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Morae 3.0
Recorder Help File PDF
By TechSmith Corporation
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Welcome to Morae Morae is the premier software for deeply understanding customer experiences…and sharing those insights clearly and powerfully. From usability testing to focus groups and beyond, Morae helps you transform designs and marketing to make things people love. Want to test your design? Morae makes it easy to pinpoint usability problems in software applications, websites, prototypes, or mobile devices. Install Morae on a laptop to test at a conference or i
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Quick Overview of Morae Applications Morae includes three applications: Morae Recorder, Morae Observer, and Morae Manager. These components work together to provide an easy-to-use, total recording system based on TechSmith’s patented Rich Recording Technology (RRT). Record – Morae Recorder Utilizing RRT, Morae Recorder creates a complete chronicle of the events that occur behind the scenes in applications and the operating system, as well as the onscreen and keyb
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Analyze, Graph, and Share – Morae Manager Within Morae Manager, you can start new projects and edit existing projects, configure Recorder settings, open and analyze recordings, create graphs of your analysis and metrics and create a presentation video. Rich Recording Technology automatically indexes the screen and video recordings collected by Recorder, allowing you to easily search through recordings in Morae Manager. You can isolate tasks, important points in the
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Getting Help with Morae Several resources are available to help when you run into questions or problems with Morae. Morae Help Files Each of the Morae components has its own Help File. Recorder, Observer, and Manager’s Help files contain detailed information describing how to use Morae. Access the Help files through the Help menu or Help buttons found in the user interface. To open a help topic for the screen or area you are currently using,, press on your
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Welcome to Morae Recorder Install Morae Recorder on a computer to record a participant’s experience, including audio comments, screen video, and/or camera video. When recording the computer screen, Recorder also captures all system activity, including mouse clicks, web page changes, and other application information. Recorder automatically synchronizes the video and the data, creating a complete digital record of the user experience. When recording from camera(s
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Get to Know the Recorder Interface Use the following figure to become familiar with the main parts of the Recorder interface. To get started recording a session, see How to Use Morae Recorder. Recorder Toolbar Quickly access common Recorder functions. For more information, see Recorder Toolbar. Record Button Click to start a recording. Recorder provides flexible options to start Recorder depending on your equipment and participant set up. For more informati
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Video and Audio Sources View and select the sources for the main video, Picture-in-Picture (PiP) video, and audio. For more information, see Video and Audio Sources. Audio Monitor View and adjust the audio level. For more information, see Adjust Audio Level. Study Details Study Details define the study including the study name, session instructions, tasks, markers, and surveys. For more information, see Define Study Details. Preview Window View the selecte
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Welcome to Morae Recorder Dialog Box File > New Study Configuration The Welcome to Morae Recorder dialog box allows you to create or open a configuration. See also: • Get to Know the Recorder Interface • Recorder Toolbar • Create a Test Recording • Recording Details • Study Details • Video and Audio Sources • Recorder Preferences • How to Use Morae Recorder Page 9 www.techsmith.com
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Recorder Toolbar RECORDER TOOLBAR BUTTON DESCRIPTION Creates a new study configuration file. For more information, see Study Configurations. Opens a previously saved study configuration file. Saves the current study configuration in a file. Creates a 15 second test recording, allowing you to preview the audio and video to be captured. For more information, see Create a Test Recording. Opens the Batch Process Recordings dialog box. For more information
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Morae Recorder Help PDF To Run a Test Recording 1. Click the Test Recording button in the Recorder toolbar. 2. A dialog box appears asking if you want to continue with the test recording. Click Yes. 3. The Recorder UI minimizes to a tray icon. The test recording begins immediately and proceeds for 15 seconds. 4. The Recording in progress message appears in the Camera Preview pane and the status bar confirms a recording is being made. 5. During the test recording, create some sound and a
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Morae Recorder Help PDF See also: • Define Recording Details • Get to Know the Recorder Interface • Welcome to Morae Recorder Dialog Box • Recorder Toolbar • Create a Test Recording • Study Details • Video and Audio Sources • Recorder Preferences • How to Use Morae Recorder Study Details Study Details define the study information, including study name, tasks, markers, and surveys. When you save a study configuration, Study Details are saved in the study configuration and must be the
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Video and Audio Sources Video and Audio Sources show the selected video and audio sources. There is also an audio monitor and video preview to help you set up your session. Video and Audio Sources are affected by the hardware connected to the computer when Recorder is opened. See also: Video and Audio Sources • • Get to Know the Recorder Interface • Welcome to Morae Recorder Dialog Box • Recorder Toolbar • Create a Test Recording • Study Details • Video an
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Recorder Preferences The Preferences dialog box in Recorder contains settings for Recorder preferences. These settings are “global,” and apply to every recording. In Preferences dialog box, designate the following options. Use the following figure to become familiar with the Recorder Preference options. Default output folder Defines where to store recording files. This is a global setting for Recorder, all recording files are saved in this folder. By default,
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Recorder hotkeys Defines the hotkey combination to start and stop Recorder and to deliver a survey to participants from the keyboard • Start/stop Recorder hotkey: Choose any combination of Ctrl, Alt, Shift and any of the keys available in the dropdown menu to create a custom hotkey to start and stop Recorder. The default hotkey combination is . • Display survey hotkey: Choose any combination of Ctrl, Alt, Shift and any of the keys availab
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Morae Recorder Help PDF How to Use Morae Recorder Use Morae Recorder to set up study configurations and record sessions. The general process of using Recorder is: 1. Create or open a study configuration. A study configuration defines a group of related recordings. Recordings in a study share the same Study Details including tasks, markers, and surveys. 2. Verify Recording Details. 3. Start recording. 4. Record session. 5. If you are recording from camera(s) only, you can log the sess
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Study Configurations The ideas of the study and the study configuration are important to understand when working with Morae. For information on working with study configurations, see Template Study Configurations, Create a Study Configuration, and Modify a Study Configuration. What Is a Study? A study involves recording, observing, and logging multiple user research sessions, analyzing the results, and sharing the results with stakeholders. In Morae, recordings
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Morae Recorder Help PDF Template Study Configurations Recorder includes template study configurations to help you define Study Details and Recording Details for different kinds of studies. Templates contain sample tasks, markers, and surveys, along with Recording Details pre-configured for different types of user research. TEMPLATE STUDY CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTION Default study Contains only basic task and marker settings. Records the screen and a PiP configuration video of the participa
