Record Audio & Video Feedback on Graded Items

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Movie camera symbol depicting a link to an instructional video.

1. In the grading window for an assessment, click the arrow on the right to expand “Overall Feedback”:

Right red arrow pointing to the down arrow to the right of the Overall Feeback option.

2. Click the Audio/Video Recording icon.

Left red arrow pointing to the camera icon located at the end of the text editor menu.

3. To include video in your recording, select the camera icon in the popup window:

Left red arrow pointing to the camera with line through it button. Notification above arrow that says Read To Record.

4. Click the red button to begin recording. The tool will give you a five-second countdown before the recording begins:

Right red arrow pointing to the button that has a solid red circle with a white border around it.

5. While recording, you can select Pause to stop and resume:

Left red arrow pointing to the pause button that look like to hollow bars.

6. Select Stop to end the recording:

Left red arrow pointing to the button with the solid red circle with a white square in the middle of the red circle. This is the stop button.

7. To review your recording, click the play button in the play bar that appears:

The red arrow is pointing up towards the play button that looks like a triangle on it right side.

8. Select “Save and Exit” to keep the recording, or “Delete recording” to record another attempt:

The Save and exit button is highlighted with a white border around it which is indicating that you will be clicking this image.

9. The recording is now embedded in the Overall Feedback textbox. Click “Save Changes” to save the recording to your feedback:

The down red arrow is pointing to the Save Changes button which is in a solid black rectangle box with the white text Save Changes.

10. To change the display name and/or alt text of the audio file, click the recording then click the Audio/Video Recording icon:

The left up red arrow with a number 1 is clicking on the recording within the text field. The right red arrow with the number 2 is pointing to the camera icon located at the end of the text editor.

11. Edit the information in the popup and click “Save” when you are finished:

The down red arrow is pointing to the Save button which is in the solid black rectangle box with the white text Save.

When you post the grade, students may access the recording along with any other feedback you leave. Students can stream the recording but cannot download or save it.

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