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Moving from Large Scale to Ubiquitous Capture Martin Hill iLecture Systems Team Leader Curtin Teaching & Learning Curtin University, Western Australia
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This presentation was given by Martin Hill, iLecture Systems Team Leader, CTL, Curtin University, Australia on 11 December at the REC:all workshop 2013 "Lecture Capture: Moving beyond the pilot stage: large-scale implementation of lecture capture in European Higher Education" in Leuven, Belgium.
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Moving from Large Scale to
Ubiquitous Capture
Martin Hill
iLecture Systems
Team Leader
Curtin Teaching & Learning
Curtin University, Western Australia
iLecture Scheduled Venues vs Specialist Multi-Camera Capture Stations
Number of recordings
Number of Recordings
• Up to 250-300 lectures, seminars, prac sessions, captured per day during semester.
• 27,000 recordings captured in 2013• 1.7 million streams and downloads
in 2013
Total Recordings
• 43,000 total recordings in Echo System
• 170,000 total recordings in our old Lectopia system
• Average recording length 2 hours
Number of Viewings
Live Webcasting
8
Live Webcasting
• 120+ venues dual-stream webcast-capable• 56 venues equipped with Video Camera• 600+ live webcasts this year (pilot)
Original Lectopia System (local deployment)
Current EchoSystem (externally hosted)
BlackBoard Collaborate Stats
Year Rooms Started
Unique Attendees Recordings Mobile Total
2008 - 5,747 - - 2009 902 6,220 50 - 2010 2,116 7,659 905 - 2011 4,949 14,163 2,225 - 2012 9,556 20,820 3,258 175
2013 (up till Nov 15) 8,288 25,008 2,502 1,736
How we moved from Large Scale to “Ubiquitous” Capture
• Automation– Opt-Out Scheduling– Talend Integration– Auto-Publishing to Blackboard– AV automation
• End-User Control– IMT Integration– AV Integration
• Specialist Clinical & Prac Capture Systems
Automation
Opt-Out Recording in All Curtin Venues
• All 150 Automatic iLecture venues• Academic Lecture & Seminar
bookings only• Only Bookings in CATS (centrally
scheduled venues)• 600 Personal Capture (PCAP) users• 1,000+ PCAP installations
Talend Middleware Integration
– Synchronisation of scheduling data • for all lectures and seminars • in all 150 iLecture venues • from Venues Booking System into the EchoSystem
– Creation of EchoSystem Instructor Accounts • for all lecturers extracted from Student One System• Linked with appropriate Echo Courses and Sections
– Automatic Publishing of recordings to LMS• to all Blackboard courses that share the same Unit ID
Talend Integration
Revolabs Executive HD wireless microphones
• Auto un-mute• Recharge in Docks• Beep and flash if out of range• Digitally Encrypted • up to 64 mics in same zone
Automatic Video Camera Tracking
iSmart Auto-Tracking
iSmart Auto-Tracking Camera
iSmart Auto-Tracking - Whiteboard
iSmart cameras in Collaborative Classrooms
Echo360 Classroom Capture
• Automatic scheduled recordings on any PC– Capture Service that runs permanently in the
background
Classroom Capture Pros & Cons
• Pros:– No cost– Any Room with a Windows 7 PC can become an automated
recording venue with the addition of a microphone or webcam
• Cons:– No Live Webcasting– Only records PC screen (and optionally webcam). Won’t
record laptop– PC needs to be logged in for recording to occur– If presenter restarts or crashes PC, recording is lost
End-User control
Get Access or Create a new iLecture “unit”
How to book an iLecture
Provide Access or Create new users
Modify an iLecture unit
Publishing to Blackboard
AMX & Crestron lectern touchscreen
Physiotherapy 235
Dual-Video Recording
Recording Started
Unit: Mathematics 101
iLecture Recording Status Light
Flashing RED = Recording starting in less than 5 minutes
RED = Recording
YELLOW = Paused
Flashing GREEN = Recording finishing in less than 1 minute
GREEN = iLecture system working – No Recordings taking place
Tap Light to Pause or Resume
iLecture Status Light on a lectern
