At the end of 2018, TechSmith updated their instance of Relay from self-hosted (servers on campus at Henderson) to web-hosted. The new verson of Relay is very robust and provides many features. Over the coming months, we will be sending out information about New Relay. Some of you may remember that Relay was once called Camtasia or Camtasia-Relay. The official name is now TechSmith Relay.
Many of you have been using Techsmith Relay for video capture since we first made it available at Henderson in 2009. You will be happy to know there is a new version that is just as simple to use but also includes many features that faculty members want.
Here’s a sample of some features:
- EdPuzzle features - Quizzing, YouTube Integration, Video Analytics, AND with unlimited storage
- Canvas Integration – Quizzes and analytics (percentage watched) can report directly to Canvas grade book.
- Student access – Students can make their own recording with the same options as faculty. Students must create an account to use Relay, but they gain the same ability to make recordings as faculty.
- Easy creation and sharing – Share with a link or easily embed videos in canvas similar to embedding YouTube videos. 3-click creation like your current Relay.
- More robust editing - Clip content from the middle of your recordings.
- Smarter closed captioning - Automatically generate closed captions that meet accessibility guidelines. Speech-to-text gets more accurate the more you use it. Make corrections easily with the web-based caption editor. Import standard caption file formats from captioning vendors.
Reddie to dive in? Here’s what you need to know:
- Click here for Quick Links to TechSmith Relay tutorials.
- Click on the following link to create an account on Henderson’s new Relay. Be sure to use the same username and password that you use for your Henderson email (including @hsu.edu or @reddies.hsu.edu). https://henderson.techsmithrelay.com
- Click here to go to a Henderson specific video with a full tutorial.
- Want to use the Canvas integration? Click here to learn more.
- Click here for TechSmith Sponsored training sessions and registration.
Packing up and a timeline:
- Old Relay will go dark December 31, 2019. Click here for a timeline.
- Copying your recordings from Old Relay to New Relay is easy. Click here for the directions.
We will send more information about Relay in the near future with some other great tips and feature suggestions. Contact the Helpdesk for assistance at 870.230.5678 or email Helpdesk@hsu.edu.