iLecture

The iLecture system provides the university with automatic, manual audiovisual recording capabilities. It is commonly used to provide students with a recording of traditional lectures but with iLecture facilities installed in 90 venues including theatres, classroom and case study rooms across various university campuses there are many more applications.

iLectures do not diminish student participation rates, but allow students to be more active in the lecture process, rather than simply be a note-taker. They are a great resource for students, and can allow you to point a student in the right direction if they missed any material or need to re-visit previous material.

iLecture features

Recording capabilities	Equipment types
Automatic recording in selected venues Capture audio Capture video and dual screen Capture slides Capture document camera Pause recording Switch between cameras	Lectern touchscreen Microphone Document camera Ceiling fitted camera Lectern fitted webcam

Publish and Share capabilities
Venue recordings available 1hr after session Link to recording available via Blackboard Upload a prerecorded audio or video file Change the layout of your dual screen recording Recordings available in various formats and quality settings Ability to subscribe to an iLecture feed Download recordings to MP3 enabled mobile device (iPod, iPhone other MP3 player)

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iLecture steps and options

Opt-Out Recordings

• If lecture is in one of the 40 major lecture venues on campus, the lecture schedule will be booked for users at the start of every semester
• An iLecture unit will be created and a notification email will be sent to the lecturer
• All you will need to do is administer your iLecture recordings
• To Opt-Out of these recordings you can reply to the iLecture confirmation email or contact iLecture support

iLecture units

• iLecture recordings belong to an iLecture unit. You can either:
  • Create new iLecture unit via the iLecture Booking Form
  • Get access to existing iLecture unit via the iLecture Booking Form

Make iLecture recordings

• Option 1 - Book an automatic recording or create a schedule
  • Make a recording in one of the automatic iLecture venues
    • In major lecture theatre
    • In classroom venue
• Option 2 - Record using Echo 360 PCAP software
  • At desk in office/home etc
  • In venue with built-in Echo 360 PCAP
• Option 3 - Record using video camera or iPod voice recorder
  • Upload video or audio clips via the Staff Tool

Making recordings available

• Option 1 - Insert iLecture link using Blackboard's building block tool
• Option 2 - Copying and pasting iLecture recordings URL

Administering iLecture Recordings

• Checking booking schedule (Staff Tool)
• Changing speaker names, lecturer titles, lecture outlines (Staff Tool)
• Viewing Reports of student usage (Staff Tool)
• Creating student users and groups for an iLecture unit (Booking Form)
• Password protecting iLecture units (Booking Form)
• Setting Echo 360 PCAP video delivery settings/layout (Screen recording/talking head video, dual video, picture in picture, streaming-only or streaming & downloadable) per unit (Booking Form)
• Opting out of being recorded (reply to booking notification email)

Upload your own recordings from your workstation

There are two steps involved:

1. Uploading your video/s to the iLectures streaming video servers using the Staff Tool
2. Making the recording available to your students via Blackboard.

The Quick Steps to complete the process are in the iLectures guide [pdf 3.8Mb].

For step 1. please see pages 21 and 22 in the guide. (Self-Service Uploads).

For step 2. (Making recording available to your students) please see pages 23 and 24.

 

Guest speaker requires signed permission

If you are hosting a guest speaker and the session will be recorded by the Curtin iLecture system, you need to obtain written permission from the guest lecturer agreeing to be recorded. Download Curtin iLectures consent form.

 

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