TechSmith Relay tool includes the following four key features that we will cover in detail in this section:

• Easily capture lectures from anywhere and manage your captures from the library
• View analytics to see who's watching
• Provide accessibility thru closed captioning
• Seamless integration with a variety of LMSs and Canvas

TechSmith Relay allows you to create webcam and computer screen videos, voice-over audio, and an optional camera view of the current presentation recording conferences in an easier and consistent way.

The best method is conducted with a simple web-based video recorder that works directly from your computer or learning management system (LMS).

• Record videos - TechSmith Relay Recorder delivers the simple and the perfect screen recording software for short, yet high quality recordings of your screen. This recorder provides you with an option for recording when you: Do not have permission to install applications, have limited or no network access, or have several presentations and want to upload them collectively at a later time.
• Edit uploaded and created videos - Through Relay you can easily cut what you do not want from your video and create attractive and effective content with the web-based editor.
• Organizing your videos - Organize and share your videos, sorted by class, section, subject area, department, and more as individuals or as part of a group in folders, and embed them on the web.
• Media Sharing and Privacy Settings - Relay was built for sharing videos with others in your organization, but you can still keep the media hidden when you need it.

Techsmith’s Relay offers easy use analytics that work on three levels for video content.

From a learning management perspective organizations want to know who watched a video, how much of the video did they watch, and were the learning goals of the video achieved. Relay analytics enables an instructional design strategy to help organizations better engage the viewer, interact with the viewer, and analyze the effectiveness and progress/completion of video content. This reveals what percentage of work has been completed through a lesson. This type of tracking information is critically important in compliance training, HR on-boarding, and issues with specific deadlines (such as enrollment defined periods). In academic settings it helps identify individual and class progress.

There are tools which allow passive and active enforcement to help the viewer remain engaged and complete lessons.

Let users know Relay only gives credit for time watched of a video, so skipping ahead can easily be tracked. Use Relay's built-in quiz maker to embedded questions in any video throughout playback to prevent users simply clicking on a video and walking away or doing something else - as playback only continues once quiz questions are answered. It is a simple process to create quiz questions at any point in a video and helps insure the viewer has understood the content. Quiz questions can be multiple choice, binary (True / False or Yes / No), and open-ended.

Quiz question analytics measure:

• Who has answered each question
• The average amount of video content watched
• The correct percentage for each question
• The low and high scores

Quiz question analytics are used to examine viewers to see how they did and reviews their responses to each question. It also allows review of the all the responses to each individual question and provides a mechanism to make sure the content is clear and effective.

TechSmith Relay includes the ability for the presenter to:

• Manually create their own closed captions thru the video editor
• Automatically generate captions from recorded audio
• Upload captions from a file
• Assign the creation of the captions to another TechSmith Relay user
• Utilize the ADA Compliance Indicator to check for video compliance

For additional information on Closed Captioning please refer to the following resources created by TechSmith Relay and available to you thru the links below:

• TechSmith ADA Compliance - Review the features of the ADA Compliance Indicator included with the TechSmith Relay tool
• TechSmith Auto-generate Captions- Leverage the built-in transcription engine to auto generate captions from a TechSmith Relay tool
• TechSmith Add and Edit Video Captions - Learn how to edit or generate new captions
• TechSmith Assign an Editor- Assign an editor to generate your Closed Captions

When it comes to video creation and curation, TechSmith Relay has the tools to keep you productive.

• Add movies to your online library by uploading from your computer and importing from YouTube.
• Download the TechSmith Fuse mobile app to upload videos directly from your mobile device.

Relay is ready to go to work for your business and educational institution. As a software it can be integrated into a variety of learning and training programs.

• Teachers and business owners can include completed video projects into their existing Learning Management System (LMS). Analytics from your videos are collected within your LMS. Examples include Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L brightspace.
• Students/employees can use tools found in their LMS, to directly upload or embed their webcam and screencast videos stored in their online library. They can also create their own videos with quizzes and collaborate with others!