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Dear All, <br>
<br>
As you may recall, the Department has decided to start recording the
4th and 5th year lectures<br>
and putting them on MyPlace. There are two reasons for doing this.
On the one hand, recording <br>
lectures will allow us to offer MSc via distance learning, hopefully
increasing the number of international <br>
and part-time students. On the other hand, lecture capture is very
appreciated also by undergraduate <br>
students, and this may increase the overall students' satisfaction.
<br>
<br>
One of the least time-consuming way to record lectures, while you
deliver them either in front of an audience or<br>
in your own office, is by using software that allows you to capture
whatever happens in a selected part of your <br>
laptop's screen together with a microphone for recording your voice.
This has been done last semester by Gordon<br>
for PH160 and by Luca for PH351 with very good results. It's now
important to extend this trial to all 4th and 5th year <br>
classes so that we will have enough expertise to offer long distance
courses to fee-paying students from next year.<br>
It's also important to make clear to the students that this is a
trial and that we do not guarantee that all lectures will be <br>
recorded and made available.<br>
<br>
More specifically, Gordon has used Power Points and a lecture
capture software <br>
called Screencast-o-matic that works for both Windows and Apple
computers. Tim has bought licenses <br>
to the Screencast-o-matic recorder and you can access the installer
from here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://screencast-o-matic.com/physicsstrath">https://screencast-o-matic.com/physicsstrath</a><br>
<br>
The password is:<br>
<br>
Phys!csStr4th<br>
<br>
Gordon has given a few tips for future user:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">A few practical points to add based on my
experience with PH160 this year :<br>
<br>
- connecting the laptop to the projector seemed to interrupt
recording, so it is best to start recording after the laptop and
projector are connected.<br>
- Occasionally the laptop and earpiece would not connect/pair , so
I had to remove and add the earpiece as a device again, which was
a pain.<br>
- Overall the earpiece worked pretty well and allowed me freedom
to move around. However if you prefer/need to stay close to the
laptop throughout, perhaps a wired lapel mic plugged directly into
the laptop is a better option. These are a similar price to the
bluetooth earpiece I used (£15-£20).<br>
- It is easy to forget to press "record" at the beginning of the
lecture....<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Luca instead has used Linux and a tablet to hand write his lectures
and record them. The final results is very similar <br>
to Gordon's, so if this suits your teaching style, you should ask
Luca for advise.<br>
<br>
As to the microphones, if you do not move around much and are happy
to have a microphone connected by a wire to your laptop, this works
quite well<br>
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<div><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MPDYGBE/"
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<br>
If instead you like to move around in the lecture room, you can use
a Bluetooth microphone like the Jabra BT2045 headset/earpiece, which
costs £16.99 in Argos. You should charge general teaching for these.
These are only suggestions<br>
and you are free to look for something else, but keep in mind that
if what you buy is much more expensive, Nigel may have some
objections.<br>
<br>
I hope this helps.<br>
<br>
Have a nice holiday and a happy new year.<br>
<br>
Francesco<br>
<br>
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Dr Francesco Papoff
SUPA, Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
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Glasgow, G4 0NG
Tel: +44 141 548 3178
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