Annotating an online recording

You can add the following labels:

  Heading. Useful to add section breaks to long recordings.

  Important. To mark something that you found was a key point.

  Review. To mark something that you didn't understand or need to listen to again.

Pressing on these label buttons and then pressing enter or the arrow in the Notes box will add them directly into the audio visualisation a few seconds before they were pressed, to allow for reaction time.

You can add notes to labels. Tap the desired label and then type in the Notes box and press the Enter key or click on the arrow.

You can also just add notes without any labels by typing directly into the Notes box and pressing Enter or clicking the arrow. These notes will be shown on the audio visualisation as black dots.

If you find it difficult to make notes during taught sessions, you can make it easier to add labels to your recording.  If you turn Quick Notes on by pressing on the toggle button, the text box will be hidden so you just need to single click on the labels to add them. They also have associated keyboard shortcuts.

You can add notes to recordings retrospectively if you find it difficult to make notes whilst in a taught sessions, or if you prefer to listen back to recordings before making notes.

You can take screenshots by either pressing on the screenshot icon or using ALT + P.  Note: You can only add screenshots during a recording.

Tip: Have both the lecture and Genio on the screen at the same time (split screen)

Tasks can be ticked off within the event/recording as they are completed, by pressing on the small check box next to the task name.

Type the term or phrase into the post definition box and press the Enter key

The Wikipedia definition will then be added to the notes section of your recording

You can also use the labels bar in Lightning Mode where each label is represented by a number. Press on the lightning icon and then a key stroke as denoted below will add a label at specific points without needing to use a mouse or having to type.

Press on Post Next Slide to move to the next consecutive slide in the PowerPoint stack. You can also use the navigation arrows on either side, to select another slide to post instead.

Slide can also be annotated.  You will see a toolbar below each slide that provides a range of annotation tools.

Here you have options to add your own typed notes to a slide, highlight or mark up text, draw on the slide with a choice of pen or highlighter, add shapes and also change the colour and thickness of the chosen drawing tool.

Towards the top right of the slide is another toolbar.

Here you have options to magnify the slide, search the stack of slides for a keyword, or add another slideshow to the end of the current one.