Exploring MyEcho:Lecture Capture & Beyond

Pete Mella & James Slack

In this session

• What is Lecture Recording & Lecture Capture?

• Why record lectures and presentations?

• How to set up Lecture Recording

• How to use Personal Capture

• Pete Mella p.mella@sheffield.ac.uk

• James Slack j.slack@sheffield.ac.uk

• Corporate Information & Computing Services (CiCS)

MyEcho

• MyEcho (Echo360) allows for lectures and other presentations to be recorded and watched on the web.

• The computer screen (PowerPoint etc) is recorded alongside audio and (where possible) video.

• A URL is automatically generated once published, and can be shared, or linked to a MOLE course.

MyEcho

• Lecture Capture - Scheduled lectures can be set to automatically record in selected lecture theatres.

• Personal Capture - An ad hoc recording can be made by downloading software on to your own computer (Windows or Mac).

Why use MyEcho?

• In pairs, or threes, spend 5 minutes discussing the following:

• If you already use Echo, what do you use it for?

• If you don’t already use Echo, what are your initial thoughts for how you could use it in your work?

Reasons for recording lectures

• Revision of lectures by students

Reasons for recording lectures

• Allows students to catch up with lectures they’ve missed.

Reasons for recording lectures

• Frees students from constant note-taking.

Reasons for recording lectures

• Accessibility for students with disability.

Reasons for recording lectures

• Accessibility for students with English as a second language.

Reasons for recording lectures

• Allows individual lectures to be shared among many cohorts or large groups.

Reasons for recording lectures

• Allows lectures to be made public, repackaged, or kept for posterity.

Reasons for recording lectures

• “Heat Maps” show where students are watching most of content.

BUT!...

• “Won’t students stop coming to my lectures if they watch it online wherever they want?”

Reasons to use Personal Capture

• You can record any presentation, not just lectures…

Reasons to use Personal Capture

• Classroom flipping.

Reasons to use Personal Capture

• Software demonstrations.

Other ways of doing this?

• Other screencasting tools

• Screenr• + No download, works on any browser, free• - Needs external editor, 5 min limit

• Camtasia• + Can make really polished presentations, high function editor, advanced functions such as

quizzes.• - Steep learning curve, need to host externally, expensive.

• MyEcho Personal Capture• + Flexible, easy to publish and share links.• - Simple editing

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