Screen Capture with Canvas Studio

Enriching Learning

Purpose

Canvas Studio is a communication tool that allows instructors to actively collaborate through video and audio media. Using Canvas Studio, you can record what is on your screen with narration (voice soundtrack) and store it in the Canvas Studio video system to use in your course.

Functionally it is a blend of Camtasia and Echo 360 personal capture, so instructors may find it very useful for creating instructional videos for students.

Benefits of using Studio

  • Close captions
    Canvas Studio also provides an easy way to add (and edit) close captions to your Canvas Studio videos – this is a great feature for accessibility and English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
  • Interactivity
    Canvas Studio has an interactive component that allows students to engage with the media content in real time by commenting directly on the media timeline. Comments are noted with the posting time and date, along with the aligned time in the media.  Students and staff can reply to comments.
  • Analytics
    If you use Canvas Studio to stream your media content, you have access to useful analytics that show you how many students have viewed / listened and can even see where a student has skipped sections.

How to use Canvas Studio for screen capture

For written instruction on how to use Canvas Studio (formally named ARC) please see the following resource. For video instruction please see the next section below.

CANVAS – Use ARC to do Screen Capture (screen recordings)

Screen Capture using Canvas Studio

Please note: Canvas Studio was previously known as Arc

  Screen Capture using Canvas Studio Stage 1

hi today when I cover screen capture
00:05
using arc in this video there’ll be 4
00:08
stages stage 1 open canvas and go to arc
00:12
download and install the capture
00:14
application stage 2 how to record your
00:18
screen with voice and webcam options
00:22
stage 3 how to edit trim and remove a
00:26
portion of the video and how to insert
00:28
additional video at a certain point
00:32
stage 4 how to add text and image
00:34
overlays to your video
00:37
stage 1 open canvas and go to arc
00:41
download and install the capture
00:43
application we’ll start by logging into
00:46
canvas head to your dashboard and on the
00:48
left hand side you’ll see an icon that
00:51
says arc once you’re in arc on the top
00:54
right hand corner of the page you’ll see
00:56
an icon that says record if you click on
00:58
that it’ll give you an option to screen
01:00
record or screen capture it’ll prompt
01:03
you to download the screen capture
01:05
software once the Installer is
01:07
downloaded open it double click on the
01:10
screen recorder launcher once the screen
01:14
recorder is ready click OK and go back
01:18
into arc again in the top right hand
01:21
corner of the window go to the record
01:24
icon click record and choose the option
01:33
for screen capture
01:38
this will open a record window in the
01:40
bottom left-hand corner and you’re ready
01:42
to record

  Screen Capture using Canvas Studio Stage 2

00:02
Stage two how to record your screen with
00:05
voice and webcam options go to the
00:08
record icon in the top right hand corner
00:10
and select screen capture this will open
00:13
up your screen capture options and this
00:16
is a good opportunity to make sure that
00:17
your microphone is working by checking
00:20
the green bars are lighting up next to
00:22
narration next you’ve got three options
00:24
capture screen or capture webcam or
00:27
capture both simultaneously you’ll see
00:30
your webcam up here in the bottom right
00:31
hand corner of your screen today we’re
00:34
just gonna record just screen capture
00:36
with no webcam or using the full screen
00:38
recorder so this will record the entire
00:40
screen make sure your microphone is
00:42
working and hit record this will give
00:51
you a 3 2 1 countdown and we can start
00:55
recording our desktop
01:03
and when you’ve recorded this segment
01:06
that you want then simply go back down
01:08
to the bottom left-hand corner of your
01:10
screen and hit the pause button you can
01:13
click done and this will give you
01:14
another dialog box which will give you
01:16
an option to preview what you’ve
01:18
recorded once you’ve checked that what
01:22
your record is okay you can give it a
01:29
title and a description and then upload
01:32
it directly to arc

