Add a stream

Click this option, select the input type, and choose a label for the stream. If adding a slide stream, select the slide encoding setting. Click Add Stream. Repeat for each stream you want to add. Once you have added all the streams, choose the media type for the video streams.

Select a different Stream Group

Click to select the stream group you want to use for the presentation. The settings, labels, and media types are already selected for each stream, but you can update these settings as needed.

Publishing Options

From the drop-down list, select how you want presentations published:

•     Auto publish and make Viewable: Select to have the recorded presentation automatically published to Mediasite and made available for viewing.

•     Auto publish and make Private: Select to have the recorded presentation automatically published to Mediasite. However, the presentation will not be available for viewing by other users. You will have to update the presentation's status later to make it available for viewing. This option is recommended for users who want to review and edit presentations prior to sharing them with their audience.

•     Manual publish and make Viewable: Select to publish the recorded presentation manually to Mediasite using the Recorder. Once you publish the presentation, it will be made available for viewing.

•     Manual publish and make Private: Select to publish the recorded presentation manually to Mediasite using the Recorder. Once you publish the presentation to Mediasite, only you can view it. It will not be available for viewing by other users. You will have to update the presentation's status later to make it available for viewing.

Date/Time/Duration

Specify the date and time, including the time zone, the presentation will be recorded and its duration (hours:minutes). Entering the presentation's record date, time, and duration does not limit you to starting and ending the presentation at the specified date and times.

Title

Enter a descriptive name for the presentation so that you and other users will be able to identify it easily.

Description

Enter a short description for the presentation. Viewers can search for presentations using words and phrases in the description.

Tags

Enter the tags that you want associated with this presentation. For example, if this presentation will be used for a computer science class titled "CS150: Components and Design Techniques for Digital Systems," you may want to include the following tags: CS 150, digital design, computer science.

Presenters

Click Add New or Existing Presenters to add presenters. Use the search feature to find presenters that have already been added on the Mediasite.

Links

Add hyperlinks to your presentation that will allow your audience to view other websites or online documents. To add a link, click in the field and enter the link's name as it will appear in the Player and the URL for the document or website to which the link will point. Click Add.

Categories

Click Add Category and select categories for your presentation. When a presentation is published to YouTube™, the uploaded video is placed in matching YouTube categories.

Modules

Click Add Module and select a module. A module serves as an advanced integration point and maps to a course in a Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Player

Select a player from the drop-down list. Use the search feature as needed to locate the player you are seeking. If you want to add and select a new player, click Quick Add and specify the player’s details. Click Save.

Maximum Connections

Enter a number if you want to make your presentation viewable for only a certain number of concurrent viewers. The default value is unlimited connections. The default value is unlimited connections.

Use Q & A Forum

Select this check box to allow audience members to ask questions during live and on-demand presentations using the Mediasite Player.

Enable Presentation Sharing

Select this check box to allow users to share this presentation using the Player.

Add Post Presentation Link

Select this check box to allow users to share this presentation using the Player.

Enable Polls

Select this check box to use polls in the presentation. Polls allow you to interact with your audience during a presentation and receive direct feedback.  Select the type of polls you want to use in your presentations:

•     Use Mediasite Polls: Select this option to add polls to your presentations using Mediasite.

•     Link to External Polls: Select this option to use a third-party survey system and then enter the URL for the poll.

Play Cover

Select the check box next to the features you want to make available in the presentation’s play cover:

•     Enable Live Countdown to Presentation Date: Select this option to display a countdown in the play cover that ends the day of the presentation.

•     Delay Live Indication Until Presentation Date: Select this option so the live broadcast indicator does not appear until the date presentation goes live.

Enable DVR Playback

Select this checkbox to allow users to use the DVR feature when watching a live broadcast. DVR playback allows users to seek within the DVR time frame or pause a live broadcast. The default value is 120 minutes (2 hours), which means a user can seek back 2 hours during a live broadcast. Once the presentation ends, the  DVR feature is no longer available .

Show Header Banner

By default, this feature is Disabled (the recommended setting) since the content is the primary focus. The following options are available: Show/hide with controls and Always visible.

Primary Side Bias

Choose the side the primary video  will be displayed in the player.

Layout Preference

Choose how you want the player to display content. The default is Biased where the primary video is larger than the supporting content. Select Balanced if you want to have both windows the same size.

Presentation Info

Clear check box to hide the Presentation Information button that allows users to view the presentation’s
date and time along with its title, description, presenter, and length in the Player’s Info tab

Presentation Publish Date and Time

Clear check box if you don’t want to include when a presentation was first published to Mediasite.

Audio Transcriptions

Select this check box to enable captioning for this presentation. Select the appropriate audio transcription profile from the drop-down list. The audio transcription profile contains the credentials needed to connect to your automated captioning provider. You must already have an existing account with valid credentials. Once you add the presentation, you will have the option of uploading files manually.

Live

Select this check box to broadcast this presentation live.

Podcast

Select this check box to enable podcasting. Select the quality (encoding rate) from the drop-down list. The higher the rate at which the MP3 files are encoded the higher the quality during playback. However, this also increases the size of the file.

Video podcast (composite)

Select this check box to enable video podcasting. Select a video podcast project from the drop-down list.

Thumbnail Generate Option

From the drop-down list, select how you want to generate thumbnail images.:

•     From Stream: If you have selected a stream group, you will see each of the streams in the drop-down list, for example: From Stream: Video 1.  When you select a video or slide stream, Mediasite captures its first frame as the thumbnail image.

•     Capture Application Default: Select this option to use the thumbnail generated by the system when media is captured, uploaded, or imported.

•     Never Generate: Select this option to turn off auto-generation of thumbnail images. This option is must useful when recording live presentations or importing content. In this case, you will upload thumbnail images manually.

Servers

Verify the servers listed are the ones you want. If they are not, click Wrong servers? Select a different Server Group and locate the server group you want to use.

Moderated

Select this option to allow users with annotate permissions to update or delete their own annotation content.  Only presentation owners and annotation moderators (users with moderate and annotate permissions) can hide flagged or inappropriate annotations and comments.

Unmoderated

Users with annotate permissions can post annotation content in Showcase but will be unable to edit or delete content. Annotations and discussion posts cannot be modified or deleted. Only presentation owners and annotation moderators can hide flagged or inappropriate annotations and comments.

Color

Select this option to change the background color from the default color (black). Click the color preview swatch to the left to choose a color in the color grid or enter the color code (hex) in the field.

Image

Select this option to use a custom image as the background. When the Background Image setting appears, click Select to file to navigate to and select the file containing the 1920x1080 image you want to use. A preview of the selected image is displayed below. If you select the wrong image, use the drop-down list to select Delete and remove the file.