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Lecture recording refers to the process of digitally capturing and archiving the content of a lecture, conference, or seminar. It consists of hardware and software components that work in synergy to record audio and visual components of the lecture.

Hardware

Hardware is used to capture the lecturer's voice along with the video of the lecturer, and the output of the computer. Once captured, the data is then either stored directly on the capture hardware or sent to a server over a LAN or the Internet. Viewers are then able to remotely access the recording, either in real time or ex post facto.
The recording of a lecture or presentation using any combination of the following tools:

• Microphone
• Camera
• Screen capture
• Presentation capture

Software

Software is used both on the capture hardware, the viewer's computer, and the production server. Software ranges from simple web browsers and video players to stand-alone software programs made specifically for viewing lectures. The viewer's as well as the presenter's software must be compatible with the software on the server which receives the content from the capture hardware, produces it, and sends it to the viewer's computer on-demand.

Modern lecture recording software supports advanced features such as indexing through OCR, instant search, real-time video editing and annotation, along with other advanced features.

Uses

• Education
  • Traditional Classroom Replacement - Some institutions may use lecture recording as a means to replace the traditional classroom with an online classroom.
  • Supplemental Educational Resource - Some institutions may use lecture recording to create reference material as a means to supplement the in-class lectures.
• Non-Traditional Uses Outside the Classroom
  • Advertising - Allows for sales and marketing department heads to disseminate information to staff as well as department staff using the technology as a means of reaching their customers.
  • Collaboration - Meetings and conferences can be recorded for future reference, dissemination to those not in attendance, and archival.
  • Training - New [[employees], students, and others could be trained using recorded trainings

Pros

Provides:

• ...complaince with Section 508 for students with disabilities.
• ...autonomous education by allowing a student to replay missed lectures or simply as a studying tool virtually anytime, anywhere.
• ...students with the ability to learn at their own pace.
• ...instructors/trainers with more powerful options to capture and engage their intended audience.
• ...a means to elevate an organization's status by offering a non-traditional classroom environment and operating at the forefront of educational technology.

Cons

• Security - Security issues could include deciding who is responsible for housing the lectures, who may be allowed access to the lectures, and for how long that access may remain available.
• Copyright Law - Copyright law originally dictated that copyrighted material could be used for instructional purposes at nonprofit educational institutions but only for face-to-face teaching. However, with the addition of the TEACH Act, this fair use applies to digital lectures as well.
• Classroom Attendance - One major issue facing professors, instructors, and educational institutions at-large is the possibility of classroom attendance plummeting with the advent of lecture recording. Studies show an overwhelming number of students believe the recorded lectures, when used in environments where traditional face-to-face learning is practiced, is not used as a replacement. Students believed the notes taken during class could not be replaced with a recorded lecture but rather the recorded lecture was used for areas of the lecture that needed reiteration.

Accordent Classroom Recording

Accordent Solutions offers users a unique way to record everyday classroom event such as lectures, presentations, and class reviews with their classroom capture technology. This product offers the ability to record the event, upload to the internet, and provides an easy to use gateway to access any recordings posted by the educator. Accordent is used by 425 universities and growing. Some of these universities include the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama and Brown University. This classroom technology is helping educators not only provide their students with additional classroom lectures, but also allows them to show on demand guest speaker presentations, provide distance and online courses, and helps provide education to those students that can not attend class.

The Capture Station

The Accordent Capture Station helps educators to capture their desired classroom event automatically, the user just has to press a button and the Capture Station handles the rest. The Capture Station records, codes, edits and posts the recording automatically to the website application provided by Accordent. All the user has to do is plug the Station into any VGA enabled device the user wants to capture on and the Station takes care of the rest when the "capture" button is pressed. Accordent offers the Capture Station in two forms, a stationary setup, ideal for everyday recording, and a mobile version, which offers the ability to record not only in a classroom, but anywhere.

Accordent Media Management System

With the Accordent Media Management System users can view a catalog of all captured events, search intuitively through the catalog, and protects all of the stored media with a verified user security system. With this system, professors will have an easy place to view what they have posted online for their students and they can be sure that only the correct people are watching with the unique login information each student has. Students, on the other hand, have a place to easily searched for captured classroom events and can stream the videos directly from the site.

EchoSystems

Built-in automation and integration capabilities make EchoSystem easily adjustable for any type of environment, from one single class room to an entire school campus. EchoSystem allows instructors to record their lectures from anywhere. Professors can lecture from classrooms, offices, or their own homes. EchoSystems requires that special software be installed on each computer. EchoSystems allows users to capture lectures through any camera, microphone, or sympodium.

EchoSystem 4.0

The latest version of EchoSystem is 4.0. This version of EchoSystems allows users to view lecture from any computer as well as from an iPhone or iPad. All lectures can be recorded in HD with high quality audio. A new feature called lecture collaboration allows users to take notes on the lectures, as well as join discussions with classmates. Lecture collaboration creates a collaborative online experience for all of the users. Students can use this tool to ask the professor any questions they might have about the lecture.

The EchoCenter is where users login to access the material. From the center each lecture is shown in a playlist organized by the date a lecture was uploaded. This center allows professors to follow class discussions and track all of their lecutres. EchoSystems enable a central IT department to support a single backend server infrastructure to cover the entire campus. This allows separate departments within an organization to decide if and how to implement this system.

Echo360 is also able to combine with other software. Echo360 and CaptionSync were combined to create a seamless software used by many universities. This version is able to view handwriting inputted by a tablet computer or other touch device and posts the writing under each lecture. This allows Echo360 to be used for math and science classes where there are calculations.

Tegrity

Tegrity lecture capture Technology is a division of McGraw Hill(Link to McGraw Hill) and is an award--winning lecture capture option. Tegrity offers a cloud-based system that deploys quickly and is easily scalable. Tegrity establishes a real time connection between the user and the course they are taking. Class data is always kept up to date, and there is no need to manually enter the users for the system. There is a single sign on for users, as well as a customizable logo, color scheme, and images.

Tegrity has many applications for students. Tegrity does not require software to be downloaded. The student only needs to have access to the internet. Tegrity allows for students to bookmark content, collaborate with other students as well as instructors, as well as take notes for the lectures. Tegrity can be views from anywhere with an internet connection, anytime, on almost any device which includes many mobile devices. Tegrity allows users to search for any keyword presented in the class. Tegrity also allows users to speed up or slow down the lectures while keeping the tone of the presenter’s voice natural. Tegrity enables users to resume their lectures from the last position that they stopped at.