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Mediasite and Blackboard for Students Discover how to search, play and interact with Mediasite videos embedded in your Blackboard LMS course.
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Mediasite and Blackboard for Faculty, Instructors, and Professors For faculty, instructors, and professors, Mediasite's integration with Blackboard make it easy to create, manage, and watch your course videos all from within the Blackboard LMS.
- Access My Mediasite from within Blackboard
- Add a Video to Mediasite
- Add a Mediasite Video to your Blackboard Course
- Upload a Video to Blackboard
- Add a Mediasite Screencast to Blackboard
- Upload a Video from Your Phone to Blackboard
- Add a Recorded Lecture to Blackboard
- Edit Your Mediasite Video from Blackboard
- Adding Captions to Your Video Presentation Blackboard
- Use and Enable Comments For Mediasite Videos within Blackboard
- Creating a Quiz for Your Mediasite Video from within Blackboard
- Using In Video Quizzes within Blackboard
Add a Mediasite Screencast to Blackboard
If you want to quickly record a Video from your Mac or PC from within Blackboard, it’s easy with the Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR). MDR allows you to capture a variety of sources from your own Mac or PC:
- Audio
- Audio and Screen
- Audio and Webcam
- Audio, Webcam, and Screen
Starting Mediasite Desktop Recorder
If you want to record your screen for a course directly within Blackboard, follow these steps:
1. Browse to a Blackboard course

2. Click: My Mediasite

3. Click: Add Media
4. Click: I want to record my desktop now
5. Enter a Presentation Name
6. Click: Create and Launch
7. Start Recording with Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR)

This will launch the Mediasite Desktop Recorder allowing you to record your own Audio, Webcam, and Desktop. For more information on using the Mediasite Desktop Recorder, check out these Courses:
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