Lecture Capture Policy & Guidelines
- Special Bulletin #7 from Professor Andrew Deeks – 19/08/2021
“With respect to copyright, the University will waive its rights to ownership of the material recorded to specifically support students as part of the University response to COVID-19. Faculty will have the right to destroy any material specifically produced as part of the response, once the University COVID-19 response concludes.” - Recordings will not be initiated without prior consent from the lecturer being recorded.
- It is the responsibility of the module coordinator to advise students that they may inadvertently be recorded.
- Lecture Capture enabled classrooms will be clearly identified with signage.
- Staff who wish to record guest speakers must ensure that they have obtained agreement from the speaker(s) in advance and have written consent by way of a consent form. Consent forms are available here.
- It is the responsibility of individual members of staff to ensure that the material used for teaching and learning activities is copyright cleared.
- Recordings will not be used for staff performance management purposes.
- The College of Business will continue to evaluate the use of Lecture Capture to ensure that it enhances the student learning experience.
Distribution and Retention of Lecture Recordings
- The recordings of teaching and learning activities should be distributed securely within the VLE, Brightspace, unless otherwise requested.
- Under no circumstances will the recordings be made available automatically unless explicitly directed by the lecturer in question. The lecturer retains the right to make the recording unavailable at any time.
- By default, recordings will be published to the lecturer’s Personal Channel on the Media Server. The recording should be made available in the specific module in which the live lecture forms part. This has the benefit of providing students with a visually consistent access point to captured lectures across all their modules.
- To assist students with course revision and examination preparation, lecture recordings should remain accessible on the VLE for the duration of the module.
- Recordings of student group presentations for the purposes of assessment should be retained for 13 months and then destroyed, as per ACOP requirements.
- In the case of recordings made by guest speakers and those outside the University, a link to the recording will be made available for review before the recordings are distributed.
- Presentations and lectures delivered via live-stream are broadcast in real time, however, edits can be made to the recording thereafter.
