ARCHIVED: Completed project: Lecture Capture
Primary UITS contact: Beverly Teach
Completed: July 11, 2013
Description: Lecture capture has been identified as a component of Empowering People Action Item 34 to provide a "data utility service for teaching and learning materials". After investigating and evaluating various solutions and products, Echo360 was chosen for deployment.
Outcome: The goal was to offer a solution that would capture audio and supplemental materials presented in a lecture-style classroom. Students will have the ability to review class sessions from personal computers and mobile devices at any time.
Milestones and status:
- Summer 2010: Evaluation of Echo360 lecture capture solution begins. Capture appliances initially installed in five classrooms, with another added later.
- January 2011: Echo360 installation upgraded to version 3.0
- June 2011: Echo360 installation upgraded to version 4.0. Pilot expands with new SafeCapture HD appliances installed in an additional 13 rooms, bringing total number of installed capture appliances to 19.
- January 2012: Echo360 lecture capture solution becomes a production-level service
- July 2012: Upgraded software to version 5.1 and expanded server infrastructure
- August 2012: Added additional capture appliances, bringing total to 25
- December 2012: Licenses expire June 30, 2013. Reviewing several other current lecture capture systems to make an informed decision on available options
- June 2013: Negotiated three-year agreement with Echo360 ending June 29, 2016. Includes unlimited venues for lecture capture with 50,000 unique users per year, and personal capture and publish for faculty.
Comment process: Contact Beverly Teach or James McGookey with comments.
Benefits:
- Installation of hardware capture appliances allowing for the recording of all audio and graphics sources presented to students, providing a superior product for the viewers
- Presentation of recordings (i.e., "Echoes") in a format suited to the viewing device, allowing students access from personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices
- "EchoCenter Portal", providing a central portal for each class section, including the recordings from capture appliance-equipped classrooms as well as supplemental Echoes
- Instructor flexibility for editing and publishing Echoes
- Remotely managed and monitored system, allowing for real-time status updates
Related information: See ARCHIVED: Kaltura Pilot (also a component of EP Action Item 34).
Primary client: Students participating in courses with lectures
Client impact: Some students were already using another MP3 audio recording solution, but will need to access Echo360 recordings directly from the appropriate EchoCenter Portal.
Project team:
- Beverly Teach (Project Leader)
- James McGookey
- Chris Golden
- Randy Newbrough
- Aileen Scales
- Paul Sharpe
- Mike Jelski
Governance: Associate Dean Anastasia S. Morrone, UITS Learning Technologies
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