Check first with your department chair. If you are offered several options to choose from and need guidance deciding among those options, contact CITL for assistance.
In Fall 2020, specific classrooms on NIU campuses will be configured for hybrid/flexible course delivery. Some of these classrooms will utilize Kaltura's Lecture Capture platform, Kaltura Classroom. Kaltura Classroom supports both automated/scheduled lecture capture/streaming, and ad hoc lecture capture recordings.
Kaltura Classroom captures and records pre-configured classroom inputs, such as classroom cameras and microphones, the desktop of the classroom computer, and other content displayed on the classroom projector while you teach. If automated/scheduled, these recordings can be automatically published to a specific Blackboard course for student access. Automated/scheduled Kaltura Classroom sessions can also be optionally live streamed (depending on room configuration and resource availability). Ad hoc recordings are stored in the instructor's Kaltura media library for manual publishing.
If your classroom is configured for Kaltura Classroom lecture capture, you or your department may request a scheduled/automated lecture capture session using the Kaltura Classroom Scheduled/Automated Capture Session Request Form. The request for a scheduled/automated session should include:
Once requested and configured, scheduled/automated sessions require no intervention by the instructor in the classroom other than ensuring the classroom PC is powered on and logged in. At the scheduled date and time, Kaltura Classroom will begin recording the pre-configured inputs.
To participate in a scheduled/automated session, do the following:
If your classroom is configured for Kaltura Classroom lecture capture, you can use Kaltura Classroom initiate an Ad Hoc recording at any time, so long as the device is not already scheduled for a scheduled/automated capture session during that time. Just as in scheduled/automated sessions, Ad Hoc recordings will always contain the activity in all three inputs if used (video/audio, computer desktop, projected content). Unlike scheduled/automated sessions, Ad Hoc sessions cannot be automatically published to the instructor's Blackboard course and cannot be livestreamed.
An Ad Hoc session is initiated by the instructor in the classroom at the time of the desired recording. To conduct an Ad Hoc lecture capture session, do the following:
Both scheduled and ad hoc lecture capture recordings are stored Kaltura media entries, so you can use any of the Kaltura features to enhance your lecture capture recordings, including:
Check first with your department chair. If you are offered several options to choose from and need guidance deciding among those options, contact CITL for assistance.
Lecture Capture is a one-way solution designed to provide a comprehensive recording of the in-class activity. Students generally watch the recording asynchronously, on-demand, within the guidelines you describe in your course. You cannot communicate synchronously with your remote students using Kaltura Classroom. If synchronous communication is essential, consider Blackboard Collaborate or Microsoft Teams.
Call the support phone number for the IT support identified on your classroom PC podium.