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About Lecture Capture
Lecture recording - also commonly known as lecture capture - is the recording and post-processing of a lecture or presentation for later viewing, usually over the web. The recordings can be viewed in full or used by students to selectively review and reinforce concepts without requiring additional class or office hour time. Although less common, some capture technologies also allow viewers to connect live and watch an event in-progress.
Common uses for Lecture Capture include:
- Making lecture content available to students as a study aid, to accommodate varied learning styles, or to support students who miss class due to illness.
- Recording of supplemental materials or office hour sessions to assist students who need additional help on specific topics.
- Expanding the audience of a class or event to web-based viewers as part of an open learning effort or to promote a College program or activity.
- Pre-recording whole lectures from off-campus in cases where the instructor must miss class.
Forms of Lecture Capture
There are a variety of tools and approaches available for recording and publishing lectures. Selecting which tool to use for a particular setting will depend on the lecture content, the presentation format, the location, the intended audience, and the desired level of "production quality" of the final product. Tools range from easy to use automated systems that are well-suited to recording every lecture in a course, to more manual and time-intensive processes that yield a higher TV-quality final product. The most typical approaches to recording lectures in the College of Engineering are:
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Desktop Screen Recording with Camtasia or ScreenFlow |
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| Traditional Video Shoot using Michigan Productions |
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Viewing the Recordings
Recordings made on the CoE Lecture Capture System can be viewed on a range of popular hardware and software platforms, including from within standard web browsers, on iPods and iPhones, and through iTunes U. The instructor can decide which of these formats are made available to the students.
Note that there is currently no authentication required to view a recording. Recordings are grouped into "sites" and assigned a unique URL that must be known to view the recordings. This URL is then most commonly distributed to the students though a CTools site using the web resource tool. This CTools site is typically protected with authentication and authorization.
Recordings made with other tools, such as Camtasia, ScreenFlow, or through a traditional video shoot, are typically served to the viewers directly from CTools or through an alternative distribution method. The CoE Lecture Capture System is not designed to serve content not created within the capture system itself.
