Integrated Multimedia- Technology Design for Lecture- Capture 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 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 nd largest university in the US 2+2 partnership with local state colleges 24% over age regional campuses 11-county service area Source:

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:

Sources of UCF SCH Growth

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 Fall 09Spring 10Summer 10 F2F (n=665,209) V (n=12,050) RV (n=37,463) Percent Fall 10Spring 11Summer 11

“Excellent” Ratings By Modality M 52 W 48 F2F 48 RV 44 V 42 Course Overall Modality % Excellent n=913,688 Spring 2008 – Spring 2011

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 lecture- capture 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.)