Hi Jennifer, I¹m currently using Morae for some usability testing, and have been happy with it, mostly, though I imagine the options others have suggested are great too. If you do go with Morae, one thing to note about Manager is that (I believe) it¹s the only way to convert the output video files from Morae¹s proprietary format, RDG, into more universal file formats, such as .wmv/.mp4, so that you can play/edit outside of Morae. So not having access to Manager after using Recorder could be a dependency for parallel use.
Best, ‹Ryan Ryan Dubnicek Visiting Research Services Specialist Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 313 LIS Building, MC-493 501 E. Daniel Street | Champaign, IL 61820 rdubn...@illinois.edu 217-244-7260 On 4/7/16, 7:32 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Jennifer DeJonghe" <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote: >I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability >testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen >capturing. Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as >much "sharing" among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith >allows and what is practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and >they allow you to have multiple people using it on a shared computer. >Your license gets you one copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies >of Recorder and Observer. > >My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be >practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, >so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in >various buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is >more for set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on >their "good" computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could >get more use from it. Is there anything I should think about before >proceeding with this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably >purchase a dedicated shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use >cheaper software, but I just got back from ER&L and was impressed with >what I saw people doing with the TechSmith product.) > >Jennifer > >Jennifer DeJonghe >Librarian and Professor >Metropolitan State University >St. Paul, MN
