How do learners complete quick recording assignments?

Access the assignment

Navigate to the Classes page in the Multimedia Creation space and select the class where the assignment is assigned.

Click on the assignment to launch into the Assignment Details page.

Learners can find the following information on the assignment details page:

• Assignment information: The title, due date, project type, participation type, recording length limit, and the available recording sources of the assignment.
• Assignment description: The information provided by the instructor regarding the assignment.
• Sample video: The sample video provided by the instructor offers learners inspiration for what the completed assignment should look like.

After viewing the assignment information, click Jump In to launch the video editor and start working on the assignment.

Complete the assignment

Click Jump In on the assignment details page to start working on the assignment.

Select the Allow while visiting the site or Allow this time option to grant permission for WeVideo to access your webcam and microphone. If you are having issues connecting your webcam or microphone, please follow the steps in this article to troubleshoot the connection issue.

Choose whether to record from the screen or the webcam. If only one option appears, it means the instructor allows recording only from the specified source.

Select the audio and video sources if more than one microphone and webcam are connected to the device, then click Record to start recording.

While recording, a timer will appear on the lower left of the window to remind learners of the time remaining.

Once the time is up or if the learner clicks the Stop button, the recording will stop and be ready for preview.

Click the play button to preview the recording, and use the trimming tool at the bottom to trim it if needed. 

Click Save and submit the recording, or click Record Again to start over.

Click Turn In to confirm turning in the assignment.

The assignment is now successfully submitted to the instructor. The uploading process will continue in the background, and the learners can close the assignment to return to the class.

Access the submitted media

Learners can access their submitted media from two places:

From the assignment

Select the class from the Classes page in the Multimedia Creation space.

Switch to the Turned In tab to view all the turned-in assignments, and click on the assignment to review the submitted work.

Click the View Submission button on the top right of the window to view the submitted recording.

From the Exports page:

Select the Exports option from the sidebar menu to navigate to the Exports page.

The submitted media can be found on the Exports page. Their titles may differ from the assignment title. For Quick Recording submissions, the title will be the recording date and time.

To rename the exports, click the three-dot button and select the Rename option.

View the submissions from other learners through the ClassFeed 

Select the assignment from the To Do or Turned In tab in the class.

Switch to the ClassFeed tab to access the ClassFeed section of the assignment.

The submissions from learners in the class will be shown in the ClassFeed. Click on them to view the submissions. If commenting is enabled, you can leave comments for other learners by typing your comment in the comment section.

You can also reply to others’ comments by clicking the Reply button and entering your reply.

If the instructor has enabled comment moderation, your comments will not be displayed to others until the instructor approves them.

If needed, you can edit or delete your comments by clicking the three-dot button next to the comment. If there are no replies to the deleted comment, the comment will be removed from the ClassFeed. If there are replies to the deleted comments, the replies will remain visible to other users, and the deleted comments will be replaced with a placeholder indicating that this comment was removed.

If comment moderation is enabled, the edited comment will become pending approval again and will not be visible to others until the instructor approves it.

You can also record videos as comments in ClassFeed. switch to the Video tab in a submission in ClassFeed, and click the Record Video Comment button.

If you haven’t granted WeVideo camera and microphone permissions, please allow WeVideo to access your device's camera and microphone to create recordings.

Click Start to start the recording.

After completing the recording, click Stop to stop the recording. Please note that every video comment is limited to 5 minutes.

Preview the recording and click Save to save the video comment to ClassFeed. If you would like to re-record, click the Record Again button to start over.

If the instructors have enabled comment moderation, the comment will be hidden from other learners until approved by the instructors.

Unsubmit the assignment

If learners want to re-record the assignment, they must first unsubmit it. After navigating to the class, switch to the Turned In page, click the three-dot button, and click Unsubmit. 

Select the Yes, Unsubmit option on the pop-up window to confirm unsubmitting the assignment.

After the assignment is unsubmitted, it will be moved to the To Do tab in the class, allowing learners to re-record it.

Reset submission

In rare cases where the submission upload takes too long due to bandwidth or browser issues, learners can reset their quick recording assignment to re-record for the assignment. Please note that once the assignment is reset, the learner will need to re-record their videos.

To check the submission status, navigate to the class, switch to the To do tab, and launch the assignment from the page.

If issues occur when submitting the quick recording assignment, a warning message will appear at the top of the page when launching the assignment. Click the Reset button on the message to reset the assignment and redo the recording.