Things to know before you begin

The images shown in this article are what a System Administrator or Administrator user will see.

Dashboard

After logging into SimCapture, the first thing you'll see is your homepage. This page shows a high-level view of the system as it relates to you, including:

Global navigation

The Global navigation bar is always at the top of the screen and offers quick navigation to every part of SimCapture. Click the SimCapture logo to return to the homepage from anywhere in the software.

Quick debrief

Quick Debrief allows you to immediately debrief the last session in which you were a(n):

• Owner
• Contributor
• Participant

All other sessions where you are a viewer or otherwise have access can be found by clicking Sessions in the Global Navigation bar.

Recording device status

This dashboard area will display the current status of all configured recording devices. Devices will display different information depending on their status.

• Blue: The device is online ready to record. Click Start Session to start a new recording on that device.
• Red: The device is currently recording a session. Click Join Session to view the session (if permitted).
• Yellow:  This device is currently online but does not have enough A/V inputs to start a session. There must be both a video feed and an audio feed associated with a recording device to start a session.
• Gray: The device is currently offline. Check to ensure that the recording device is powered on and connected to a network. If this does not solve the issue, notify Laerdal Medical support.

While recording devices should update automatically, the are cases where they are unable to update when a new version of of our recording firmware is released. Within the System Setup > Recording Devices area, there is an option to manually apply any updates. Rooms that require the update will have a yellow exclamation point in their header, as well as the update option in the action list. 

Selecting this option will force an update to the recording device. It will be unusable while it updates which can take up to 15 minutes, so we recommend waiting to perform the update until you do not need to use the recorder immediately.

My Active Courses (Enterprise Only)

This pod lists the courses you are associated with as an owner or contributor, as well as links to any associated evaluations you may be assigned.

Recent activity

The last four tracked actions you took in the software will be visible here so you can pick up where you left off. Tracked actions include:

• Creating Sessions, Scenarios, or Users
• Editing Sessions, Scenarios, or Users
• Viewing Sessions

Center usage snapshot

The Center Usage Snapshot will display statistics about your SimCapture usage over the last 90 days. The trend of the number of sessions is shown, as well as the average session length, the total number of sessions, and total recorded hours.

Clicking on the graph will take you to the Reports page, allowing you to apply additional filters or export your report.

SimCapture Insights SimCapture Insights

This pod will display information from Laerdal Medical related to your version of SimCapture. This could be notifications of new software and feature releases, webinar invitations, or anything else we think is essential for you to know. This space will only be used for direct communication from Laerdal Medical and never for ads or other external uses.