Download - Lecture Capture: Support and Success Update
Lecture Capture: Support and Success Update
B Bagby : Head Media Geek : Virginia Western Community College
How It All Started
• Distance Learning and the Media Geeks team up• Determine a basic set of expectations• Solicit opinion from select faculty• Determine a product
Panopto Lecture Capture๏Software Based
๏Windows & Mac Client๏Windows Server Back-End๏Windows Media Based Files๏Drop Dead Simple to use
What the Students See
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• Cohort of faculty met with us about once a month• Open, honest discussion of what does and does
not work• Experiment with different cameras, mics, etc.
And so it begins...
• Official Kickoff - August 20, 2011• 80+ rooms deployed• Available for download by any user
Success!
Success!
Success!
Registered, not actual
Success!
Registered, not actual
All Videos
All Videos, 3/21/12
Most Views in the Last Week Ending 3/21/12
How long a video was watched
Total ViewsTotal Views by Instructor
Challenges
• Software Based• Requires that we update client when there are changes• Panopto updates several times a year!• Some server upgrades not compatible with older client
Local Storage
• DeepFreeze caused challenges• Local external drive• Saved us on MANY occasions
• SD PTZ• Lots more money• Not as good an image• Great looking install• Can zoom in on whiteboard
• HD web cam• Dirt cheap (<$80)• Great looking image• Terrible looking install• No zoom, limited mounting options
Administrators Love Pie Charts
81%
6%
13%
Yes No Not Sure
Does your instructor record the F2F class?
48%
29%
19%
2%1%
Extremely 4 3 2 Not at All
How helpful do you find the F2F recordings?
25%
36%
39%
Yes No Not Sure
Does your instructor record short videos to answer specific questions?
54%38%
8%
Extremely 4 3 2 Not at All
How helpful do you find these short videos?
12%
18%
13%
5%
52%
Extremely 4 3 2 Not at All
What importance did the availability of lecture capture in this instructor’s class have on your decision to take
this class?
37%
20%
30%
10%3%
Extremely 4 3 2 Not at All
What importance does the availability of lecture capture in an instructor’s class have on your decision
to take the next class?
• I don't think enough people grasp it, but I would not want to be without it. I have not used it as much early in the semester, but intend to use it frequently as soon as I get a good time to do it. Please keep providing these types of tools for us. Thank you!
• Although the video lectures are very helpful, they do not substitute for being in class. Mr. Lofthus is a very good instructor. It is still important to be in class and be able to ask questions directly. However, the video lectures complement the class because I can go back and view lectures when I forget exactly what was said in class. Repetition helps the information sink in.
• Panopto is the best thing since blackboard and should be mandatory in every class.
• I would like to see all professors use the lecture recording technology. I also think that online students could benefit from it too. However, since none of my professors has had the inclination to use this technology it is hard to say how much playback the lectures would get.
Some Specific Comments