Recording Your Actions at the Interactive Screen

Using SMART Recorder, you can record the full screen or a rectangular portion of the screen. If you connect a microphone to your computer, you can record your narration. You can create the recording as a video file that you can view using QuickTime software.

To create a recording

1. Change SMART Recorder settings to configure the recording's quality and file location.

NOTE: If you're using multiple displays, you must select the display that you want to record from.

2. To record the entire screen, press Record in SMART Recorder.

OR

To record a screen area, press the down arrow next to the Record button in SMART Recorder, select Record Area, and then draw a rectangle around the area you want to record.

TIP: If you need to reduce the file size of the recording, limit the recording to a rectangular area of the screen or to a window.

3. Perform the on-screen actions you want to record. If you've connected a microphone to your computer, speak into your microphone.

SMART Recorder displays the time elapsed during the recording.

TIP: Animations and other special effects greatly increase the file size of the recording.

4. If you want to pause your recording, press Pause in SMART Recorder. To resume recording, press Record in SMART Recorder.

5. After you complete the actions you want to record, press Stop in SMART Recorder.

A dialog box appears.

NOTE: If you want to exit without saving your recording, press Cancel, press Yes to confirm deletion, and then ignore the remaining steps of this procedure.

6. Type a file name in the Save As box.

7. If you want to save the recording in a different location than the one in the Where box, browse to the new location.

8. Press Save.

After SMART Recorder creates the video file, a dialog box appears. The information in this dialog box includes the file location of the recording, file size and duration of the recording.

9. If you want to close this dialog box and view the recording, press Play Recording.

OR

If you want to close this dialog box without viewing the recording, press OK.

Enhancing System Performance for Recording

If your system performance is slow when you use SMART Recorder, or the recording quality isn't the standard you want, the following may improve performance:

• Save your files to a local hard disk. Network drives are slower and reduce performance.

• Select a lower video quality setting. You need to balance your expectations for video quality with your computer's limitations. Higher video quality produces larger files and places higher demands on your computer.

• Reduce your computer's screen resolution and display color settings. Smaller screens and fewer colors result in faster performance.