Lecture Capture

Using Wimba Classroom (within Vista)

For Instructors - Order of operations at start of class

• Mic up.
• Login to Vista
• Find course, Select Teach Tab, Click on the Wimba Classroom tool
• Click on the 'Enter this Room' button
• Turn 'Lock Talk' on

Option A: PowerPoint recorded via AppShare

• Open PowerPoint
• Start Archive
• Start 'Share' in Wimba Classroom
• Select 'Desktop'
• Start PowerPoint Slide Show (fullscreen)
• Present in PowerPoint as usual
• When finished presentation, stop screen share.
• Stop Archive recording

Option B: PowerPoint embedded into Wimba Classroom

• Upload PowerPoint using the Upload on the Fly button
• Start Archive
• Present PowerPoint slides within Wimba
• When finished, stop Archive recording

Pros/Cons

• Pros:
  • Archive automatically available in corresponding Vista section
  • Students can manually download MP4/MP3 versions if desired (for offline viewing and/or mobile viewing)

• Cons:
  • It takes 3-4 minutes to get Wimba Classroom fully up and running (login to archive initiation)

Option A:

• Pros:
  • instructor uses powerpoint/keynote/any application as usual
  • MP4 export a-ok
• Cons:
  • TOC in Wimba archive not very detailed

Option B:

• Pros:
  • less prone to technical difficulties

• Cons:
  • animations not included in powerpoint are lost

Repository

• Wimba via Vista - Archives automatically show up in Vista section and are available for students once 'opened' - only registered students can view.
• Wimba via Vista - Students can download MP4/MP3 versions for viewing offline or on a mobile device
• Mediasite - Archives can be linked to within Vista or other. Requires Silverlight for viewing.
• YouTube Edu - Wimba MP4s manually uploaded and would be open to the world - Organized by Playlist - YouTube pretty much works on everything
• Kaltura MediaHub - Wimba MP4s would have to be uploaded. open to the world out of box. CWL could be used as a gate, however, this would take some development time