Senior Assignment Showcase Instructions

Step 1: Record your Presentation

Tip! If you intend on being on camera, make sure that you are well lit against a plain background. Adjust your camera/laptop to ensure that your entire face and shoulders are in the frame. Ensure there are no windows or unwanted objects in the background. Ensure that the environment is a quiet as possible and that all pets and people are out of the room. Do a test recording and have your team watch it for sound and video quality as well as unwanted sounds and background objects. Ensure all filters are off!

Click the  below to expand the menus for directions.

• Edit a Knowmia Video

  • TechSmith Knowmia allows you to remove parts of the video such as a pause in the center, trim the beginning or end, etc.
    

    
    

    1. Log into TechSmith Knowmia at https://siue.techsmithrelay.com/.
    

    2. Navigate to the video and click on the video's thumbnail.

    3. Click Edit Media.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    4. A window will pop-up. You have to option to Edit a Copy of the video or Edit the Original.
    

    
    

    Edit a Copy: Selecting Edit a Copy will make a duplicate of the original video for you to edit. This preserves the original video. The copy will lose the analytics and quiz questions on the copy but will maintain the analytics and quiz questions on the original. Any links to the original video will have to be re-shared and re-linked to this video.
    

    Edit this Video: Selecting Edit this Video will reopen the video editor on the original video. Any links to this video will remain intact. Any captioning, analytics and quizzes will be lost when you republish the video.
    

    
    

    Click the option you wish.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    5. Play the video or drag the play head (gray bar with numbers) to the start of the cut (green flag).
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    6.Drag the red flag to the end of the cut.

    
    

    
    

    
    

    7. Click the Cut button. A red line will appear on the timeline where the cut took place.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    7. View the portion of the video that was edited. If you want to change the edit locations, click on the red line. The original edit will open.
    

    If you want to change the start or end points, click Edit.
    

    If you want to save the edit, click Cancel.

    If you want to remove the edit, click Delete. You can also click the "Undo" button to remove the edit.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    NOTE: If you click "Restore to Original Video" ALL edits will be deleted.
    

    
    

    8. If you want to save your work and edit more later, click the Save & Edit button at the top left corner of the window.
    

    If you are finished editing, you must click Publish or your changes will not take affect.
    

    
    

    

• Close Caption Your Video

  • Closed captioning not only helps students with hearing impairments, but is beneficial for students where English is their second language.  It is also beneficial for students not able to listen to the video due to sound restrictions in their environment (e.g., at work). 

    
    Watch the videos below for additional captioning tips and tricks.
    
    See the Editing Captions for ADA Compliance video to learn how to edit captions in TechSmith Knowmia.

    
    

    See the Publishing Captions video for full features.
    

    
    

    Log into TechSmith Knowmia at https://siue.techsmithrelay.com/.

    
    

    Add Captioning

    1. Navigate to the video.
    

    2. Click on the video.

    3. Click on the Accessibility button.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    4. To start the captioning process, select Add Caption Track.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    5. Accept the "Speech-to-text" option and click Apply.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    6. When the caption is complete, the status will read "Ready for Edit." To edit the caption, click on the pencil.
    
      
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    Edit Captioning

    1. Type directly into the closed caption box to edit the text. In the example below, you may want to remove the comma.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    2. Use the Play button to begin the video and the pause button when you want to stop the video to make edits.
    

    
    

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    Click the Next or Previous button to advance to or return to caption box.

    
    

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    Drag the timeline (not the teal play-line) to the caption box on the video.
    

    
    

    3. Click the "! ADA" button at the bottom of the screen to see sections that may not be ADA compliant.

    
    

    
    

    
    

    4. Click on a rule to jump to the next error.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    In this example, the caption is too short. The text from the end of the previous caption should be combined with this caption to form a complete sentence. (See below)
    

    
    

    When all errors are met, the gold exclamation mark will turn to a green check mark.

    
    

    NOTE: All changes are automatically saved. Use the "Undo" button (see below) to revert.
    

    
    

    5. If you want to save and return to your  before you are finished, click the Save & Exit button in the upper left corner of your screen.
    When editing is complete, click the Publish button at the top of the page.
    

    
    

    Other Edits

    In addition to editing the text, other edits can be done to the text boxes.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    1. Add New Caption - click this button to add a blank caption box to the point on the timeline where no caption box exists.

    2. Delete Caption - click this button to delete a caption box.
    

    3. Split Caption - move the timeline and pause the audio to where you want the caption to split. Note: align the play head with the audio, and not the text in the text box before you split the text box.
    

    4. Delete All Captions - WARNING: Clicking this button will delete ALL of the captions. If you inadvertently clicked this, click the Undo button (#5 in the image above).

    5. Undo - revert to the previous action.

    6. Redo - repeats the previous action.
    

    
    

    Add an Assignee

    If you have help from a GA or other user, you can add them as an Assignee to help edit captions. That is the only access they will have to your video.
    

    
    

    1. Click on Add Assignee button.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    2. Enter the user's SIUE email (not just the e-ID). The user will receive an email notifying of the captions.
    

    
    

    If a caption has not been generated, click the "Generate speech-to-text captions" check box.
    

    
    

    Click Save at the bottom of the window.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    The Assignee(s) will be listed.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

Knowmia's speech to text captioning is over 90% accurate. However, it often misses technical terms that are not used everyday. It is strongly recommended that you edit your captions to ensure the proper words are displayed and embarrassing captions are corrected! You may assign one of your teammates as a caption editor.

• Assign a Caption Editor

  • Caption Editor can only edit the captions of the video(s) assigned to them. They cannot edit videos, add quizzing, see quiz results or analytics.
    

    
    

    1. To assign a user as a Caption Editor, click on the Accessibility link at the top of the page.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    2. Select the video(s) to be captioned by clicking in the check box to the left of the video's thumbnail and title. 
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    3. In the Actions box, accept the default "Add/Change Assignee."  In the View box, select the type of video, In Progress (videos being edited but not published), Processing (videos being uploaded), Unpublished, Published, or Assigned to Me.
    

    
    

    Click the Apply button.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    4. Add the user's SIUE email address. Click Apply. (Note: If the user has never logged in at siue.techsmithrealy.com they cannot be assigned.)
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    5. The Captions Editor will receive an email notifying that they have been assigned media for captioning. They will then receive an email when the captions are ready for review.
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

Step 5: Edit the Title of Your Video

2. The Edit Details window will open. Change the title of the video to the title of your presentation. Add your group members and your Mentor to the Description section. You may also wish to add a short description of the video to this location.

3. Click the Save button.

Once all of the above steps are complete, you are ready to share the link to the video on the Senior Assignment Upload form.

Step 6: Get the Embed Code to Your Video