Integrated MultimediaTechnology Design for LectureCapture Classrooms
Don Merritt
Director, Office of Instructional Resources
University of Central Florida
Presentation Outline
• About UCF
• Overview of video courses at UCF
• Office of Instructional Resources’ (OIR) role in
video class support
• UCF’s lecture capture classroom design
• UCF’s continued support of faculty teaching in
video spaces
Acronyms at UCF
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OIR – Office of Instructional Resources
CDL – Center for Distributed Learning
VLC – Video Lecture Capture
LMS – Learning Management System
About UCF
• 58,698 students enrolled in Fall 2011
2nd largest university in the US
2+2 partnership with local state colleges
24% over age 25
• 10 regional campuses
11-county service area
Source: http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/character/current.html
About UCF
• 211 degree programs across 12 colleges
Largest college – College of Sciences
Second largest – College of Business Admin
• Student credit hours AY 2010 – 2011:
1,449,115
Source: http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/character/current.html
Sources of UCF SCH Growth
1,700,000
1,500,000
1,300,000
1,100,000
900,000
Classroom Instruction
700,000
500,000
1995-96
2000-01
2005-06
2010-11
Video Classes at UCF
• Originally a broadcast model
– Microwave-based video delivery system
– One-way, non-interactive, time delay
• Interactive TV (ITV)
– Polycom videoconference systems at most regional
campuses
– Two-way, interactive, no time delay / recording
• McGraw-Hill Tegrity lecture capture
McGraw-Hill Tegrity
Video Classes at UCF
Today, lecture capture is supported in 2 modalities:
RV:
face-to-face class where the
majority of content is offered
through the web; no more than
20% mandatory attendance
V:
no face-to-face lecture, entirely
web-based instruction
UCF Tegrity Users
• College of Engineering and Computer Science
– Many small-enrollment classes
• College of Business Administration
– Many core courses through Tegrity
• College of Sciences
– Math certificate program
– Political Science classes
2011 – 2012 UCF Tegrity Users
• Number of online views:
734,247 views
• Total duration of online views:
1,597,083 hours
• Number of viewing users:
14,177 users
• Total duration of new recordings:
7,332 hours
Success Rates By Modality
F2F
(n=665,209)
V
(n=12,050)
100
Percent
90
87 87
84
92
88
83
91
86 86
RV
(n=37,463)
87
84 83
87
91
85
84 84
79
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Fall 09
Spring 10
Summer 10
Fall 10
Spring 11
Summer 11
“Excellent” Ratings By Modality
Spring 2008 – Spring 2011
Course
Modality
M
W
F2F
RV
V
Overall
% Excellent
52
48
48
44
42
n=913,688
Office of Instructional Resources
• Integrated Multimedia Design and Installation
491 integrated spaces
Project Management, System Design, Hardware
Installation, Crestron Programming, Maintenance,
Repairs, Upgrades and Research
Office of Instructional Resources
• Integrated Multimedia Design and Installation
• Video conferencing and web collaboration
support
• High-profile event support
Office of Instructional Resources
Standardized touchpanel
design with control for:
Document Camera
Audio
Computer / Laptop
DVD / BluRay
Videoconferencing
Lecture Capture Camera
Lighting
Auxiliary Input
Lecture-Capture Classrooms
• Classrooms designed by OIR specifically
for Tegrity classes
– “Transparency” of the recording equipment to
the users was a priority
– Quality control of
the finished product
McGraw-Hill Tegrity
Lecture-Capture Classrooms
Equipment overview (50+ parts total):
Projector
Mitsubishi XD600U (projector)
Cameras
Vaddio CeilingView 70 PTZ (document camera)
Vaddio WallView 70 PTZ (instructor camera)
Control System
Crestron MP2E control processor
Crestron TPS-4000 touch panel
Lecture-Capture Classrooms
Equipment overview (50+ parts total):
Computer
Dell Precision T3500 workstation
Video Capture
Kramer VP729 (video scaler / switcher)
EMS XtremeRGB-Ex1 video capture card (multimedia)
Viewcast 240e video capture card (instructor camera)
Audio
Revolabs wearable HD microphone
Audio-Technica U853RW cardioid microphone (ceiling)
Lectrosonics DM1612f audio mixer / preamp
Lecture-Capture Classrooms
Lecture-Capture Faculty Development
• Web and lab-based
– Pedagogy addressed through LMS-based
learning objects (IDV Essentials)
– Technology practice offered through the OIR
Faculty Multimedia Center
• Development program began March 2010
– 91 participants completed to date
– 47 enrolled but not complete
IDV Essentials
Three modules designed
specifically for lecturecapture modality:
• Planning
• Developing
• Integrating
IDV Essentials
Modules:
• Planning your Video Lecture Capture (VLC)
– Things to consider, best practices and other tips
• Developing Effective Video Lecture Capture
– Designing presentations, using doc camera
• Integrating VLC in the Online Environment
– Preparing students, addressing communication
issues, creating modules in the LMS
Going Forward
• Improve faculty development to achieve
greater outcomes
• Scaling the service to meet UCF’s needs
• Reducing the cost of integrated installations
• Continued improvement of integrated
installations (annotation monitors, higher resolution
document cameras, etc.)