Content & Hosting Management
- UBC IT Lecture Capture Services provides allocated hosting site, media storage, and management of content based on requirements
- All lecture pre-scheduling for recording, advance recorder auto-start and stop where needed, auto publishing to editor's folder
- Content editing to remove non-lecture content, replace innacurate slides with corrected info, remove speech errors if requested
- Published to review and approve site if requested, or published directly to web catalogue or LMS catalogues by trained UBC IT staff
- Work with faculty's IT and AV services to ensure proper connectivity and AV system setup
- Customized players with faculty banners, instructor bios or profiles, and contact info integrated into presentation recordings
- Conversion of content to slides-only and audio presentation if no video is preferred
- All captured content is fully backed up daily
Publishing Services
- Publishing of captured video completed semi-weekly and no earlier than 24 hours after the class is held during a regular semester. Publishing is accelerated to daily completion during midterm and end of term exam periods (this can be tailored to meet your requirements)
- Liaising with online instructional designers/course managers to provide appropriate links and content as needed to LMS and distance learning projects
- Digital content secured and made available to faculty. Secure downloading for archiving and/or repurposing of recorded content for future use
- Note: All recordings are 100% secure and cannot be copied without administrative permissions
Lecture Capture User Features
- HD or SD video recording of instructor with supporting visual content from any electronic display sourse
- Slide capture indexing
- Text search indexing of all supporting visual content with an integrated search tool built into the web-viewer for quick search of on-demand content
- Playback on all major web browsers
- Mobile device playback for iPad, Android and Blackberry tablet and smartphone systems
- Integrated Q/A link for student submission of questions to instructor's email address when watching (can be disabled by request)
Training and Orientation
- Software user and capture system training
- Instructor and staff orientation to ensure audio and video capture meets requirements for published content
- Key personnel training for self-managing events (if required)
- Key personnel training on use of content and system upgrades (annually)
System Support
- Routine system monitoring for quality assurance of recorded content
- Software and server system maintained to most current software release (when needed)
- Recorder software maintained to most current software release (when needed)
Reporting Services
- Comprehensive user reports - including who watched, how long video was viewed, active area of lectures watched, online browser platform used (including mobile devices), overall viewership and activity usage with LMS programs.
- We can provide reports, or can give faculty access to generate these reports at their convenience
