The document discusses the implementation of a simplified lecture recording system at the University of Nottingham, focusing on enhancing the student experience and facilitating international campus connections. The system allows lecturers to control recordings with minimal support and aims to provide access to educational resources while receiving positive feedback from both students and staff. Key features include automatic environment synchronization, user-friendly controls, and a focus on reducing interruptions during lectures.

1. Invisible Technology?
Simplifying Lecture Recording
Sally Hanford
Audio Visual Media Development Officer
Information services
The University of Nottingham
sally.hanford@nottingham.ac.uk

2. 1st
law of simplicity: Reduce
How simple can
you make it?
How complex does
it have to be?
TED talk: ‘On simplicity’
John Maeda (MIT Media Lab)
Book: “The Laws of Simplicity”

3. “Only show me it
if I need to know
about it”
but....

4. “Don’t leave me powerless”
“What designer presumes to know enough about
my experience to administer choices in what is
assumed to be my favour?”

5. 1. Lights
Default
…..allow override

6. 2. Camera

8. 3. Action!
1. login
2. Enter description

9. 3. Start capture

11. Drivers for ITR Project
Enhancing the student experience
Anywhere, anytime access to lecture recordings

12. Drivers for ITR Project
Connecting our international campuses

13. Drivers for ITR Project
Facilitating the creation of Open Educational
resources

14. ITR Requirements gathering
 Focus groups
 Questionnaires
 Meetings with faculty representatives
 Consultation with:
 Academic staff,
 Teaching support staff (AV),
 Television and video production (rich media) group,
 IT staff (network and systems),
 Timetabling office
->P.O.C trials -> PILOT ongoing consultations....

15. Some of our requirements
 Allow lecturers to operate the system with
minimal support
 Control of the recording in the hands of the
lecturer
 Room environment automatically synchronised
 Room occupants automatically made aware
when recording.
 Minimal manual intervention required

16. Empowering the lecturer
Control of recording via AMX touchpanel.
Version 1

17. Empowering the lecturer
Control of recording via AMX touchpanel.
Version 2

18. Lecture Capture Menu &
Camera Control
1. Turn on additional
lighting
2. Set camera to preset 1
3. Lecturer can choose
alternative preferred
camera preset or use
manual controls.

19. Confidence monitor

20. Recording control
1. Start capture
Echo capture device API
POST /capture/new_capture HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic <password>
duration=<max
duration>&capture_profile_name=display-
audio-video&description=<roomname>
2. Start ‘RECORDING’ Sign
Pause capture
Echo capture device API
POST /capture/pause HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic <password> Etc...

21. Keep the external noise down!

22. Procedures
Web Page

23. Procedures - Timetabling

24. Procedures
booking form

25. Promoting the service
Internal communications
Newsletters
E-learning community sessions
Teaching and learning newsletter
Launch events
Message from the Director of Teaching and
Learning (Video)
Word of mouth
Overwhelmingly positive response

26. Student Feedback
“especially good for mathematics”
“Makes the lectures feel more interactive and
retains attention when watching the video”
“When lecturers talk too fast I can replay them
slower and listen over and over again at home
to ensure I understand. Sometimes it is easy to
zone out of lectures and miss a key point. With
recordings I can check when I get home and
note down everything. “

27. Student Feedback
“Useful to be able to pause the lecture when you
don’t quite understand before it moves onto the
next concept.“
“I can watch it again and again for understanding
difficult bits. It's a great idea”
“Ability to build on lecture notes, help with
revision.”

28. Staff Feedback
“The system is nondisruptive during the delivery of the lecture both for
the lecturer and the student and gives an extremely valuable learning
resource afterwards.” - Geography
“These are going on our website – all of them are great” –
International Office
“Please record everything until the end of term. I am already a fan!“ –
Genetics
"The lecture capture video is BRILLIANT! Academic staff were all really
impressed“ - Pharmacy
“The greatest single development in teaching aids since the data
projector“ - Maths