About TechSmith Relay & UCI Replay
Installing & Using TechSmith Relay
Behind the Scenes
Distributing Recordings
TechSmith Fuse
Support
ABOUT TECHSMITH RELAY & UCI REPLAY
What is UCI Replay?
UCI Replay is a service that allows for the recording and playback of lectures, tutorials, meetings, events, or other types of presentations. Using TechSmith’s TechSmith Relay, instructors, teaching assistants, and staff can capture these presentations for students to view if they miss a lecture or wish to better understand concepts discussed in class, or for other staff to view if they miss a meeting or wish to review a past event.
Who can use UCI Replay?
Only instructors, teaching assistants, and staff can record and upload presentations to UCI Replay. However, students may view the recordings that instructors or staff provide to them. People with no UCI affiliation may also view recordings if those recordings are put in the public directory by the presenter.
A student may be able to record and upload content if he or she has a faculty sponsor or staff supervisor that approves it. If that is the case, please email replay@uci.edu with the name of the faculty sponsor or staff supervisor so we may get the appropriate approvals to enable UCI Replay for the student. As an alternative, if you are looking to capture video snippets, there are free services open to you such as TechSmith’s Jing.
INSTALLING & USING TECHSMITH RELAY
How to install
The following PDFs are quick guides that explain how to install TechSmith Relay on your computer or USB drive. TechSmith Relay is pre-installed on all UCI Smart Classroom computers.
- How to install TechSmith Relay on your computer
- How to install TechSmith Relay on your portable USB drive
Note: Mac OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) users may receive a security warning during installation. If this happens:
- Press the Control key and click on the app icon.
- Choose Open from the pop-up menu.
- Click Open
How to use
The following PDFs are quick guides that explain how to use TechSmith Relay.
- How to use on your computer
- How to use in UCI Smart Classrooms
- How to use in UCI large lecture halls
The large lecture halls on campus are: BS3 1200, EH 1200, HIB 100, PCB 1100, SSLH 100, ELH 100, DBH 1100, HSLH 100A, PSLH 100, SSPA 1100 - How to use in designated computer/training labs
The designated computer/training labs on campus are: AIRB 1020, EGW 1151, MSTB 210, MSTB 226, SBSG 240, SBSG 241, SST 104, SST 107 - How to use on your portable USB drive
- How to use on a portable USB drive as a guest user
BEHIND THE SCENES
What does the server do with your presentation?
When you upload a presentation, the TechSmith Relay server will:
- Queue the original recording until it’s ready to encode.
- Analyze the audio track and PowerPoint/Keynote slides for identifiable words – these will be used for the Search option on the Table of Contents.
- Encode the presentation into various formats.
- Publish all files to http://replay.uci.edu.
- Send an email to the presenter with links to view the presentation in various formats.
Monitoring your encoding
You can monitor the encoding progress of your presentation on the TechSmith Relay server website.
- Go to https://encoder.replay.uci.edu/ and log in with your UCInetID and password (or assigned Replay credentials).
- Click Presentations in the top navigation menu.
- Under “Presentations” in the left module, click on a presentation to see its status.
DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS
Notification email
When your presentation is ready for viewing, you should receive a notification email with links to the presentation in several formats.
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Using EEE Podcasts
The following PDF is a quick guide that explains how to use EEE Podcasts with TechSmith Relay.
TECHSMITH FUSE
What is TechSmith Fuse?
TechSmith Fuse is a video recorder and uploader for mobile devices that works with the TechSmith Relay server. Using the TechSmith Fuse app, you can record a video or upload existing videos from your library to the TechSmith Relay server.
TechSmith Fuse is only available for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad) running iOS 5.0 or higher and Android devices (Samsung Galaxy devices, Droid smartphones, EVO 4G, etc.) running Android 2.3.4 or higher. Learn more and download Fuse from the iTunes App Store and Google Play using the links on our Download Recorder page. You must be logged in to access the links.
How to install and use TechSmith Fuse
The following PDF is a quick guide that explains how to install and use TechSmith Fuse with the UCI Replay service.
SUPPORT
Getting support
If you require assistance or run into errors, please look at the more detailed Using Replay page or the Troubleshooting page. If you do not find the information you are looking for, please email replay@uci.edu.