Kaltura Capture
Kaltura, the University’s media management platform, includes a tool called Kaltura Capture, which can be used by faculty, staff or students to record webcam or screencast style video presentations. In addition to recording either a standard webcam video or a standard screen recording video, Kaltura Capture can record both streams simultaneously.
In the Kaltura Capture Recorder, the default selection is the screen as the primary input and the camera as the secondary input. To record only one input, you must select the input and then turn off the secondary one. Learn more about recording settings.
When choosing a screen capture tool to create instructional videos, faculty may often overlook the value provided to students as a result of playback through the interactive video player.
Interactive Playback
When recording both webcam and the screen, two video streams are recorded simultaneously. When the video is played in the interactive video player, the viewer can customize their viewing experience at any time during playback to focus on either the webcam view, the screen view, or both views displayed side by side. The viewer can also search the video and jump to chapters.
The following one-minute overview explains the viewing options which may not always be recognized by viewers. Thank you to Tara Beecham, Lecturer in Writing at Penn State Berks, who graciously allowed use of her sample video in this clip.