  Screen Capture using Canvas Studio Stage 3

00:34
just using some of the basic illustrator
00:36
tools they draw a circle tool the pen
00:39
tool just to draw the shape of the car
00:41
and this is just an example showing you
00:43
a process that anyone might want to
00:45
record as a screen capture subject once
00:48
I’ve drawn the car that I’m going to use
00:50
some simple text overlays and image
00:53
overlays to help explain the process
00:55
okay so I’ve drawn my car I’m just gonna
00:58
add some text to explain what it is and
01:00
I’m happy with the process that I’ve
01:02
screen recorded so I’m gonna save what I
01:04
recorded into arc give it a brief
01:07
description of what the video contains
01:10
now before I upload my video to arc it
01:13
was a little bit messy when I got
01:14
started it wasn’t very organized with my
01:16
desktop and at the end I paused a little
01:19
bit too long so what I’m gonna do is I’m
01:21
gonna trim the introduction bit of my
01:24
video off the video and maybe a little
01:26
bit off the end as well just to make my
01:28
video a little bit neater and a little
01:30
bit more to the point so to do this I’m
01:32
gonna click on tools and go to cut once
01:36
a selected cut I can then click on the
01:39
timeline at the bottom so once I’m in
01:41
cook mode it gives me a red line on the
01:44
timeline and I can select the portion of
01:47
video that I want to cut I just check
01:49
this selection so I want to cut down all
01:52
this portion at the star of the video
01:54
click OK to accept this and that portion
01:57
of the video is removed again at the end
01:59
there was a little bit slow stopping the
02:01
video recording so I’m just gonna select
02:02
a segment at the end of the video using
02:05
the clip tool again select the portion
02:07
of video at the end that I don’t need
02:09
and click OK and it will cut that part
02:11
out so now I’ve edited my video to the
02:13
bare essentials you can
02:15
another quick preview of your video and
02:17
once you’re happy you know having
02:19
preview my video I’ve realized I’ve not
02:21
really explained my process very well in
02:23
the very beginning so what I want to do
02:25
now is insert a video where I’m just
02:28
gonna explain what I’m actually up to a
02:30
little bit better so if I move my
02:31
timeline to the very start of the video
02:34
if I click on tools I can go up the tool
02:37
panel and click on insert and I’ve got a
02:40
few different options here but what I
02:42
want to do is insert a video file that
02:44
I’ve already created so this is gonna
02:47
insert an mp4 video file this is called
02:49
introduction to drawing the car select
02:52
the video that I want to insert and
02:54
click open it’s gonna remind me that
02:56
this is gonna insert a video wherever my
02:57
timeline slider is at the present so in
03:00
this case I want to insert it right at
03:02
the very beginning of the video click OK
03:04
when you’re happy with the position and
03:05
that will insert the video where your
03:07
timeline slider was so it’s just a
03:10
simple text in introduction to drawing a
03:12
car using Adobe Illustrator so now I’ve
03:14
added my introduction on the video makes
03:15
a bit more sense you could add a portion
03:17
of video at any point at the beginning
03:19
the middle or the end once you’re happy
03:21
click done and I’m just checking that
03:23
it’s gonna explore the video the correct
03:25
size so I want to export the video at
03:28
1920 by 1080 pixels which is a good
03:32
sized screen resolution once you’ve
03:34
click done simply give you a video a
03:36
title and a description and you can
03:38
upload it directly to arc

  Screen Capture using Canvas Studio Stage 4

Stage four how to add text and image
00:04
overlays to your video I’m gonna return
00:06
to my drawing a car in Adobe Illustrator
00:08
video and I want to add some text when I
00:11
use the ellipse tool so if I go to my
00:13
tools icon down the bottom left hand
00:15
corner of my screen select tools go to
00:18
overlay and text this will bring up a
00:22
text box on screen and I can change the
00:24
text in this box so use the ellipse tool
00:28
and hold down the shift key to draw a
00:31
perfect circle then I can redirect the
00:35
arrow for this text box to the tool that
00:38
I used I can move around the text box
00:41
and position it where I want it to be
00:42
now you can see on the timeline at the
00:45
bottom there’s now a blue marker for
00:48
where that text box is gonna come in be
00:51
present on the screen and then exit the
00:53
screen so you can slide that blue marker
00:56
for as long as you want that text box to
00:58
appear on the screen by your timeline so
01:01
the next part of the video where I want
01:02
text is just before I use the pen tool
01:04
to draw the car body so I’m just
01:06
positioning my timeline slider to just
01:09
the position where I start to use the
01:10
pen tool and then I’m gonna add some
01:12
more text so overlay text and again the
01:16
text box comes up with your text goals
01:18
here I’m going to edit that text and
01:20
just change it to use the pen tool to
01:22
draw the car body then again I can
01:25
position the arrow to where the pen tool
01:27
is on the toolbox and you can see now
01:31
I’m looking at the time slider at the
01:32
bottom to see how long I should have
01:34
this text on screen for so I’ll bring in
01:38
the text just as I start using the tool
01:40
and I’m going to position the text box
01:43
so you can see I’m just sliding through
01:45
the video to see how long I want this
01:47
text on on the screen for okay so I’m
01:50
happy with the length of time that my
01:52
text is on the screen for okay so what
01:55
I’d like to do now is as well as the
01:57
text I’d like to add image overlays just
02:01
to really highlight which tool I’m using
02:02
so if I go back to where I first put my
02:05
text on and I click on the Tools menu
02:07
again and go to overlay
02:10
instead of text this time I’m going to
02:12
click on the image and I’ve saved a
02:14
couple of images this one illustrates
02:16
the circle tool so that’s my image that
02:19
just illustrates how you get to the
02:21
circle tool I’m going to put that
02:22
position that nicely next to my text and
02:25
then I want to control that on the
02:26
timeline slider so that lasts the same
02:28
duration as my text so now I’m happy
02:31
I’ve got the duration of my image along
02:33
with my text for their match so I’m
02:36
going to the Sam again when I used the
02:37
pen tool I’m going to introduce an image
02:40
at the same time as the text so again
02:42
got a tools got an overlay image and I’m
02:46
going to select an image for the pen
02:48
tool so that’s brought in my little
02:53
square image for the pen tool I’m just
02:55
going to slide that underneath my text
02:56
and I can resize this image simply by
02:59
dragging one of the corners now I just
03:01
need to make sure I’ve got the right
03:02
duration on the timeline so it matches
03:05
my text when I’m happy with the duration
03:09
click OK I’ll just run through the time
03:12
slider to check my timing click done
03:16
when you’re happy
03:17
so now just put in a title and a
03:19
description of your video and you can
03:22
upload it direct to work