Overview
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Lecturecast allows for the scheduling and recording of lectures in Lecturecast enabled UCL teaching spaces to support student learning. |
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A new Moodle block has been created allowing the linking of a Moodle course to a Lecturecast section. Moodle courses act as gateways to associated Lecturecast content and therefore the course link to Lecturecast must be set up before course staff and students can access the Lecturecast content. | ||
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The change in the Course short name is due to the Lecturecast Connector Block. At present, when a Moodle course is mapped to a Lecturecast section, the Moodle Course short name is changed to be the same as the Lecturecast section – and this happens each time you map to a new Lecturecast section. This can be changed back though you will first need to create your mapping, then add a Lecturecast activity to link through to your recordings. After this, you can change your short name back to what it was originally without breaking the link to Lecturecast. If you choose to change the short name back to what it was before, the Lecturecast Connector block will display that ‘no mapping exists’. However as the linking has already been done, following instructions above, the Lecturecast recordings should still display. To change the course short name, do the following on the relevant Moodle course - Settings > Course administration > Edit settings > Course short name> change the name (the name must be unique and must not have any apostrophes). We are aware that this is not ideal and a new version of the Moodle Connector block is in the final stages of testing. The new block will not overwrite the Course short name and will show multiple mappings. |
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Moodle courses need to be mapped to Lecturecast sections and Lecturecast activities added and linked. Roles and their associated rights to a Lecturecast section are assigned at the point of clicking through a Lecturecast activity set up for a given section. Rights assigned are: Students and non-editing tutors on the Moodle course → Students on the linked Lecturecast section Find out how to link a Lecturecast section on a Moodle course in the Linking Moodle to Lecturecast training guides. |
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Content recorded using the Lecturecast system prior to the upgrade will continue to be available via the old Lecturecast system for at least a year after the upgrade. No new recordings can be made on the Lecturecast Legacy system but existing links to recordings held there will continue to function for at least a year post upgrade. No automatic migration of old recordings will take place. Find out more about Lecturecast Legacy and how to migrate individual recordings in the Lectuirecast Legacy section. |
Migrating Legacy Recordings
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There is currently no process for bulk downloading of legacy recordings. The Lecturecast Project team are going to migrate legacy recordings into Lecturecast before the Legacy system is decommissioned. In the interim, if you need to access a Legacy recording you can: |
Known issues
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Echo360 is a web-based application that uses a browser to view content and as such has certain browser requirements. Beyond ensuring you're using a supported browser, there are also some browser configuration settings you may need to check or change to successfully use Echo360 (especially if using Safari on iOS/MacOS). |
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Issue: The capture preview appears to jump around between frames. The completed capture is however fine. Advice: Mac PCAP users can still complete personal captures on High Sierra by starting the capture normally even though the preview does not display properly. Echo (Lecturecast service providers) are working on a new capture application that will resolve the issue and they hope to have a beta application available for users in early 2018. |
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