Students may be asked by their professors to record video or presentations and submit them to Moodle assignments or forums. The following step-by-step instructions is tailored for students to download Kaltura Personal Capture, record screen captures and/or webcam captures from their computer, and upload them to Moodle for submission. To upload a video that has already been recorded and edited, please read the article on Uploading to Kaltura for Students.
For a full list of Kaltura How-to Videos, click here.
1) Navigate to your course, then select the assignment or forum post where you are to upload your video
- If the assignment is a video submission, click ‘Add submission’ in the assignment.
- If you are posting a video in a discussion forum, click ‘Add a new discussion topic’.
2) In the textbox toolbar, click the ‘Embed Kaltura Media’
![Image of a text box with the text box toolbar. The fourth option from the right is the "Embed Katura Media" button and is circled](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=acbc3620-2b1c-48ac-8048-e1607cecd378.PNG)
3) In the popup window, click ‘Add New’ then click ‘Kaltura Personal Capture’
![Image of pop-up window with "Add New" button in the top right and a pop down menu with the fourth option down being the "Kaltura Personal Capture (new CaptureSpace)"](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=3eb3e345-6bd0-4111-9bcd-d0b5395d6987.png)
4) If you have not already downloaded Kaltura Personal Capture, select the download option for either Mac or Windows and follow the prompts to install
![Image of "The Kaltura Capture desktop Recorder"](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=b2273d1a-0fb3-4acf-9df8-6c9c8a049e1d.PNG)
- Kaltura Personal Capture will automatically open once installed.
5) If you have already installed Kaltura Personal Capture, select ‘Open’ from the prompt to launch the software
![Image of pop-up asking "Open Kaltura Capture?" with the options to "Open Kaltura Capture" or "Cancel" in the bottom right](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=19812ad1-3bcf-445f-8c46-d3e212d12a24.PNG)
6) Within Kaltura Personal Capture, you can select what you which to record
![Image of the Kaltura toolbar with boxes explaining the different icons explained. The first icon is a red dot for "Start Recording", the second icon is a screen for "Adjust screen settings and turn on/off screen recording", the third icon is a camera for "Turn on/off camera recording", and the fourth (last) icon is a microphone (audio) for "Adjust audio settings and turn on/off recording"](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=a23a7573-85bb-48a7-9ac8-52714ea97b5f.PNG)
- The ‘Screen’ option will record what is on your screen.
- The ‘Camera’ option will record through your webcam.
- The ‘Audio’ option will record audio through your microphone.
- You can record Screen, Camera, and Audio, or any combination of these options, at the same time.
7) Once you are ready to record, click the red record button
![Image of recording with "Stop recoding" icon, then the "Pause Recording' icon, then the "Cancel recoding" icon, and then the time recording](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=f6ac64a2-31d0-41aa-9ded-cbbb0094e00d.PNG)
- A countdown will appear.
- During recording, you can pause by clicking the red pause button.
8) When you’re finished recording, click the square stop button
- Confirm that you want to stop the recording.
![Image to confirm to stop recording](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=23e23357-a7e1-4812-8565-d2c998456d40.PNG)
9) Edit the title, description, and tags for the video. Then click ‘Save & Upload’
![Image to add the title, description, and tags](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=f2dbfc63-b449-4323-8e8b-a7ea33fc4981.PNG)
10) The video will upload to Moodle. Keep an eye on the upload progress within Kaltura Personal Capture
![Image of uploading a video](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=d4840ca6-b685-4f2f-86ef-ff9aac3a8bda.PNG)
11) On the Kaltura pop-up page, click ‘Back’
![Image of "The Kaltura Capture Desktop Recorder" with the "back" button at the top left](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=79c11ced-9b7e-499b-bba0-65b6c0f9df74.PNG)
12) The newly recorded video will now appear at the top of your My Media page. Click ‘Embed’
![Image of loaded video with "</> Embed" button to the right](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=5ae43934-8af7-4c09-b564-3873ae9030ca.PNG)
13) The video is now embedded into your assignment or forum!
![Image of textbox with embedded kaltura link](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=d8ebef16-d534-4628-bfd5-e828e9598c33.PNG)