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Record a Presentation

Learn how to record a presentation and submit it to the Camtasia Relay server for processing.

Want to see more? Watch an overview video. (2 minutes)

Basic Steps of Recording

Here are the basic steps to record a presentation. Each step is broken down and explained in-depth below.

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Open Camtasia Relay on your computer.

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Log in to your account or identify yourself as a guest.

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Select a profile and audio input. Make a test recording to verify settings.

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Click the Record (REC) button, and give your presentation as normal.

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Stop the recording and click Submit, or if you are running the Camtasia Relay portable recorder, click Save.

In-depth Look at Recording

The following is a closer look at the steps to record your presentation.

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Launch Camtasia Relay. Log in with your username and password, or identify yourself as as a guest recording for someone else.

You do not have to log in prior to recording, but you must log in as a user or identify yourself as a guest before you can upload or save your presentation.

Enter Your Username and Password.

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Select a profile. If you do not know what Profile to select, choose Upload and Decide Later.

Select a profile for the recording.

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Select the audio device from the audio input dropdown menu.

Select an audio source.

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Select which screen to record if using a projector displaying a different screen or multiple displays. Adjust the audio level in it appears very low (green) or very high (red).

Select a screen to record.

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Enter a presentation title and description.

Enter a Title and Description for the presentation.

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Make a test recording to verify the audio and screen selection.

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Click the record button. Give your presentation. Camtasia Relay records everything on your screen and the selected audio.

Click the Record button.

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Stop the recording using a hotkey or control-click (right-click) the icon in the Dock. There may be a delay as the recording recording is finalized.

Camtasia Relay is minimized to the dock.

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The recording opens in the Camtasia Relay Preview window. Here you can review the recording to verify the audio and video or change the selected Profile. If needed, click Trimming to set trim points to cut out extra video at the beginning and end of the presentation.

Click Trimming button to access trimming tools

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Click the Submit button. Learn about the status of your presentation.

Click Submit to send the presentation to the server for processing.

 

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