As you consider how to deliver lecture-based content to your students, please review the resources below about recording in your home or office, as well as resources about classroom-based lecture capture.
Classroom Lecture Capture
If you teach in one of the 131 general assignment classrooms equipped to record lectures, you can request this service. These Lecture-Capture-capable rooms can record your audio, computer output, and the document camera; additionally, 52 of these rooms can record video of you and any board work you may do. Please review the following resources if you are interested in using this service.
- Is your classroom Lecture-Capture-capable?
- How do you request Lecture Capture for your classroom?
- If your classroom is capable of Lecture Capture:
- Ask your department course scheduler to inform the Registrar that you plan to use the service.
- Then, fill out the Lecture Capture Request form.
- If your classroom is not Lecture-Capture-capable, then review some possible options:
- If your classroom is capable of Lecture Capture:
- How do you set yourself up for Lecture Capture success?
- How do you share Lecture Capture videos with your students?
- By default, Lecture Capture recordings will be automatically available to your students through Canvas’ Media Gallery, usually within an hour of the end of lecture.
- You can also manually share videos from a current or previously-recorded class through Canvas:
- How do I move a set of a previous term's lecture capture videos into the Media Gallery of a current Canvas course?
- How do I edit a previous term's video and embed it into a current Canvas course assignment or module?
- How do I download a lecture capture video from AggieVideo?
- How do I upload a video I made, or edited, to AggieVideo?
- How do you request and edit captions?
Home, Office, or Lab Lecture capture using AggieVideo
Consider recording short videos to share with your students, either to replace classroom lectures or to provide targeted support for student questions.
Please see these resources for support in creating your own instructional videos:
- For recording in AggieVideo with the Kaltura Capture tool:
- AggieVideo: How do I log in? (Reading: 1 min. or less)
- AggieVideo: What is Kaltura Capture? (Reading: 1 min. or less)
- AggieVideo: How to install Kaltura Capture (Reading: 1 min. or less plus video: 2:17)
- AggieVideo: Getting Started with Kaltura Capture (Reading: 1 min. or less plus video: 3:31)
- AggieVideo: How to Set and Create a Presentation Recording with Kaltura Capture (Reading: 1 min. or less plus video: 2:08)
- A note for after you watch that last video: The instructions in the video aren’t clear on this, so be sure to select screen AND audio (and webcam, if you want). If you don’t proactively select audio for recording, you will record a silent movie.
- AggieVideo: How do I embed a video from AggieVideo in Canvas?
- AggieVideo: How do I request and edit captions?
- The Value of Short Instructional Videos
- All AggieVideo Knowledge Base Articles
- Webinar offerings from Kaltura, the company behind AggieVideo
- Schedule an AggieVideo training appointment with an instructional technologist by emailing trainers@ucdavis.edu
Recommendations:
- Recording Videos: Dos and Don'ts
- Dos and Don'ts of Captioning Videos during Remote Teaching
- Assign meaningful titles to your videos (e.g., “Introduction to Miosis” rather than “Video 7”).
- When recording videos, keep them short (5-15 minutes).
- For help or more information about Lecture Capture and AggieVideo: