Enable lecture recording features for students
Search using keywords
Students can use the search function to filter for key terms from the recording, whether it is in the captions, slides, or in their own bookmarks. This allows students to locate all the time stamps for when the term was mentioned and to navigate to those timestamps easily by clicking on the caption. Students can search across recordings in a course or within specific recordings.
This feature is disabled by default. To enable/disable search across the different indexes, click on tools and then the Course settings tab and scroll to the section called LRS Modules. Here you have the option to uncheck/check: Enable Search and Indexing of Text/Slide.
Search across recordings in a course
The search function on the top-left hand panel allows students to search for key terms across all recordings in a course.
The search will display terms found on the slides 
, captions
and bookmarks
.
Search within a recording
The search function on the right-hand panel allows students to search for key terms within the recording they select to view. Students can search within captions, bookmarks and also search based on bookmark tags (Question, Review, Insight).
Add bookmarks within recordings
Students can use the Bookmarks feature in the Lecture Recordings tab to bookmark an area/time in a recording that they would like to save or revisit. It enables the student to jump to specific times within the recording. In addition, students can add a note to the bookmark using the text box. These bookmarks are private and only visible to the student.
This feature is disabled by default. To enable/disable bookmarks, click on tools and then the Course settings tab and scroll to the section called LRS Modules. Here you have the option to uncheck/check: Bookmarks.
Select a time in the video you would like to bookmark and click on the Bookmark icon
found under the video.Enter a comment/note in the text box and click the Send icon
to save the bookmark.You can further attach tags to manage bookmarks. See Manage bookmarks.
Manage lecture recording bookmarks
To manage existing bookmarks, select the Bookmarks tab to see the list of all your bookmarks. Here you can:
Add a tag using the Add Tag icon
and select among three tags (Insight, Review, and Question)
Delete a bookmark using the trash can icon
Click on the comment/note to edit the text in the textbox.
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