Adventures in Implementing Lecture Capture - PearsonCite 2014

Adventures in Implementing Lecture Capture
Brent Saltzman, Creighton University
Division of Information Technology

About Creighton University
•  Located in Omaha, Nebraska
•  Ranked #1 by U.S. News and World
Report for Midwest Regional
Universities
•  Breadth of programming allows a
pre-med student to major in
Biochemistry and minor in Dance

About Creighton University
•  Enrolls 4,000 undergraduate and
4,000 graduate and professional
students
–  1,700 Distance Students
•  Nine Colleges and Schools
–  Very diverse and complex environment
•  14 Division I NCAA sports teams,
BIG EAST Conference

•  Schedule a technician and time with our Media
Services department
•  Technician would arrive, setup camera and
equipment, test, and record the lecture. (Did not
capture screen of classroom computer or audience
sound)
•  Edit the recording and provide a file or DVD to the
instructor
Old School

•  Increased engagement and
improvement in student
performance
•  Distance Education and
MOOC’s becoming more
prevalent
•  H1N1 scare – learning
contingences
The Case for Lecture Capture
The Main Three

•  (The solution) must capture audio and video from the
classroom, computer’s desktop, and other input sources
•  Not change the Instructor’s workflow or teaching style
•  Campus-wide solution: Available in every room one
may teach in
•  Available outside the classroom
•  Flexible, intuitive, and easy to use
Search Criteria

Product Evaluations

•  Approached 5 courses that were already doing
some sort of lecture capture
•  The courses made recordings in both systems
over the Spring 2010 semester
•  Evaluated feedback and experiences from faculty
and students
•  Panopto was ultimately selected as the winner
The Pilot

•  Panopto is software based and has an open
licensing for educational institutions.
•  Locally deployed on premise
•  Rapidly outfitted over 200 learning spaces across
campus over summer months
•  Can use existing commodity hardware already
used on campus
The Rollout

Hardware Experimentation
How do you capture the lecture?

Hardware Experimentation

•  Video Camera:
–  Bosch LTC0455 or Sony EVI-
D70 PTZ
–  Osprey 100 PCI Composite
capture card (Windows PC)
–  Canopus ADVC-55 (Mac Mini)
•  Audio: Acoustic Magic Voice
Tracker or house sound
•  Necessary cabling, parts, labor
•  Approx. total: $1000/room
Hardware Selection

The Rollout - Hardware

•  Introduction of BlueCast
•  Ease of use
•  Integrated with BlueLine
–  Folder Provisioning by LMS Courses
–  Access Control
–  Single Sign On
Integration

•  Some faculty were hesitant
– Creators are always in full control,
analytics
– Copyright and Ownership of Content
– Classroom Attendance
– Privacy
•  Student Demand
Adoption and Hesitation

•  Recordings: 29,142
•  Hours Recorded: 22,292
– 929 Days, 77 Months, 2.5 Years
•  Views: 713,888
•  Hours Viewed: 271,180
– 11,299 Days, 364 Months, 30 Years
•  Disk Space Consumed: 9.2 TB, 245 DVDs
BlueCast by the Numbers
From 2010 Rollout to March 15th 2014

•  Patient/doctor mock interviews
•  College of Nursing simulation lab
•  Teaching hospital operating room
•  EMS Education field training
•  Presidential town halls
•  IT and internal training recordings
•  BLUJ Radio
Unique Uses
Not Just Capturing Lectures

•  Customer Support
•  Customer Feedback
•  Feature Requests
•  Development and Beta Testing
Know Your Vendor
Actually….Know Your Partner

Know Your Partner

•  Surveyed students in 2010
who were enrolled in the pilot
courses to gain feedback to
help select the winning
solution
•  Used the same survey for all
students one academic year
later into the implementation
of Panopto
Measure the Success
Sure the numbers are great, but what do the users think?

•  I learned more in this class by using BlueCast than I would have
had it not been available
–  48 Strongly agree, 43 Agree, 24 Neutral, 7 Disagree, 2 Strongly
disagree
•  Lecture recordings helped me catch up when I missed class
–  84 Strongly agree, 14 Agree, 11 Neutral, Disagree, 2 Strongly
disagree
•  The sound quality of the recordings was sufficiently clear
–  21 Strongly agree, 54 Agree, 21 Neutral, 14 Disagree, 1 Strongly
disagree
Selected Questions and Responses
From Pilot group

•  For each of the topics below please indicate the appropriate choice.
44
27
75
93
YesNo
From Pilot group

•  Did the availability of recorded lectures
impact your class attendance at all? (this survey is anonymous)
No
Yes
From Pilot group

•  Do you feel that the availability of recorded lectures
impacted your grades at all in this class?
No
Yes
From Pilot group

Selected Student Feedback
•  It helped refresh what was said in class.
•  My grades improved!!
•  I could review the material better.
•  Reinforcing and clarifying the material is extremely
important to my studying.
•  Definitely improved my grades.
•  It helped me prepare for the tests.
•  It helped me go over and catch things I didn't hear at first.
•  I was able to add to my notes and understand the material
better BlueCast improved my grade.
•  If I didn't have it, I would have done worse.
•  BlueCast helped me to score better on exams.

Selected Student Feedback
•  I had to miss a class for family issues and it helped me catch
back up.
•  Study abroad, recorded lectures were necessary.
•  I was able to miss class and not get as far behind.
•  I learn much better podcasting at home at my own pace.
•  When I am stretched too thin, it gives me the ability to miss
class and not stress.
•  It helped me to be more flexible with being in athletics. I
wasn't as concerned about missing classes related to sports.
•  If the weather was bad, I often stayed home and completed
my school work using BlueCast.
•  It made me accountable to understand the material because
the whole class was online.

“I love it. I love it. I love it.
It gives me confidence that I can complete medical school
without going crazy.
Thank you BlueCast and technology staff. We love you guys!”
- Student
Brent Saltzman | brent@creighton.edu
linkedin.com/in/brentsaltzman | @brentb_s
brentsaltzman.com

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