Please include your course and section along with the semester that you would like your recordings for.

A survey will be sent to you from our ITS team.

An Echo360 user account (created by an Echo360 admin).

Training on how to use PCAP.

Additional hardware may be needed based on your computer (i.e., microphone, webcam). We do encourage

SVSU instructors to use an external webcam (Logitech C920 HD Pro).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201260

http://help.echo360.org/index.htm#t=Personal_Capture_Guides%2FPersonal_Capture_Specifications.htm

http://help.echo360.org/index.htm#t=Personal_Capture_Guides%2FPersonal_Capture_for_Mac%2FPCAP_Mac_on_Retina_Display_Models.htm

mailto:[email protected]



Change Your Password Your Echo360 password will be independent from your SVSU network password.

1. Log into Echo360 enter your SVSU email and password. Or click the Echo360 tab in Canvas course.

2. Click the gear icon (upper-right hand corner) and select Account Settings.

3. On the User Info page, look for Password. Click Change.

4. Type in a new password in the fields provided.

5. Click Save, your password is now changed.

Figure 1: Change Password

Forgot Your Password If you forget your password, you can reset it from the login page on your own.

1. Visit https://www.echo360.org and click "Forgot your password?" then follow the onscreen prompts for

resetting your password.

Figure 2: Forgot Your Password

2. Type your SVSU email address in the field provided.

3. Click Send Email.

https://www.echo360.org/



Figure 3: Forgot Password – Send Email

4. An email from Echo360 will be sent to your SVSU email address with a link where you can create a new password.

5. Click the link inside the email, you will be taken to the Reset Password. See Figure 4. 6. Type in your new password twice to confirm. 7. Click Save 8. Your password is reset you can now log into Echo360.

Figure 4: Reset Password

Download Personal Capture 1. Visit https://www.echo360.org and log in with your username and password.

2. Click the gear icon (upper-right hand corner) and choose Downloads.

3. On the Downloads page, click Mac Download

Figure 5: Download Personal Capture

Mac OS Security Settings may not allow for clicking the .app file, in this case you must either right-click or control+click the .app file from the Downloads folder, then select Open from the popup menu. This launch method is identified in the procedure below.



Install Personal Capture 1. Locate the downloaded Echo360PersonalCaptureInstaller.app file. It should be in the Downloads folder click

Finder > Downloads. Your security settings will probably not allow you to launch the installer from the

Downloads list in the Mac toolbar.

2. Right-click or control+click the .app file and select Open from the pop-up menu.

3. On the warning message that appears, click Open.

4. Once the installer is launched, follow the prompts to complete installation.

5. After Personal Capture is installed, launch it.

6. Next, delete the downloaded installation file, as it is no longer needed.

Start Personal Capture (PCAP) 1. Click on Start Recording.

2. This will open another screen before it starts recording.

Figure 6: Start Personal Capture

Configure Audio and Video Settings PCAP will always record the audio and the computer screen, to record video you need to enable the webcam.

1. From the Capture preview window, click Configure (bottom panel).



Figure 7: Capture Preview – Configure

2. The Audio/Video Settings dialog box appears, containing three sections, one for each input that can be captured.

3. Configuring audio and video settings simply defines the devices and settings you want to use. Review and

configure the selections as appropriate for your capture. You can change these selections any time.



Figure 8: Audio-Video Settings

Audio and Video Settings

Audio:

• Use the Device drop-down list to select the device you typically want to use to capture audio input.

• All captures must have audio.

Video (Left):

• Use the Device drop-down list to select the device where your Display input (PowerPoint or computer-screen-based presentation) will appear and from which will be captured.

• If you typically plan to capture dual-video, select your Secondary Video device here.

Video (Right):

• Use the Device drop-down list to select the device to use for your primary Video input. This selection must identify a video input device.

Video Quality: Under Video Quality, select the appropriate choice as follows: • Actual Size (Lower Framerate): This is the default. It creates the best capture but may

require a large amount of storage and processing time, particularly if you are capturing two video inputs.

• Smaller Size (Higher Framerate): Select this option if you are concerned about file size or processing time and if high-resolution detail is not a concern.



Video (Webcam) When enabled, you should see a jumping green bar on the left side and your webcam on the right. You won’t see your

computer screen, but instead will see a placeholder for it.

Clean Up the Desktop Gather your presentation materials (i.e. PowerPoint Presentation, YouTube video, etc.) We recommend having these up

prior to recording. This ensures a smooth demonstration of your captured recording.

Create a Recording You are ready to create an adhoc recording which is where you start and stop a capture using Echo360 Personal Capture

software.

Let’s get started!

1. Click Start Recording (Figure 6) or click Start Capture (Figure 9). Thereafter a five second timer will start and

count down on your screen.

Figure 9: Start Capture

The recording should be the minimum of 15 seconds or it will not record and an error message will display.



2. When the countdown timer disappears, the Personal Capture icon and timer will display in the menu bar at the

top-right of the screen.

