Lecture Capture
It is a fact, no matter how important the lecture, presentation, or
seminar is, some people are going to miss it. Capture it with Mediasite from
our Ross Building lecterns!
Our lecture capture system uses a technology called Mediasite. The Mediasite Recorder is a full-featured, rich media recording
system designed with the presenter in mind. Mediasite Recorders are designed to
capture in-room presentations, remote events, and video conferences. With simple
one-touch operation from the lectern, video, audio, and visual content are
immediately captured, synchronized, and converted into high-quality rich
media presentations.
Video and audio of the instructor as well as what is being projected are recorded. When
viewed on the web, the video is shown side-by-side with the projected content, and
thumbnails of the content are provided for quick navigation. This makes the system
particularly well suited for presentations where the content being shown on the
projector is the most important visual element.
There are a number of reasons that Lecture Capture with Mediasite might be just what you have been needing.
Following are some of the ways that Lecture Capture can be used.
make classes available for students
You can't avoid it, on occasion a student will have no choice but to miss a
session. They are then at a disadvantage because of the missed lecture. You can
use Lecture Capture to record the class session and post it so no student will
get behind because of circumstances out of their control.
Students can also benefit by having the ability to review previous class
sessions when studying for final exams. They can access the session and
fast-forward, rewind and pause as they review the material.
record review sessions one time
Perhaps you have a review session that you have to teach every year to get them
up to speed. Rather than wasting valuable class time, record the review session
one time and post it. Now you can tell your students to watch the review on
their own time and you can get right down to teaching.
record orientations
The beginning of a semester is a very busy time for
our new students. Many of them simply do not have the time to attend a scheduled
orientation session. This can place them at a disadvantage because of the
important information that is presented in orientations. Record an orientation
session and them post it for the students to watch when they have time.
There is a lot of information that needs to be available to our new staff
members. However, with the sporadic nature of staff turn over, it is difficult
to schedule orientations in a timely manner. Record a staff orientation and make
it available to new staff. Then they can get started in there new job with the
information they need to know.
record important meetings
Faculty meeting and managers meetings present a lot of important information.
But perhaps a faculty member cannot attend because they are on sabbatical or
teaching at that time, or a manager has another meeting to attend. So these
members of the Ross Community can learn about what was presented, they can watch
the posted capture.
Likewise, the Dean's Staff Forums present important information about the
happenings at Ross. But a staff member may be out that day, or have an important
deadline to meet which prevents them from attending. Once they have a free
moment, they can watch the forum online.
record important events for archiving
We get a lot of important speakers for events at Ross, such as the annual Martin
Luther King presentation. These events can be recorded and posted for any member
of the Ross Community to view.