Sept 25 2013

Lecture Capture Open Meeting

Richard Reece

Why record lectures?• Recording of lectures can provide a

useful resource for students to:• Provide a study-aid for review and

revision• Help accommodate different learning

styles• Assist students who do not have English

as their first language• Assist students who have particular

educational needs

Lecture capture limitations• Not all teaching styles are suitable for

capture• White-boards, chalk-boards, high levels

of interactivity, etc.• Ethical issues, or the use of sensitive

material may render the recording of some activities as inappropriate• Requirements for staff to change their

teaching style for the purpose of recording is not encouraged

Lecture capture• Over the last two years UoM has been

experimenting with lecture capture• Devised a system where recordings of

activities can be made automatically• Academics teach normally and

everything else is done for them• As agreed by Senate, from Sept 2013,

lecture theaters will be capture-enabled and staff should opt-out if they do not want recordings made of T&L sessions

Why opt-out?• Lecture capture can have a

transformative effect on the student experience for some activities• Opt-out greatly increases the numbers of

recordings made and therefore the scope and reach• Can enable blended and flexible teaching• Support of eLearning strategy• Disability support

Use of recordings• Recordings are to augment the lecture

experience rather than substitute for it• No evidence for reduced lecture

attendance by students• There is extensive use of the recordings

during revision periods

Use of recordings• Recordings are to augment the lecture

experience rather than substitute for it• No evidence for reduced lecture

attendance by students• There is extensive use of the recordings

during revision periods

! A. Regular mid-week download peaks B. Trough on the last Saturday & Sunday of reading week C. End of Semester 1 teaching D. Christmas day E. Semester 1 examinations finish F. End-of-year revision period G. Semester 2 examinations finish

!

What is recorded?• No cameras are used in the recording

process• The feed from the data projector

provides the only visuals• The audio from theatre microphones• Recordings are timetable driven and

usually start on the hour and stop 55 minutes later

Capture-enabled locationsBeyer Theatre HBS G6 Renold D7 Stopford Th.1

Chemistry G.54 HBS G7 Renold F14 Stopford Th.2

Chemistry G.53 HBS G32 Renold H11 Stopford Th.3

Coupland 1 - Pear HBS G33 Renold J17 Stopford Th.4

Coupland 3 – Th.A Kilburn 1.1 Roscoe B Stopford Th.5

Coupland 3 – Th.B Kilburn 1.3 Sackville C9 Stopford Th.6

Crawford House Th.1 Kilburn 1.4 Sackville C14 University Place A

Crawford House Th.2 Kilburn 1.5 Sackville C53 University Place B

Dover St Basement Mansfield Cooper G19 Sackville F47 Williamson G.47

Ellen Wilkinson C5.1 Mansfield Cooper G20 Sam. Alex. Th. Zochonis Th.A

Ellen Wilkinson A2.16 Mansfield Cooper G22 Sam. Alex. Leam. Zochonis Th.B

Ellen Wilkinson A2.6 Renold C2 Schuster Blacket Zochonis Th.C

Ellen Wilkinson A2.7 Renold C9 Schuster Moseley Zochonis Tn.D

HBS Cordingly Renold C16 Chaplaincy

How to opt-out• Lecturers for activities taking place in

capture-enabled locations emailed• Only sessions with named staff

associated with them in the timetable are considered for recording• To opt out of some or all of the

recordings in a lecture series, simply click the link in the email and select the sessions you do not want recorded

How to opt-out• Lecturers for activities taking place in

capture-enabled locations emailed• Only sessions with named staff

associated with them in the timetable are considered for recording• To opt out of some or all of the

recordings in a lecture series, simply click the link in the email and select the sessions you do not want recorded

• What do I need to do?• Almost nothing• Turn the microphone on• What if there is multiple projectors?• The right-hand

projector, as you face the board, is the one captured

Enabling recordings

Student access to recordings• Course-specific link for podcasts inserted

into Blackboard• Opens podcast stream in iTunes (using

either PC or Mac)• UoM username and password required• New recordings in a series are added

automatically

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Scale of the recordings

Potential issues• Copyright• No lecture should contain unattributed

copyrighted materials• The Library has established a copyright advice

service that can provide information to academics about how to avoid copyright issues• http://subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/

copyright/

Potential issues• Security of the recordings• Access only for UoM registered students• Policy clearly states that duplication or

redistribution of lecture capture material by students is prohibited, and that doing so may result in disciplinary action• No digital asset can be completely secure• Nature of recordings - voice and projected

data - minimises the risk to individuals and the University of potentially embarrassing or appropriate material being released

Potential issues• Recordings will be used to assess my

teaching performance• The policy contains explicit statements that

recordings will not be used in performance management• Recordings can, and should, be used for self-

reflective improvement in teaching

Questions?

• www.mypodcasts.manchester.ac.uk

• mediatechnologies@manchester.ac.uk