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Why Classroom Capture Matters

Classroom capture technology makes learning more flexible, inclusive, accessible, and engaging. For educators, it’s not just about recording lectures; it’s about enhancing teaching quality, saving time, and supporting the success of all students.

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Benefits for Educators

• Time Efficiency: Automated recordings save you time by freeing you from technical tasks.
• Easy integration with Canvas:��You can set up lecture recordings to automatically upload to Canvas course pages to be accessed via the lefthand navigation bar.
• Customized Recordings:��You can easily adjust the camera view to capture chalkboards or in-class demonstrations. You can also pause recordings if a sensitive conversation arises or on exam days.
• Analytics Insights: Engagement data allows you to explore student viewing trends and identify areas needing clarification based on most watched sections.
• Reusable Recordings: You can reuse recordings across semesters to reduce prep time, adopt a��, or stay on track despite snow days or other missed class sessions.
• Consistency in Delivery: Ensure every student receives the same high quality content–for example, being able to hear and/or see the content equally well regardless of whether they sit at the front or back of the classroom.
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• Reflection and Feedback: You or a colleague can review your class sessions to refine your teaching methods.

Benefits for Students

• Flexibility: Students can access lectures anytime, anywhere.
• Catching Up on Missed Content: Students who must miss class due to illness or other extenuating circumstances can catch up on missed content.
• Self-Paced Learning: Students can pause, rewind, and review complex topics. This may be particularly helpful for:
  • Student speaking English as a second language
  • Students who are hard of hearing
  • Students with ADHD or otherwise have difficulty concentrating amidst the many distractions of the classroom environment.
• Supporting Student Studying: Recordings provide a reliable study resource, allowing students to review content and fill in missed notes from live class sessions.
• Searchability:��Students can search an entire course or single video for a specific topic or phrase. Searching will jump straight to the point in the recording where a word or phase was spoken or presented on the lecture slides or classroom screens.
• Enhanced Playback:��Students can see their instructor and the slides “up close” and can zoom in and out as needed. This may be particularly helpful to students who are low-vision.
• Enhanced Accessibility: Closed captions are helpful to students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or prefer reading (rather than listening to) lecture content. Videos are also digitally accessible for students using assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
• Reduced Anxiety & Increase Engagement: Students can listen and participate actively in class knowing they can revisit the recording later for better note taking.

Will Class Recordings Make Students Less Likely to Attend Class?

Students Use It as a Supplement, Not a Substitute

Surveys and engagement studies show that a majority of students use recordings to reinforce learning, not replace the classroom experience. OIT has conducted 3 studies from Spring 2018 through Spring 2024 semesters (see below).

Most students reported that:

• Classroom Capture helped them confirm notes taken��during class,
• Revisit parts of lectures they didn’t fully understand,
• Stay engaged during live sessions, knowing they could review later,
• They still attended the same number of classes that they would have if lecture recordings were not available.

Most instructors noted that:

• Students still attended regularly when recordings were available.
• Classroom Capture was most effective when paired with interactive teaching.
• The technology supported, rather than replacing, live instruction.

This feedback suggests that recordings enhance the value of attending class, rather than diminish it.