How to Set Up the YuJa Application & Record a Video

All users must install the YuJa software station in order to record their own videos. This application is free  — please see our help page for more information about how to download and install it on your computer. Once you have the app, you will just need to open it and start your recording session: this can be done by clicking on the app's icon, or you can open the app by clicking on the Create Recording link (available on the YuJa webpage or inside of Blackboard courses). Please follow the steps below to create your own recording.

1. Log in to YuJa - You can access YuJa two ways:
   • Go to und.yuja.com
   • Or click on a YuJa link in your Blackboard course.
     Note: Depending on the way you accessed the site, you may need to sign in using SSO (single sign on).
2. At the top of the YuJa home page, select Create Recording. If you do not have the YuJa Software Capture application installed on this computer, you can use the Download link here to download and install it prior to your first recording.
3. In the Create Recording pop-up, click the Start button. The YuJa recording software will open automatically (you may need to approve the redirect in a pop-up first).
4. A new window will appear, where you can: edit your recording settings, select the desired input devices (camera, microphone, etc.), see a preview of the video streams, and check the audio levels.
   Please use the options below to set up and start your recording session:
   1. Title (recommended) - Give the video a title. You can enter a name for the file now -or- keep the default name of 'My Event (date)'. Videos can be re-named at any point in the future using the MORE... menu that is visible when you hover over the video's thumbnail (in your media folder on the YuJa website).
   2. Publish to Course Channel (optional) - YuJa media or course channels are content areas/folders that are associated with individual Blackboard course sites. Often, instructors will link directly from their Blackboard course site to their YuJa course channel. In the YuJa recorder, when you 'publish to' a course channel, you share the video to that location. That way, all of the users who have access to the course channel can now view your recording. By default, only instructors can publish to the course channels — but this option may be enabled for students manually. If the video has not been published to any channels, it will be stored privately in your own YuJa folder (see next step). You can always go back to your folder in YuJa and publish your video at a later time.
   3. Folder Location (recommended) -  Select the folder where you would like to save this recording. The file will be saved in your own private YuJa folder in addition to being shared in any Course Channel, if you selected one. If no folder locations are selected, the recording will be placed in your default content collection folder within YuJa.
   4. Video input(s) - Use your webcam and/or select a document camera feed to be included in the recording.
   5. Audio input(s) - Select the microphone and/or internal audio feeds that will be incorporated in the recording.
   6. Screen capture area - Select the monitor(s) you would like to record, or choose a specific area of the screen to be included in the recording.
   7. Click Start - There will be a three second countdown, then your recording will begin.
5. While you are recording, you will continue to see your controls in the mini action bar (see image below). It can usually be found in the bottom-right corner of your screen. These controls allow you to quickly and easily pause/stop the recording or check your microphone input level. You can also click on the YuJa icon to open the Software Station in full preview mode and pause/stop the recording there.
    
6. Record your presentation.
7. When you have finished recording, click the ⬛ (stop) button. A pop-up window will appear where you can:
   • Post Now - If you selected a media channel in step 3-B (above), then posing now will share the video to that channel.
   • Save - Save the video in the default folder, or any other folder location that you chose in step 3-C (above).
   • Delete - If you don't want to keep this recording, you may select 'Delete' to discard this video capture.
8. After you save the recording, YuJa will process the file. You will receive a notification email when:
   1. The processing its complete
   2. When the video's auto-captioning is done.
      Note: This process usually takes just a few minutes, but may take up to a few hours for particularly large media files.
9. After the video has been processed, it will be available in the media channel and/or folder that you selected during the recording set-up. Now, you can edit, review, or share the video.

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