Monitor My iLecture Icon
Monitor My iLecture
Monitor My iLecture - Preview
Automatic vs Manual Recordings
Automatic vs Manual Recordings
Echo360 Personal Capture (PCAP)
Manual Video Recording
• No tapes or tape changes
• Up to 35 hrs recording time
• Very portable• Very simple setup
iPod Touch Voice Recorder
• Griffin lapel Mic
Webcam/Microphone/Doc Camera
• Avervision U15–HD Webcam–USB Mic–Document
Camera–Single cable
Doc Camera in PCAP
USB Wireless Lapel Microphone
• Revolabs xTag–8 hours
battery life–2-way audio–USB–No drivers
Specialist Prac and Clinical Capture
iLecture Specialist venues
• b305 Model Pharmacy • b108 12 x Occupational therapy labs• b108 8 x Social Work Counselling Suites• b405 2 x Nursing SimMan wards• b305 4 x Medical Consult Rooms• b401 8 x Psychology interview rooms• b408 15 x Physiotherapy Prac labs• b404 5 x Medical Consult Rooms & Physio Prac labs• Juniper Retirement Village 2 x Prac Sim Rooms
Model Pharmacyb305
2 Cameras per Recording Station
1 Boundary Microphone per Recording Station
Model Pharmacy Control Room
Monitor & Control All Cameras
Monitor & Control all Recording Computers
PM’s visit to the Model Pharmacy
Occupational Therapy Labs
Occupational Performance Lab
Occupational Performance Lab
7 Cameras in the Occupational Performance Lab – Simulated Bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, laundry, etc.
OT Splinting Lab
Social Work Counselling Suites
Interview Room dual camera
Big Brother & the Voice of God
• Remote Control options for monitoring & control–Dedicated Control Room–Mobile Remote Control via iPad
etc
Social Work b108 Control Room
Social Work b108 Counselling Suites
“Voice of God” – Internal Audio & Video Conferencing
Mobile
Martin HilliLecture Systems Manager
Curtin Teaching & Learning
Curtin University,
Perth, Western Australia
Email: [email protected]
Web: ilectures.curtin.edu.au
Closed Captions
Full-text Transcripts
Echo360 Rich Media Player
Other Specialist Venues
• b405 Inter-professional Simulation project– Fiona Stanley Hospital Ward simulation
• Medical School Distributed Health project• New Medical School building project• b404 VERT (Virtual Environment Radiation
Therapy Training) project• Curtin-ZUMC Global Classroom Project
(China)
Interprofessional Simulation Lab
• Building 404– Nursing– Pyshiotherapy– Etc
• Fiona Stanley Hospital Ward simulation
B404 Medical Clinic Rooms
VERT Installation
5 x Medical Clinical Rooms
Medical School
Student-Created Content
• 8 x Psychology Interview Rooms & Control/Groupwork Room
• 4 x Health Sciences Consult rooms & Control room
• 2 x Nursing & MidWifery SimMan Suites• 15 x Physiotherapy Prac lab stations
Student Use Cases
– Students record themselves doing:• Practicals• interviews • Assignments & projects• Oral & Prac Exams
– Useful for:• self-critique, • peer-review• formal and informal assessment • Student portfolios
– build up over the 3-4 years they will be here at Curtin.
Adding Interactivity to Recordings
Automated, Interactive Live Webcasting
Joining a Live Webcast
EchoCenter – Staff view
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Online Editing of Recordings
1 Month to Edit
Monitoring of your recordings
Echo360 Personal Capture Download
Aggregate Student Reports
Student-Specific Reports
LectureTools Quizzes, Polls and Questions embedded in live webcast
LectureTools
LectureTools
LectureTools
LectureTools
Classroom Capture software Pros & Cons
Pros:• Low cost – software installed on existing lectern PC + Webcam w mic• Fully automated the lecturer doesn¹t need to do anything to be recorded
as long as session booked in advance• Microphone is built into the webcam and gives decent quality audio as
long as lecturer doesn¹t walk too far away• Can record talking-head webcam video footage alongside the screen
recording
Cons:• External laptop screen will not be recorded• The lecturer has to log in to the lectern computer • If a presenter logs out or restarts or crashes the lectern computer, the
recording will fail• No live webcasting
