Using technology
Make all course materials available electronically, where appropriate, which will allow students to modify into alternative formats that may be more suitable for their needs.
Ensure your handouts and notes (or a summary) are made available online 48 hours before the class to give students the time to process the information and to prepare.
Content capture is a phrase used to describe the creation of video or audio teaching resources. Panopto is a video sharing system that allows academic staff to capture content in a simple and reliable way, using either an automated system or a manual recorder held on the academic’s laptop or desktop PC.
- Previously recording lectures would involve filming the screen and presenter with a camcorder which is time-consuming and requires special equipment and often resulted in poor quality videos.
- Users are increasingly demanding that videos and audio are available on electronic mediums. Content capture technology allows the simultaneous recording of audio, video, PowerPoint and screen capture, and allows that content to be viewed on the web, and mobile devices.
- Content capture enhances instructional activities; it works especially well in subject areas where students benefit from repeated viewing of content, especially when complex items are being discussed.
Lecture capture
Staff View (University of Leeds podcast).