Re: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording
Hi Jennifer, I¹m currently using Morae for some usability testing, and have been happy with it, mostly, though I imagine the options others have suggested are great too. If you do go with Morae, one thing to note about Manager is that (I believe) it¹s the only way to convert the output video files from Morae¹s proprietary format, RDG, into more universal file formats, such as .wmv/.mp4, so that you can play/edit outside of Morae. So not having access to Manager after using Recorder could be a dependency for parallel use. Best, ‹Ryan Ryan Dubnicek Visiting Research Services Specialist Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 313 LIS Building, MC-493 501 E. Daniel Street | Champaign, IL 61820 rdubn...@illinois.edu 217-244-7260 On 4/7/16, 7:32 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Jennifer DeJonghe" wrote: >I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability >testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen >capturing. Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as >much "sharing" among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith >allows and what is practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and >they allow you to have multiple people using it on a shared computer. >Your license gets you one copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies >of Recorder and Observer. > >My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be >practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, >so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in >various buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is >more for set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on >their "good" computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could >get more use from it. Is there anything I should think about before >proceeding with this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably >purchase a dedicated shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use >cheaper software, but I just got back from ER&L and was impressed with >what I saw people doing with the TechSmith product.) > >Jennifer > >Jennifer DeJonghe >Librarian and Professor >Metropolitan State University >St. Paul, MN
Re: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording
Hi Jennifer, I don't know if it would fulfill all of your requirements, but it might be worth taking a look at the open source project "OBS -- Open Broadcast Software" at https://obsproject.com/index It can handle multiple inputs like webcams + screen recording. On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe < jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote: > I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability > testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen capturing. > Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing" > among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what is > practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have > multiple people using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one > copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer. > > My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be > practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, > so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in various > buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more for > set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their "good" > computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use > from it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with > this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a dedicated > shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I just > got back from ER&L and was impressed with what I saw people doing with the > TechSmith product.) > > Jennifer > > Jennifer DeJonghe > Librarian and Professor > Metropolitan State University > St. Paul, MN > -- Ronald Houk ☕ Assistant Director Ottumwa Public Library 102 W. Fourth Street Ottumwa, IA 52501 (641)682-7563x203 rh...@ottumwapubliclibrary.org
Re: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording
A couple other options: If you can keep each test under 5 minutes, you could use Jing -- you can even enable the microphone to capture think-aloud. I think on Macs, Quicktime is pretty good at doing screen capturing, though I don't know if it will capture audio at the same time. Camtasia would presumably work well, as Kari points out, and you could even turn on mouse highlighting in post. Captivate probably has similar features to Camtasia (though I know less about its screen cap capabilities). On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Ronald Houk wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > I don't know if it would fulfill all of your requirements, but it might be > worth taking a look at the open source project "OBS -- Open Broadcast > Software" at https://obsproject.com/index > > It can handle multiple inputs like webcams + screen recording. > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe < > jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote: > > > I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability > > testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen > capturing. > > Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing" > > among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what > is > > practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have > > multiple people using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one > > copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer. > > > > My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be > > practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, > > so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in > various > > buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more > for > > set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their > "good" > > computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use > > from it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with > > this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a > dedicated > > shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I > just > > got back from ER&L and was impressed with what I saw people doing with > the > > TechSmith product.) > > > > Jennifer > > > > Jennifer DeJonghe > > Librarian and Professor > > Metropolitan State University > > St. Paul, MN > > > > > > -- > Ronald Houk ☕ > Assistant Director > Ottumwa Public Library > 102 W. Fourth Street > Ottumwa, IA 52501 > (641)682-7563x203 > rh...@ottumwapubliclibrary.org >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording
If your university used WebEx you can use that for screen recording. And Camtasia is also a good solution. Kari Smith -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer DeJonghe Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 8:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen capturing. Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing" among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what is practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have multiple people using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer. My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in various buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more for set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their "good" computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use from it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a dedicated shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I just got back from ER&L and was impressed with what I saw people doing with the TechSmith product.) Jennifer Jennifer DeJonghe Librarian and Professor Metropolitan State University St. Paul, MN
[CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording
I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen capturing. Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing" among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what is practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have multiple people using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer. My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in various buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more for set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their "good" computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use from it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a dedicated shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I just got back from ER&L and was impressed with what I saw people doing with the TechSmith product.) Jennifer Jennifer DeJonghe Librarian and Professor Metropolitan State University St. Paul, MN
