Create an Audiovisual Recording

For audiovisual recording activities in language courses, you make videos individually or with other students to practice conversation skills.

MindTap audiovisual recording activities are identified with this illustration:

Note Mobile devices are not supported for audiovisual recordings.

In an audiovisual recording activity, click Enter A/V recording activity.

First time only: Select the check box to accept the terms of use, and then click Continue.

MindTap checks your system requirements.

Start or join a video recording session.

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Start a new video recording session	Group or individual activity: Click Initialize. For a group activity, copy the session ID and share it with others in your group. Up to six students can participate in the same session. For an individual activity, there is no session ID. Click Enter Virtual Room.
Join an in-progress video recording session	Group activity only: Click Join. Enter the session ID that you received from the group member who started the session. Click Enter Virtual Room. The session ID connects multiple participants in different locations with a single, virtual meeting room for synchronous video recording.

In the AV Board tab, record your video.
1. To start recording, click .
  
  For a group activity, the video screen is divided into a multiple panes for the participants.
2. To stop recording, click .
Replay your video.
1. Open the My Recordings tab.
2. To view a recording, click .
3. Use controls in the video player to play, pause, rewind, and so on.
To record another video, repeat step 3.
When you are done recording, select a video in My Recordings, and click Submit.

For a group activity: Unless your instructor says otherwise, participants submit videos independently for individual grades. In that case, submit the video that best demonstrates your own conversation skills.