Tennessee Tech University

Camtasia Relay allows you to video capture anything on the computer screen and along with recording your voice. It will then automatically publish those recordings for you and email you the link for you to share.  You can share inclass lectures or create additional content for out-of-class review.

Request Your Account

Go to the Web Account

What you will need:

1. Web Account to maintain your profile and publishing destination information.
   • username: (ttu domain·username for email etc.)
   • password: relay (this initial password can be changed)
2. Download the Recorder
3. Setup your Publishing Destination
   • Select Profiles and Publish Account Setup .
   • Complete the form
     
     • Title: anything will do
     • Domain:·ttu
     • Username: (ttu domain·username)
     • Password: (ttu domain·password)
     • Appended path: \(ttu domain·username)\(file folder name)\
   • Select·Save
4. Watch the video
5. View/Print the pdf handout

Download the Camtasia Relay Recorder from your web account located at http://camtasia.tntech.edu.  After downloading the application select Camtasia Relay from your programs or applications. You may find it in a file folder labeled "Tech Smith."

Audio Testing

1. Select the microphone icon above Audio Devices.
2. Select from the list of input devices.
3. Select the slider under the Preview and move it to the right to increase the volume.

Presentation Details

1. Select the drop-down menu under Profile.
2. Choose the profile.
3. Enter a title (this can be done before or after the recording is complete).
4. Enter a description (this can be done before or after the recording is complete)
5. Select the large red Record Button.
6. Bring up Camtasia Relay from the open taskbar below and select the Stop Button. (Hotkeys are available.  See below for setup)
7. Select Submit
8. Options Before Submitting
   • Preview the presentation by selecting the Play Button.
   • You may select the Trimming Button to trim away portions of the recording at the beginning or the end.

The add-in allows you to automatically start a recording each time you start a presentation, however you start a presentation: clicking buttons, hotkeys, etc.

1. Open PowerPoint. (After you install Camtasia Relay, it automatically prompts you to record when you start a PowerPoint slide show. You can change this and other default settings in the recording options.)
2. Start a slideshow.
   A prompt asks if you want to record.
3. Verify the audio selection and level.
4. Click Record Slide Show.
   
5. Give your presentation as normal.
   When you finish the slide show, you can end the recording or continue recording.
6. When prompted, click Stop Recording to end the presentation.
   
7. The presentation is shown in the Camtasia Relay Review dialog box.. You can review, trim, edit Presentation Details, log in (if needed), and submit your presentation for processing.
   

New features in Version 2.0

• Searchable video - Viewers can jump directly to the content they need by searching for a word or phrase that the presenter said or displayed on a slide.
• Table of content thumbnail images of slides are generated when presenter is using Power Point or Keynote.
• Multiple display support.  Choose the display you want to record and monitor the recorder controls displayed on another display.

Recorder Features

• Record a Presentation (Video), Basic Steps (Instructions with pictures)
• Record a Powerpoint Presentation (Instructions with pictures)
• Setting Hot Keys (Video and Instructions with pictures)

1. What is the screen resolution size and format of the published recording?
   • CMAT-TTU-Course profiles are set to 800 x 600 resolution.
   • The format is standard mp4.  Three files are actually generated and placed in the profile labeled folder on the server:  html, mp4 and swf.  You may access any of these files.
2. Do I have to be connected to the Internet to record?
   • You do NOT have to be connected either wired or wirelessly to the Internet in order to record.
   • You DO need to be connected sometime after the recording by WIRE to the Internet to send the recording to the server for publication.
3. Do I have to be connected to the Internet to publish the recording?
   • You DO need to be connected sometime after the recording by WIRE to the Internet to send the recording to the server for publication.
   • It is best to select the Submit Button immediately after you are done recording.  Do NOT wait to connect to the Internet to submit.
4. Can I edit the recordings?
   • You can trim the beginning or ending of the recordings before you submit by selecting the Trimming Button.
   • A separate profile can be assigned that will create the files in a camrec format which can then be edited in Camtasia Studio. You can request this by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .