Edit a capture

Lecturecast March 2020

The Lecturecast Active learning Platform contains basic video editing functionality which can be used by tutors/instructors to make cuts and trims to video content.

The term 'capture' is used throughout Lecturecast ALP to describe a video recording.

This training guide describes the basic steps required to edit a Lecturecast capture. It involves:

1. Finding the video you want to edit
2. Edit a recording/capture

It is good practice to edit a recording before it is made available for students to view.

1. Find the recording you want to edit

You can edit recordings that have been captured via the Lecturecast Scheduler and published to a section, or personal recordings that have been added to a Class.

1.1 Locate a recording within a Section/Class 

Log into Moodle 

Log on to Moodle 

Locate the associated Lecturecast Activity.  (Select This Course - External Tools to locate the Lecturecast recordings that belong to the course Section). 

You will see a list of recordings.   

If scheduled recordings have not yet been added to your Moodle course via a Lecturecast Activity, see the wiki page entitled Create a Link to a Lecturecast Section in a Moodle course. 

If personal recordings have not yet been added to your Moodle course via a Lecturecast Activity, see the wiki page entitled Publish a Universal Capture Personal recording or Zoom Recordings in Lecturecast

1.3 Click on the video icon of the recording you want to edit.

It is good practice to edit a recording before it is made available for students to view.

A green icon shows that the recording has been made available to students 

A dark grey icon shows that the recording has not been made available to students 

A light grey icon denotes that the recording is yet to be scheduled 

Select the 'Edit video' option from the drop-down list to open the video in the editor window.

Continue to step 2.

2. Edit a recording/capture

Once you have located the recording and opened it, the editor window will display as shown below. Depending on the inputs selected at the time of recording, you should see Audio, Video 1 and Video 2. Note the the audio input will only appear for recordings created after 11th March 2020.

2. 1 Using the playback controls

2.2 Trim the start or end of a recording

1. To trim the start: drag the playhead from the start of the recording to the location you would like to make the cut. Use the cut icon to mark the location of the cut. Click in any area between the two trim handles (pink lines) and click the delete icon.
2. To trim the end: drag the playhead from the end of the recording to the location you would like to make the cut. Use the cut icon to mark the location of the cut. Click in any area between the two trim handles (pink lines) and click the delete icon.

**refer to video below

2.3 Cut a segment from the recording:

1. Put the playhead marker at the beginning location of the segment you want to cut.
2. Click the CUT icon (scissors).
3. Move the playhead marker to the end location of the segment you want to cut.
4. Click the CUT icon (scissors).
5. Click into the area between the cuts to select it (this also moves the playhead into that area; ignore it).
6. Click DELETE to temporarily cut that segment from the video. The cut segment turns grey, to indicate it is no longer part of the playback.

Repeat these steps for each segment you want to remove from the video. Remember, these cuts are temporary until you save your changes.

The video below briefly demonstrates the process of editing a video.

2.4 Save the edits

Use the buttons across the top right of the editing window to complete your editing and process the video with your changes.

• RESTORE - Reverts all changes ever made to the video and restores the original video file. This option is only active if you open a recording that had previous edits applied to it.
• SAVE - Applies the changes you've made to this video and will make changes to ALL shared and published versions of the video. These changes are reflected in the playback bar on the editing screen; grey segments are deleted.
• SAVE AS - Creates a COPY of the video with your edits. In addition, you are now the owner of the edited copy, regardless of whether you were the owner of the original video or not.

To exit without making or saving any changes, click the back arrow in the top left corner of the video editing screen.

For guidance on how to publish a recording. see the guide Publish a Universal Capture Personal Recording

Editing functionality is described in more detail on the Lecturecast Online Help: Editing videos.