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6.45. Video Note Recording
Brightspace Recording with Video Note
Video Note is a built-in video recording tool that makes it easy to personalize the learning experience with video-based course content, instructions, student feedback, and general message. This tool is available in any feature that supports the Insert Stuff tool. That includes tools such as Content, Calendar, Discussions, and Assignments. Video Note offers 30 minute recording times and better than average automatic captions for accessibility compliance.
*Pro-tip: Video Note is a great way for an instructor to quickly and easily introduce themself to the class.
If you start with a video on a new page or resource, choose Upload/Create to begin.
Select Create a File to start a new course file.
If you have a page or resource you want to use or use a newly created page, choose Insert Stuff from the toolbar.
Choose Video Note.
Brightspace will initially confirm the camera and microphone. (Check Remember this decision to stop this check for future recordings.)
A prerecorded video file can still be added through Upload File, but the live image will open by default. Choose New Recording to begin. Choose Stop Recording when finished. Cancel will end the process and not save the recording.
Give the video and Title and Description. Be sure to check Automatically generate captions from audio. Choose Next to continue
You may Refresh Preview to review the video or choose Insert to add to the course file. Even short videos may take a few moments to a few minutes to process and be available.
The video and any other content is ready to Save and Close.
Video Captions
Creating videos is ultimately easy and fast. To make videos for all users or users in all environments, captioning is very important and also pretty easy. Choosing the gear icon to choose Captions. Captions are off by default but it toggles each time selected.
The caption processing is good in Brightspace, but like any automated process, it is still important to review the result. You will likely see a few words that were not captured correctly. Likewise, capitalization and punctuation will need some editing as well. Save the file with captions on. Choose the gear icon in the upper right. Choose Video Note Captions.
This will open a list of video recordings. Search by title and author to find the exact video. Select the video to open it.
The captions will open if auto-captioning was set and captions are on default in the video. Notice the highlighted areas. These captions were close to the actual word, but they can be easily corrected in each line. Make the edits and choose Save Captions. Only use Delete if you want to type all of the captions by hand. This is not recommended.
Please provide and edit captions in videos. Many learners with and without disabilities depend on them.
Prefer a short video?