This walkthrough will provide you the step by step process for creating course recordings to be used for asynchronous teaching within Canvas. The basic process will be provided below with links to the specific support solutions that provide further detail on how to record, store, and finally, post recorded content to your Canvas course.

PART 1 - CREATING RECORDED CONTENT

Option 1 - Screencast-O-Matic: Recording your computer screen 

Option 2 - Zoom: Recording your computer screen

PART 2 - STORING RECORDED CONTENT ON GOOGLE DRIVE

Storing Recordings in Google Drive

PART 3 - POSTING RECORDED CONTENT ON CANVAS

Adding a recording to Canvas course

PART 1 - CREATING RECORDED CONTENT

The first step you will need to take is recording the specific course content (lectures, presentations, discussions, etc.) you will want to share with your students. There are two primary options you may choose to use to record. 

*Note you will need to use your Wake Forest issued laptop or another computer that has both a webcam and built-in microphone or external headset.

Option 1 - Screencast-O-Matic: Recording your computer screen 

The first recording option is the Screencast-O-Matic application. This piece of software will allow you to capture your screen in real-time while also capturing your webcam and microphone simultaneously. Additionally, this software provides you with tools to edit the recording as well. Use the link above to access our support solution for specific guidance on how to record using Screencast-O-Matic.

Option 2 - Zoom: Recording your computer screen

The second option for recording is Zoom. You may launch and run a Zoom meeting where only you attend and then choose to record this meeting to capture the content for asynchronous use. This option will allow you to capture the computer screen when shared during the Zoom session. There is no option to edit these recordings, you will need to use another application like Screencast-O-Matic to further edit a recorded Zoom meeting. Use the link above to access our support solution for specific guidance on how to record using Zoom.

PART 2 - STORING RECORDED CONTENT ON GOOGLE DRIVE

After you have completed your recordings and made any edits to them you will need to store the final files in Google Drive which in turn will be how you can access them in Canvas and post them to your course(s). Our suggested method is to create specific course folders for each course you are teaching and recording content for and then store those recorded lectures, presentations, etc. in their corresponding course folder. For specific guidance on how to create these Google Drive folders and upload the necessary recording files see the link to our support solution below.

Storing Recordings in Google Drive

PART 3 - POSTING RECORDED CONTENT ON CANVAS

The final step to this process once you have created your recordings and saved them to your Google Drive is to add these recordings to your Canvas course(s) to share them with your class. There are various ways you can do this but our support solution will provide you two options to post recordings that we believe provide the best user experience for your students while also making the process as smooth as possible for you as the instructor. For specific guidance on how to post your recordings to Canvas see the link to our support solution below.

Adding a recording to Canvas course

At this point, you should have successfully completed recording, editing, saving, and sharing your videos to your Canvas course(s). If you have specific questions or encountered issues with any part of this process, please email lawhelp@wfu.edu or call our help desk at 336-758-4300.