Figure 10: Mac-menu bar

Pause/Resume/Stop a Recording Click the Personal Capture icon in the menu bar to use the pause/resume/stop commands for the recording.

Pause a Recording 1. Click the Echo360 icon in the menu bar. 2. Click Pause Recording

Figure 11: Pause Recording

Resume a Recording 1. Click the Echo360 icon in the menu bar. 2. Click Resume Recording

Figure 12: Resume Recording

Stop a Recording 3. Click the Echo360 icon in the menu bar. 4. Click Stop Recording

Figure 13: Stop Recording

View a Recording The view/edit screen appears automatically when a recording is stopped. Otherwise it is accessed from the

My Recordings list.

1. Click the recording that you want to review or edit from the list.

2. Click View/Edit button in the My Recordings List.

In the Editing screen you can make changes, review them, then apply successful edits as you go.

Edit a Recording Recall your screen that was recorded is on the left‐hand side of the screen and the video of you (if the webcam was enabled) is on the right.



Play Controls

There is a play button on the lower left‐hand side along with a stop button and volume control.

Figure 14: Play controls

Edit Controls The red triangle represents a playing head, it is the location of where you are in the recording.

• Move ahead

To move ahead in your recording, grab the red triangle and slide it to the right.

• Move back

To move to the beginning move the slider to the left.

Figure 15: Edit Controls

Cut Segments from a Recording

1. Drag the left trim slider toward the right to trim the beginning of the recording.

2. Drag the right trim slider in (toward the left) to trim the end of the recording.

3. Play the recording with the trims in place to see how the recording opens and/or ends.

4. To mark the segment, you want to cut click the Scissors button This is only a temporary cut.

If needed, adjust the trim slider locations. You can play and pause the recording simply by putting the play head (red triangle) at the location where you want the trim markers to go.



Figure 16: Cut Segments

5. If you need to remove your changes, click Clear Cuts. This removes ALL changes and reverts to the original recording that you started with. To clear a single cut, double click in the segment.

6. If you are satisfied with the trim marks, click Apply Edits.

Clicking Apply Edits makes your changes permanent. A confirmation dialog box will display on your screen to confirm applying the edits.

Figure 17: Cut Segments - Apply Edits

7. After applying edits, the My Recordings screen reappears and the recording is listed as edited.



Publish a Recording Now that you’ve finished a recording, you have the option of publishing the recording or saving for publishing at a later time.

1. Select the recording from your list of recordings then press the Publish Recording button (bottom).

Figure 18: Publish Recording

2. If you are not logged into Personal Capture at this point, PCAP requires you to log in to publish a

recording, so you are sent through the login process. Note: If you are logged in already you can skip to Step 5 below.

Figure 19: PCAP Login

3. The default browser launches, requesting your SVSU email address and password. This is separate

from your SVSU network password for email, Canvas, and other SVSU services. 4. Click the blue SUBMIT button.

Figure 20: Echo360 Login



5. The Launch Application message box displays. Click the checkbox “Remember my choice for echo360

links”. Then, click Open Link.

Figure 21: Echo360 Login - Open Link

6. An Upload Recording dialog box appears on your screen. Here you can select the course and section

you want to publish your recording to or upload to your Personal Library. 7. Click Next.

Figure 22: Publish - Upload



8. Select whether you are creating a new published echo for the system or if you are replacing a previously published PCAP recording. The latter option is provided in the event you make additional edits to a recording and want to replace the old one with a new one.

9. Set the date and time for the published recording. This identifies the class that gets created to hold the capture. Click Next.

Figure 23: Publish – Upload – Create/Replace Echo

10. The Edit Echo Details page appears. If necessary, enter or edit the title of the recording. Be sure it is

descriptive enough to easily identify in your library, and so that students can both find it and understand its purpose or content. When finished, click Publish.

Figure 24: Publish - Enter/Edit Title



11. The My Recordings list appears, showing first the status Transcoding, with a progress bar. Then, the

status Publishing with a progress bar. When the recording is complete the status displays Published.

Figure 25: Publish - Transcoding

What to do After Publishing

The following applies to all three lecture capture appliances, Personal Capture, Podium Capture (Classroom Capture) and Appliance Capture.

• Leave the computer on, you can log out but don't turn the computer off. It could take a few minutes to several minutes for processing.

Leave the computer on for 5 to 10 minutes.

• Once your recording is uploaded to the Echo360 server, it is put in a queue for processing.

• The time it takes to upload to your course depends on a few factors. o Video length o The number of recordings ahead of yours.

• Typically, it could take a few hours before your video is available to your class.

Checking Your Recording's Progress You can check its progress on the server.



1. You can also check your video's progress one of two ways log into Echo360 or log into Canvas and click on the Echo360 tool in your course. Click Library and look for your video.

2. You will receive an email from Echo360 to your SVSU email when your video is available for viewing.

Figure 26: Echo360 video online

3. If published to your LIBRARY page, you can review the capture prior to publishing to your course(s).

Figure 27: Echo360-Library

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