Peek 360 for Windows: Recording and Distributing Screencasts
Peek 360 is the fastest, easiest way to record screencasts on a Windows PC. Simply record your screen and narration. Your screencast will automatically upload toReview 360when you're done recording, so you can collect feedbackfrom stakeholders or download your video as an MP4 file or LMS package. Follow these steps: Install Launch Prepare Record Distribute Step 1: Install If you haven’t already done so, install the Articulate 360 desktop app on your Windows PC. Open the Articulate 360 desktop app and click the Install button next to Peek 360. Peek 360 will automatically install without any additional prompts. Step 2: Launch Peek 360 always runs quietly in your computer’s system tray (beside the clock). To record a new screencast, just click the Peek 360 icon in the system tray and choose New Recording. If Peek 360 isn’t already running, you can launch it by opening the Articulate 360 desktop app and clicking the Open button next to Peek 360. Tip: You can also right-click the Peek 360 icon in the system tray and choose Preferences to customize your keyboard shortcuts for pausing and ending recordings. Step 3: Prepare First, Peek 360 will ask what you want to record. Choose one of your open programs or your entire screen, then click Select to launch the recorder. If you need to resize the recording area, just drag the sizing handles to select the portion of the screen you want to capture. You can also move the recording window by dragging the four-headed arrow in the middle of the app. Choose a microphone from the recording control bar. Choose None if you don’t need to record audio with your screencast. Step 4: Record Click the red Record button. If you need to pause while you’re recording, click the Pause button, then click the Record button again to resume. If you need to start over, click the Delete button (the garbage bin icon), then click Record to begin again. When you’re finished, click Done. Peek will let you preview your screencast and give it a name. To upload it as new content, click Upload. To create a new version of existing content, click Update an existing recording, select the item you want to update, then click Update. (You’ll also see an option to Upload as a new recording if you change your mind.) Peek 360 automatically: Saves an MP4 video of your screencast on your computer here: %username%\Documents\Peek 360 Uploads your screencast toReview 360where you can collect feedbackfrom stakeholders Copies theReview 360 link for your uploaded screencast to your clipboard so you can immediately send it to reviewers Step 5: Distribute There are several ways to distribute your Peek 360 screen recording. You can: Collect feedback with Review 360 Open your web browser to your Review 360 home page and click your screencast to open it. Click Share in the upper right corner. If you want to password-protect your screencast, mark the box to Set a password and enter a password in the field provided. Copy the shareable link, then send it to your reviewers. Be sure to give them the password, too, if you added one. Note: Although share links are public, we prevent search engines from indexing our site so they won’t be searchable. However, if you post these links on a public web page, they may be indexed by a search engine. To protect confidential information,set a passwordorlimit access to specific users. Download it from Review 360 Peek 360 automatically saves an MP4 video of your screencast on your computer here: %username%\Documents\Peek 360 But if you’re away from your computer or ever need to recover the MP4 video, you can download it from Review 360. Open your web browser to your Review 360 home page and click your screencast to open it. Click the More ellipsis (...) in the upper right corner and choose Download. Select a location on your computer and click Save. Export it to an LMS package Want to track learners progress as they view your screencast? Articulate 360 can help with that. Just export your screencast to an LMS package, then upload it to your LMS. Open your web browser to your Review 360 home page and click your screencast to open it. Click the More ellipsis (...) in the upper right corner and choose Export to LMS. Select an LMS spec: AICC, SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, or xAPI (Tin Can API). Enter a completion percentage (defaults to 80%). Click Export. Select a location on your computer and click Save. Upload the zip file to your LMS. Import it into a Rise 360 lesson Go to your Rise 360 home page and open an existing course or start a new one. Edit an existing lesson or create a new one. Use theblocks shortcut bar to add a video block to the lesson. Or, clickthe insert block icon that appears between existing blocks to open the block library, then insert a Multimedia > Video block. Replace the default video with your Peek 360 video file, which you can find here: %username%\Documents\Peek 360 Insert it into a Storyline, Studio, or Replay project Since Peek 360 automatically saves an MP4 video of your screencast on your local hard drive, you can easily import it into a Storyline, Studio, or Replay project. You’ll find your local Peek 360 videos here: %username%\Documents\Peek 360 To learn how to import videos into Storyline, Studio, and Replay, see these user guides: Storyline 360: Adding Videos Presenter 360: Adding a Video from a File Quizmaker 360: Adding Videos Engage 360: Adding Videos Replay 360: Adding Video Files Upload it to a video-hosting site Since Peek 360 generates an MP4 file, you can upload your screencast to video-hosting sites, such as YouTube and Vimeo. Share it via social media Peek 360 screencasts are easy to share via social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter.Storyline 360: Recording Your Screen
