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You may also want to review the Lecturecast - Known issues page to see if your query is explained there: Lecturecast - Known Issues

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titleDo I have to Lecturecast my lectures?

At the current time UCL does not have an opt-out policy for Lecturecast. Use of the system is purely opt-in at the moment, so its use is up to the individual/department to decide.

There are plans to move towards opt-out in coming years, but any such change will be agreed by Educational Committee first, with procedures and tools to facilitate this. Ground work is needed before this, specifically to clarify legal and policy aspects, and a Working Group has been set up under the Office of Vice Provost for Education to review and implement required policies to support an opt out Lecturecast solution.

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titleHow much extra work does recording involve?

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.

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titleCan I Live Steam Stream using Lecturecast?

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


Preparing: Before a lecture recording

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titleDo I need to change my browser settings to view a Lecurecast recording?

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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titleProblem with capture preview for Lecturecast Personal Capture (PCAP) for Mac High Sierra users [Mac OS 10.13]

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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