6. Using Multiple Monitors

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Using Multiple Monitors for Screen Capture

Installing an Additional Monitor

To add a second monitor to your computer, you’ll need to make sure that you either have a video card that supports multiple monitors, or that your computer has more than one video card. The easiest way to determine if your video card supports multiple monitors is to look at the back of your computer and see if your card has two video ports for connecting your monitors. On a laptop, this port may be on the side of your computer.

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Once you have made sure that your video card can support a second monitor, follow these steps to add the additional monitor:

1.) Turn off your computer and monitor.
2.) Locate the video ports on your computer. (See illustration.)
3.) Connect the second monitor to the unused video port.
4.) Plug the second monitor into an electrical power source and turn it on.
5.) Turn on your original monitor.
6.) Turn on your computer.
7.) Windows should recognize the monitor once the computer has started. If you are prompted to install driver software, see the instructions that came with the monitor.
8.) You may need to enable multiple monitor support on your operating system. Please read your instruction manual if you do not see a display on your secondary monitor.
 
When you have confirmed that the second monitor is functioning properly, you are now ready to begin screen capturing with multiple monitors.

Capturing on multiple monitors

1.) Open the Panopto Recorder.

2.) On the lower left hand side of the recorder interface, click the check box next to “Capture Screen 2”

A new tab labeled “Screen 2” will appear, displaying the output of the second monitor.

If you’d like to only capture the output from the secondary monitor, be sure to uncheck “Capture Primary Screen.” If you’d like to remove either of these streams in the future, it can be found under the “Streams” tab in the Panopto web interface.

After naming your session and selecting a folder, hit the large “Record” button to begin your recording. In the example above, both the primary screen and the second output device will be captured.