In this user guide, we'll explore how to record new screencasts in Storyline 360. (To insert a previously-recorded screencast into your course as a video or a series of step-by-step slides, see this user guide.) Launch the Screen Recorder Select Your Recording Options Size and Position the Recording Area Record Your Screen Name and Preview Your Screen Recording Insert the Screen Recording into Your Course Step 1: Launch the Screen Recorder There are several ways to launch the screen recorder. Here are the three quickest ways: On the Storyline start screen, click Record Screen to begin a new project by recording your screen. In an existing project, go to the Slides tab on the ribbon and click Record Screen. In Story View, go to the Home tab on the ribbon, and click the top half of the Record Screen button. The Storyline window will temporarily disappear and the screen recorder will launch (but it won't start recording right away). Step 2: Select Your Recording Options When the screen recorder appears, the first thing you'll want to do is set your recording options. Click the gear icon on the recorder control bar. When the Screen Recording window opens, configure the following settings and click OK. Shortcuts Use these fields to assign keyboard shortcuts for stopping the recording process, pausing/resuming the recording process, and taking screenshots while recording. Just place your cursor in each field and press the desired shortcut key(s). Audio Recording To record audio during your screencast, mark the Microphone box, then use the drop-down list to choose a microphone. To record system sounds, mark the Speakers box, then use the drop-down list to choose a playback device. A note about recorded audio: If you decide to insert your screen recording as step-by-step slides, recorded audio won't be used. Step-by-step slides display only the action-related video clips from your screencast. Your audio will still be available in the original screen recording in case you want to insert it as a video on a single slide. Options If you're recording a software demonstration or a program that has multiple windows, you may want to mark the box to Move new windows into recording area to make new windows visible in the recording area. To display a Storyline icon in your computer system tray while you’re recording, mark the System tray icon box. If you need to record your system tray and would prefer not to see the Storyline icon in your screencast, uncheck this box. Step 3: Size and Position the Recording Area To adjust the size of your recording area, drag the sizing handles on the dashed outline or use the drop-down list on the control bar to choose preset dimensions. To adjust the location of your recording area, just drag it to a different area of your screen. Here are some helpful tips for sizing your recording window: To optimize your screencast so it fills the entire slide, be sure the size of your recording window matches your slide size. The maximum screen recording area is 2046 pixels by 2046 pixels. Multi-monitor recording isn't supported. If you have multiple monitors, we recommend using the same screen resolution for all display devices and setting the display scaling to 100%. See this article for more details. If you're recording a web app, we recommend using Firefox. It sends the richest data to the Windows Accessibility API, so Storyline knows what to record. Google Chrome reports little information, so caption details will be missing and some steps could be omitted entirely. Step 4: Record Your Screen You can record up to two hours in a single recording. When you're ready to begin recording: Click the red Record button on the recording control bar. If you need to pause the recording, use the pause/resume keyboard shortcut you specified earlier or click the Pause button on the control bar. To resume, use the keyboard shortcut again or click the Record button on the control bar. If you make a mistake or want to start over, click the trash icon on the control bar to discard your current recording, then click the red Record button to start over. To exit without recording, click Cancel on the control bar. When you're finished, click Done on the control bar. Step 5: Name and Preview Your Screen Recording When the Insert Slides window appears, you'll have the option to change the default name of your screen recording so you can identify it later. Just enter a name in the field at the top of the window. To preview your screencast, click the play/pause button in the lower left corner or use the seekbar to jump to a specific point in the recording. If you change your mind and want to discard the screencast, click Cancel. Step 6: Insert the Screen Recording into Your Course Now you're ready to insert the screen recording into your course. Depending on its purpose, you can insert it as a video on a single slide, as a series of step-by-step slides, or both. To learn how, see this user guide. You Might Also Want to Explore: Inserting Screen Recordings Editing Screen Recordings Exporting Screen Recordings Deleting Screen Recordings
