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Mediasite: Staff Guides

Mediasite is the University’s Lecture Capture and Multimedia system.

It allows you to record, edit and share digital content. Mediasite can automatically record taught sessions if they have been set up on the University timetable, but you can also record ad-hoc sessions in teaching spaces, screencasts or upload video and audio files to Mediasite.

You can access Mediasite via the homepage in Minerva or by logging in via the Mediasite Leeds Login Page

Adding Mediasite content to a Minerva module or organisation

Link/Embed a Mediasite video into a Minerva Document/Test/Assignment

Learn how to link or embed a Mediasite video directly into a Minerva Document, Test or Assignment, enabling you to present video content alongside other Minerva content for your students to easily refer to.

Add Mediasite recordings made using Record Now to a Minerva module

If you have used Record Now to record your teaching, there are manual steps you will need to complete to add your recording to the relevant module in Minerva, so your students can view it.

How to add Mediasite videos to a Merged Module

Scheduled recordings for merged modules will not publish in the relevant Minerva modules in the same way as a standard module. For merged modules, there are extra steps you will need to take for recordings to appear in the Mediasite Lecture Capture course channel.

Accessing Mediasite recordings in older Minerva modules (2021/22 and older)

If you want to view a Mediasite recording in a 2021/22 (or older) Minerva module/organisation the link may no longer work, learn how you can request access to these recordings.

Preventing a scheduled teaching recording from auto-publishing

It is possible to prevent the automatic publication of a scheduled teaching recording (lecture capture) if needed.

Managing your Mediasite content

Request a change to the owner of a lecture capture/Mediasite recording

Mediasite recordings, including lecture capture content can only be owned by one person within the University. Where ownership needs to be transferred (e.g. wrong owner, staff leaving, changing roles etc.), please refer to the Request a change to the owner of a Mediasite/lecture capture recording article on the IT website (this link will take you there).

Depending on the school you belong to, the process to request a change of ownership differs, this article provides you with guidance on how to request a change.

Moving Mediasite recordings

You can move videos from your personal folder in Mediasite to a module folder. This can be especially useful if you have used Record Now to record activities as these always save to your personal Mediasite folder.

Remove a video from the Mediasite Lecture Capture course channel

Learn how to remove videos that appear in a module's Mediasite Lecture Capture course channel.

Creating content in Mediasite

Introduction to creating videos/adding content using Mediasite

A quick introduction to the different ways to create videos and add content using Mediasite.

Adding a Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) recording to a Minerva module

If you record taught sessions using Microsoft Teams these are saved by default to Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Uploading these recordings into Mediasite allows your students to view this content more easily within Minerva, alongside the lecture capture recordings that may exist for the module. This guide will be made available shortly.

Mediasite Capture Browser App

Mediasite Capture allows you to use a web browser to record screencasts, dual video recordings, and video-only recordings.

Other Mediasite Guides

These guides are available on the IT website, you will need to login to view them.

How to use Record Now

Record Now allows you to start and save ad-hoc recordings made in a teaching space to your Mediasite account (this link will take you to the IT website).

How to Edit Your Mediasite Content

Mediasite includes a web editor which allows you to perform basic edits online (such as removing the start and end of your content), (this link will take you to the IT website).

Download your Lecture Capture and Mediasite content

This article will show you how to download a copy of your Lecture Capture and Mediasite content as a Vodcast (video) or Podcast (audio only).

Mediasite Mosaic

Find out more about the Mediasite Mosaic recording application which features multiple recording options and the ability to bulk upload content into Mediasite (this link will take you to the IT website).

Analytics for your recordings

Learn how to view or export a Mediasite analytics report so you can see how many users have watched your content (this link will take you to the IT website).

Request to restore a recording from the Recycle Bin

If you need to restore a recording that has been deleted accidentally from your Recycle Bin, please complete the Restore a recording from the Recycle Bin request form (you will need to be logged into the IT website to see this form).