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Overview
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Please also review the Lecturecast - Known Issues page.
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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The Lecturecast service is intended for the recording of the following teaching events: Modular events Non-Modular events NOTE: Special events are supported by Digital Educational Media and cannot be scheduled via the Lecturecast system. If you need to record a special event, contact Digital Educational Media at video@ucl.ac.uk who provide filming and editing services. |
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While Lecturecast can be used to record any type of scheduled Modular or Non-Modular event. , Lecturecast is best suited to the capture of didatic didactic lecture style presentations given from the front of class. All our Lecturecast installations with a camera present are set-up for that camera to be directed to either the podium or the area at the front of the teaching space. The audio equipment in the room is also designed only to record sound from the the podium area or that of the speaker directly from lapel microphones. It is not designed to capture any audience participation, unless the teaching space as been designed to accomodate accommodate roving hand microphones. Lecturecast has not been installed or designed to support discussion-based activities and if you require such activities recorded to contact the Digital Education team for advice via via digi-ed@ucl.ac.uk. |
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Lecture recordings provide lecturers with the ability to review the structure and delivery of their lectures for professional development. Lecture recordings also provide lecturers with the ability to change the balance of activities during contact times, e.g. deliver informational elements via a recording and follow up with discussion sessions. Lecture recordings provide students with the ability to revisit complex material, unusual or subject specific terminology (especially useful for overseas students) and view lectures missed due to illness or unforeseen circumstances. |
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The live streaming function should be selected when scheduling modular events for which remote students need synchronous video transmission of a teaching event. UCL is a campus-based institution with the primary mode of teaching and learning designed to be face to face, and thus live streaming is not enabled by default. |
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Some of the benefits to lecturers are:
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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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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.ukYes, the live streaming function can be selected when scheduling modular events for which remote students need synchronous video transmission of a teaching event. UCL is a campus-based institution with the primary mode of teaching and learning designed to be face to face, and thus live streaming is not enabled by default. Live streaming using Lecturecast is not available for non-modular events. For special events requiring live streaming, please contact in the Educational Media team via video@ucl.ac.uk. |
Preparing: Before a lecture recording
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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
Scheduled events with 'enable live stream' selected will appear with a 'Live' icon next to event title until the event has finished. 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. |
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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. |
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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 Create One or Multiple Schedules training guide. |
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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. | ||
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No. Video of the presenter may be omitted from the recording by un-ticking the 'Capture presenter' option available in the online scheduler (when 'Unscheduled events' view is used). Prior to recordings commencing, schedules Any issues with audio-visual equipment in teaching spaces should be reported using the in-room telephone provided with a pre-programmed button for priority access to ISD IT Services. If no phone is installed then please call IT Services on 020 7679 5000 (internal 25000) or email itservices@ucl.ac.uk. |
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No. Video of the presenter may be omitted from the recording by un-ticking the 'Capture presenter' option available in the online scheduler (when 'Unscheduled events' view is used). Prior to recordings commencing, schedules can also be edited (only be their creator) to change the 'Capture presenter' option. Once a recording has been made the presenter component can only be removed by downloading the slides & audio version of the recording and re-uploading this into the class containing the original video. It's important to note that if the original video has been available to students, overwriting it will cause the loss of student bookmarks and/or Q&A synchronisation with the original media. |
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There are a couple of things worth remembering that reduce possible ambiguities in recordings:- | ||
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Guidance on this can be found on the Library's copyright pages for lectures, podcasts etc.
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In the case of external or guest speakers, they should be asked to sign the standard Lecturer consent form. The form is used to gather permission to record their lecture and permission to re-use their copyright material. The completed "Lecturer consent forms" should be retained by the UCL department which has organised the event as proof that we have the relevant permissions. A consent form is available from the main UCL library's Lecturecast copyright page. |
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In the case of external or guest speakers, they should be asked to sign the standard Lecturer consent form. The form is used to gather permission to record their lecture and permission to re-use their copyright material. The completed "Lecturer consent forms" should be retained by the UCL department which has organised the event as proof that we have the relevant permissions. A consent form is available from the main UCL library's Lecturecast copyright page. |
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Any issues with audio-visual equipment in teaching spaces should be reported using the in-room telephone provided with a pre-programmed button for priority access to ISD IT Services. If no phone is installed then please call IT Services on 020 7679 5000 (internal 25000) or email itservices@ucl.ac.uk. |
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Guidance on this can be found on the Library's copyright pages for lectures, podcasts etc. |
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After recording: managing recordings and more
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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 Find out how to link a Lecturecast section on a Moodle course in the Linking Moodle to Lecturecast training guides. |
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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.
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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 and make a capture available training guide. |
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In most cases editing Lecturecast recordings is not strictly necessary and the choice to edit or not is the personal preference of the presenter (or decided by departmental policy). It is important however, where for example, personal conversations between event attendees may have been inadvertantly recorded, that these be removed. When scheduling recordings there is an option to make recordings automatically available to students or to hold them back for review before making them available. |
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There are a number of ways video content, other than scheduled recordings, can be placed in Lecturecast classes, these include:-
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By default, downloads (MP4 files of screen presentation and audio) are disabled but may be enabled at section level by anyone with instructor access to the section. Note that before enabling or disabling content download, instructors should consult their colleagues teaching on the same module and check whether or not there is a departmental policy regarding the availability of downloadable recordings. |
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Content recorded using the Lecturecast system have been migrated to Lecturecast. You can reuse recordings from previous academic years by publishing them to current Lecturecast sections.. |
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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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If your students see an error message like below:
This likely indicates the student does not have permission to view the Lecturecast video they are trying to access. Students and staff must click a Lecturecast activity link created by a tutor or course administrator in Moodle, before they can access any URL linked videos from the associated Lecturecast section. Note. This guidance does not apply to Lecturecast videos embedded through the Moodle text editor. Videos embedded through the Moodle text editor are visible to students and do not require students to click through an activity link. The Lecturecast activity link will appear alongside the Lecturecast icon on Moodle, and should display similar to the image below:
To create a Lecturecast activity link, see the guide Linking Moodle to Lecturecast. For guidance to students, see the student Lecturecast FAQ guide. For example: In the Moodle course ECON0001, a tutor or course administrator must create a Lecturecast activity link to the ECON0001 Lecturecast section. The Lecturecast activity link can either be to a home section, i.e. all the ECON0001 Lecturecast videos, or a specific video within a Lecturecast module section e.g. 'Intro to Financial Markets' in ECON0001. Students need to first click the activity link to gain access to the ECON0001 Lecturecast section. Once they click the link, they can subsequently view any URL linked videos from the ECON0001 Lecturecast section without needing to follow the activity link again. |
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