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At the current time the UCL Lecturecast service does not support Live Streaming as part of the service offering. Only lecture capture and associated engagment tools are available as part of the service.

For all live streaming needs please contact in the first instance the Digital Media team via stream@ucl.ac.uk

There are two way to do this:

1. Via the Lecturecast activity link in Moodle

Click through the link to the associated Lecturecast section. Scheduled events should appear as shown below

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2. Via the Lecturecast Scheduler

Check that the event appears under the 'Scheduled' tab  in the Lecturecast Scheduler.  The status column in the Scheduler should also display a 'scheduled' status

Log in to the Lecturecast Scheduler to create or edit a recording schedule. Schedules may only be amended or deleted by the staff member who created the original schedule. Find instructions on how to access the Lecturecast Scheduler and how to schedule a recording in the Lecturecast Scheduler training guides.

Recordings for centrally timetabled teaching events will automatically appear in the associated Lecturecast class within a given module's section.

To make recordings available within your course by default, please update your planned captures within the Lecturecast Scheduler. Detailed instructions can be found within the Lecturecast Scheduler - /wiki/spaces/LecturecastResourceCentre/pages/32804689 training guide.

• Only events timetabled via CMIS can be scheduled for recording. Check to make sure that your lecture is timetabled via CMIS.
• Ensure the lecture is taking place in a Lecturecast enabled teaching space.
• Try searching for any other module codes assigned to your lecture e.g. ECON1001 and ECON1001A as only one code will feed into the scheduler for each event. You could also try doing a search using the ‘Location’ field.
• Event information is brought into the scheduler on a 3 month rolling basis. Your event will need to occur within the next 3 months to be visible in the Lecturecast Scheduler.

The maximum duration of a single recording is 4 hours. Events booked in CMIS longer than 4 hours will appear as non-bookable in the Lecturecast scheduler. Events longer than 4 hours should be broken down to chunks of less than 4 hours in CMIS to make them bookable via the Lecturecast scheduler. Currently the scheduler advises users to contact the Lecturecast team for scheduling recordings more than 4 hours in length, the team will assist in making these bookings during the first term of the 2017/18 session but subsequently will expect users to make the necessary adjustments in their CMIS bookings allowing them to schedule their own recordings.

When a CMIS room booking is cancelled the corresponding Lecturecast schedule is also cancelled. A notification will be sent to the event owner in CMIS advising them of this.

By default, Lecturecast captures all material sent to the room's projector from any connected device (e.g PowerPoint slides from an attached laptop, handwritten notes or objects held under a document cameras). Audio is captured via a clip-on radio microphone and video of the presentation area (i.e the lecturer or presenter) is captured via a fixed position camera.

There are a couple of things worth remembering that reduce possible ambiguities in recordings:-

• Wear the radio microphone and ensure it's turned on.
• Recording will start and end at set times - staying to timetable will make a better recording.
• Recordings look better when the speaker is well-lit.
• Habits are much more noticeable on video - gestures, ums, frequent phrases, looking at the screen, etc.
• Remember this is being captured - only say what you are willing to put on the record.
• Questions from the floor are often faint in the recording as it is usually only the presenter who has a microphone. Repeating or paraphrasing the question asked before answering will ensure that both the question and response are clear in the final recording.
• It is best to use the computer cursor/mouse to highlight particular areas of the slide or presentation when they are being referred to. Devices like laser or physical pointers will not be captured.
• The cameras used by Lecturecast will not effectively record materials being written on white boards. If you need to draw, write or mark-up materials during your presentation it is best to use the in-theatre document camera.
• Not all lecturers use slide presentation, but they do make it easier to navigate the final recording.

 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.

For a given course, a Lecturecast activity link (or links) need to be added within Moodle and then mapped to the appropriate Lecturecast section. Roles and associated rights within a Lecturecast section are assigned at the point of clicking through the link(s). Rights assigned are:

Students and non-editing tutors on the Moodle course → Students on the linked Lecturecast section
Tutors and course administrators on the Moodle course → Instructors 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.

Yes, basic editing functionality allows sections to be removed from a video. 

Very little, once a lecture has been scheduled for recording a lecturer simply has to clip on the radio microphone supplied in the theatre, ensure its turned on and deliver their lecture. 

NB - lecturers making use of manual white boards should note that these are not captured effectively and the LTSS recommend the use of the supplied visualisers to capture lecture elements such as written mathematical exposition, drawings of molecule structure, ad hoc graphs etc.

This is possible if student content such as Q&A, notes etc. has not already been associated with the class content. Find out how to remove the presenter from a recording in the training guide.

Yes, this is possible, you can create a copy of the recording on the system and then edit out sections you don't wish to include. Detailed instructions can be found within the Lecturecast ALP - Edit a capture training guide.

This is possible if student content such as Q&A, notes etc. has not already been associated with the class content. Find out how to remove the presenter from a recording in the  training guide.