Classroom Capture Faculty Stories Camtasia Relay Pilot at UMB Educational Technologies and Learning Commons - Mary Simone

Classroom Capture Faculty StoriesCamtasia Relay Pilot at UMB

Educational Technologies and Learning Commons - Mary Simone

Agenda

• Overview of the Camtasia Relay 1.2Pilot – Training– Support– Feedback

• Faculty case studies– Lectures in Smart classrooms with computer stations– Lectures in Smart classrooms with your laptop– Pre-recording Lectures and tutorials

• Advantages and challenges– Pedagogical and technical

• How to get started– Setting up your profile

Educational Technologies and Learning Commons

Classroom Capture Pilot OVERVIEW

• September 2009 – May 2010

• 23 Faculty and Staff Members

• Requirements– Attend one hour training– Record at least two classes– Teach in a wired classroom– Complete a post-pilot survey- faculty/students

• Copyright Issues– Policies will be developed for publishing in the public domain– Use caution – security is only medium


Camtasia Relay Overview

• Screen capture with audio – no video• 3 components

– Camtasia Relay Server Account control

All faculty and staff with umb.edu email addresses have accounts

Encoding of content Storage of backup files

– Camtasia Relay Recorder (client software) Records your lecture Installed on any WinPC or Mac Captures computer screen and audio Uploads captured content to server

– Publishing Site Off-campus hosted server Provides private hosting


Camtasia Relay Recording

• Launch Camtasia Relay Recorder on local machine– Optionally launch PowerPoint add-in

• Login

• Select profile for recording

• Name file– Lectures - course section last first

Eng101 1 simone mary

– All others – dept last first filename

• Record screen activity and voice

• Submit file to server for encoding and publishing


Camtasia Relay Publishing

• Profile specifies publishing site(s)

• Pilot – screencast.com and (optionally) iTunes U

• Link to content emailed to account owner OR uploaded to

iTuneU

• Account owner distributes link to intended viewers OR

subscribed to by students RSSfeed

• Content is private by default

• Optionally content can be made public


Camtasia Relay Profiles

• Specifies recording quality (5 fps or 10 fps)• Specifies encoding type(s)• Specifies playback window size• For each encoding type specifies a publishing destination• Created by admin – individuals cannot create

– UMB lecture recording original size– UMB lecture recording 640x480– UMB recording original size– UMB recording 640x480

• 2 copies of recording– Backup stored on server– Published version on Screencast.com


Camtasia Relay Editing

• Camtasia Relay has limited editing capabilities– Content can be trimmed before submission

• Can be edited with Camtasia Studio ($179)– Copy is available in Digital Learning Studio– A profile must contain a Camtasia Studio encoding– Original recordings are either avi or mov

• Computers in DLS have Camtasia Studio


After Uploading

• When the recordings are published you receive 2 emails for each recording. The link you want to distribute to students is the one published to screencast.com.

• This is an example of the email you will receive:

• Description: Created: 11/10/2009 6:30:53 AMPresentation length: 01:09:48Encoding: Web (640x480)Destination: Lecture recording on Screencast.com File size: 169MBView presentation link: http://www.screencast.com/t/YmYxYjk1M*

* This is the link you should copy and paste into an email or to post to your Blackboard course.


Faculty Participants

• The Wiki http://class-capture.wikispaces.umb.edu/

• 23 faculty and staff from various departments– Nursing, Biology, Family Therapy, Academic – Support, Art History, ESL, Music,Management, Ross Center, – Psychology, Healey Library, Public Policy, Hispanic Studies,– Writing Proficiency – Case Studies

• 4 case studies


Professor Paul Tucker- Art History Art 250

• Data– 15 recorded in class lectures in Snowden– Posted in blackboard– Average length of lecture 57 minutes– Primary in class support- Chris Pahud

• Pedagogical Use– Quiz review: Quiz Picasso Cubism– Lecture capture with student interaction Building new world


Professor Steven Ackerman-Biology

• Biology370-372 (one is lec+lab, the other is lec) – Snowden auditorium- large classes– 18 recordings thus far this spring– Average time 50 minutes– Emails links to students– Uses own laptop– Example– 59 views

feedback: if you stop Camtasia my students will hunt you down!

They now cannot exist without these recordings.

For them this has been a boon to their education and

their friends who do not have this in other courses are

very jealous


Comments from Prof Ackerman

limited editing: I have not had a problem with that. – Editing takes time - I do not have time. Most if not almost

all faculty will agree that advanced editing is a waste –

they will not use it. You can’t edit from the middle with Relay

.

support: Chris and Jessica have been outstandingalso - I have been recording lectures for when (1) I do not

finish the material in the class. I add additional material to the

recording to enrich the student education and, (2) when I

cannot be in class (such as Wed) I record the lecture and put

it on webCT


Professor Ed Romar- Management 331

• 25 recordings this Spring 2010

• Average time 50 minutes

• Home/in class recording

• Posts to Blackboard

• Environmentalism– Example


Robert Pelychaty—Ross Center

• Tutorials– Assembles powerpoint tutorial– Adds audio to powerpoint– Runs powerpoint through Camtasia Relay– Tutorials about 2 minutes – Example– Posts tutorials on website as publicity for center


Feedback from Faculty and Students

• Overall very positive

• Increase in number of recordings- just in March 23 with

• 1152 student views

• Recordings as a study tool– Prepare for tests– Make up of missed class– Combination of clicker and camtasia to account for

participation and attendance


Technical Challenges Faculty Experienced

• Technical Challenges- • End of November Wiser down. Students

• Unable to log on to Wiser• Microphone-• sound settings on computer during playback• Uploading - computer must be on• File stuck in queue –:raw file reupload with Camtasia Studio • Turn around time to receive link for encoded file- slow internet?• Editing limitations with relay• Naming the file protocol• Limitations of sorting and organizing files with screencast.com


Would you like use Camtasia?

• In your classroom?

• In your office desktop

• On your laptop?



Boundary Mic


Boundary Mic close up


Getting Started

• To download recorder– Select download recorder– Select appropriate recorder for your OS– Download – save to desktop– Run

• Camtasia Relay shortcut placed on desktop• Must have a profile before begin to use Camtasia Decide where you wish to upload your recordings

– Log in to create a profile– You will be notified when profile is set

Hands On Cheat Sheet

• Launch recorder• Login to recorder• Select audio input• Set hot keys• View help screens• Select profile• Name file• Optionally enter description• Test microphone and adjust level if necessary– Test runs for 10 seconds• Click record or ctrl + alt + p– Wait for 3 - 4 seconds– If boundary mic remain close to keyboard– Repeat any questions• Click stop or ctrl + alt + s• Preview recording• Optionally trim ends• Click submit– Leave computer on for about 2 – 3 minutes


Camtasia Relay Support

• Wiki - class-capture.wikispaces.umb.edu

• In class support - Media Lab Staff– McCormack [email protected] x75965– Science [email protected] x75975– Wheatley [email protected] x75966

• General support – Email: [email protected]

• Production and back end support- [email protected]

• Project Manager: [email protected]


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Classroom Capture Faculty Stories Camtasia Relay Pilot at UMB Educational Technologies and Learning Commons - Mary Simone