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Sent: 2021-01-13
From: EIU
To: Various Recipients

Subject: Knowmia Now Available

All EIU faculty members, staff, and students now have a fully licensed Knowmia account acquired via the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER).

Techsmith Knowmia is a video creation and sharing platform that helps maximize student engagement. You now have access to:

A web-based recorder to easily create new videos of yourself and your screen.
An online library where you can store videos.
Upload your own video or import video from YouTube into your Knowmia library.
An easy way to access, manage, and share your Knowmia videos from inside your D2L Brightspace course.
A simple way to add Quizzes or a threaded Conversation to any video.
A free mobile app (TechSmith Fuse) that allows you to import any video content from your phone or tablet directly into your Knowmia Library.
ADA Compliance Support to automatically transcribe video's audio into captions via the speech-to-text generator.

Log in to your EIU Knowmia account: http://eiu.knowmia.com

Learn more about Knowmia: https://www.eiu.edu/knowmia

Additional Resources: https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-knowmia.html

For all technical support - including Knowmia - call 217-581-HELP (4357) or email support@eiu.edu.

Webinars:

Faculty and Staff are invited to attend the following webinars presented by our TechSmith Education Customer Success Manager:

Knowmia @ EIU: Getting Started
Knowmia @ EIU: Beyond the Basics
Knowmia @ EIU: Improving Accessibility
Knowmia @ EIU: Engagement – Creating Virtual Connections
To register for the webinars and for more information, go to http://eiu.gosignmeup.com.

Feedback:
In the coming weeks you will receive a campus survey asking for feedback on Knowmia and how it can best support your videos needs in the future.

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT

Technology Support

217-581-4357
support@eiu.edu