Lecture recording and AV support for in-person instruction

To help instructors prepare for the return to in-person learning and teaching this fall, IT Services recently shared information about technology support for classroom instruction. Here’s a summary of that information.

Recording lectures

• IT Services uses Mediasite to offer automated scheduled recordings in supported rooms.
• The recordings can capture the lecturer at the podium and/or any images going through the projector.
• The recordings can be distributed through Canvas and are accessible at stream.sfu.ca.
• Instructors can make adjustments to their recordings through a browser-based video editor.
• There are also a number of lecture theatres that capture audio only; the sound recordings are automatically recorded and uploaded to lectures.its.sfu.ca.

Find out how to book recording services at www.sfu.ca/information-systems/services/lecture-recording.html.

Booking audiovisual equipment

• IT Services loans laptops, wireless clip-on microphones, document cameras and other audiovisual equipment to instructors on all three SFU campuses. 
• Note that overhead projectors have been removed from fifth-floor AQ classrooms at the Burnaby campus.
• Note that the SFU Library loans video adapters on all three SFU campuses.

Find out how to book equipment at www.sfu.ca/information-systems/services/equipment-loans.html.

Continued support for remote/online instruction

Even after the transition back to mostly in-person instruction, there may be times when classes need to take place remotely or online.

• IT Services has information about SFU Zoom at www.sfu.ca/information-systems/services/zoom.html.
• The Centre for Educational Excellence has information about resources for remote instruction, including the web conferencing tool Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, at www.sfu.ca/cee/services/online-remote-teaching.html.