A new course recording system
This newsletter provides you with a detailed presentation of the new course recording system, which has been developed for optimal hybrid teaching in view of the start of the new academic year in September 2020. In particular, you will find a list of the rooms equipped with the different types of recording systems and the solutions put in place to help you in the event of problems.
In order to cover the needs related to the particular teaching and learning modalities for the next autumn semester, we inform you of the creation of a system of course filming and recording in our institution.
This system, called R-E-C-UNIL (Rediffusion, Enregistrement et Captation), is based on the UbiCast technology that we all used last spring semester for the creation and distribution of our video teaching content.
All the mediaserver infrastructure that you experienced on unil.ubicast.tv was installed on our own servers during the summer and will now be available under this URL: https://rec.unil.ch. The https://unil.ubicast.tv cloud is still available until 15 September 2020 but uploads of new videos have been made impossible as of today. The final migration of the data is underway and you will be able to use https://rec.unil.ch from this Wednesday 2 September 2020 for your new productions.
Please note that all your existing content and settings have been automatically transferred to your respective channels and you will be able to access them without any necessary changes from your channel or Moodle course space.
In addition to the features you already know about this infrastructure, we have installed a live streaming and recording facility for teachers who need to broadcast in Hy-Flex mode.
This is based on a hardware infrastructure that we were able to install in 40 rooms on our campus this summer.
On the basis of the current infrastructure, your Hy-Flex courses can be organised as follows, depending on the type of room in which your course is scheduled.
Capture type A (13 rooms)
These rooms are equipped with "MIRIS - BOX +" and a camera.
AMPHIMAX (MAX-350) * AMPHIMAX (MAX-351) * AMPHIPOLE (POL-A) * AMPHIPOLE (POL-B) * AMPHIPOLE (POL-C) * AMPHIPOLE (POL-D) * ANTHROPOLE (ANT-1031) * BUGNON (BU-9) * GEOPOLIS (GEO-1612) * INTERNEF (NEF-263) * INTERNEF (NEF-273) * Maternité CHUV (Mat FBM) * SYNATHLON (SYN-1216)
In these rooms it is possible to broadcast live :
- The video of the teacher (a camera system with automatic monitoring of the teacher's movements is installed) and of what he or she writes on the blackboard.
- His or her projected course materials.
- The sound of the room is also recovered.
- Any other support on request (please contact us ( elearning@unil.ch ) one week before the course so that we can set up the Miris-Boxes beforehand with new entries).
In these rooms, the capture, recording and sending of these to the teachers' channel is automated via the management of an online calendar controlled by our Helpdesk team.
If you teach in this type of room, here is the modus operandi to follow:
- You connect your computer to the room's projector as usual.
- The recordings are set to start 5 min before the scheduled start time of your course.
- You stay 45 seconds in the same place to allow the camera to adjust its "auto-tracking" which will allow you to follow your movements automatically.
- The link to the live streaming of your course is available from the Media-Server block of your Moodle course space. This link is protected via LTI access, which means that only students connected to your course have access to it.
- At the end of your course, the live stream stops 5 minutes after the scheduled end time and your recorded lectures are automatically processed before being sent to your personal channel and made available, pending publication validation, as for the live stream, in the media server block of your Moodle course space.
- Once you validate the publication of these recordings on your channel, they are available for your students to annotate them or post comments and questions.
Capture type B (27 rooms)
MAX-410 * MAX- 414 * MAX-415 * ANT-1129 * ANT-2024 * ANT-2064 * ANT-2106 * César-Roux 19 * César-Roux 19-Demieville * GEO- 1620 * GEO- 1628 * GEO- 2121 * GEO- 2129 * GEO- 2137 * GEO- 2144 * GEO- 2207 * GEO- 2208 * GEO- 1620 * GEO- 2224 * GEO- 2227 * GEO- 2230 * GEO- 2235 * GEO- 2238 * GEO- 2879 * NEF- 271 * NEF- 272 * NEF-275
These rooms are equipped with an openboard with a multidirectional microphone and a broadcasting box for audio-visual streams.
In these rooms it is possible to broadcast live :
- The teacher's voice.
- His or her projected course material.
In these rooms, the collection, recording and sending of equipment to the teachers' channel is also automated.
If you teach in this type of room, here is the modus operandi to follow:
- Place your course material on a USB key and plug it into the room's openboard, which then broadcasts to the room's projector.
- The recordings are set to start 5 minutes before the scheduled start time of your lesson.
- Your live recording will automatically be available in the Media-Server block of your Moodle course space for your students. This link is protected via LTI access, which means that only students connected to your course have access to it.
- At the end of your course, the live stream stops 5 minutes after the scheduled end time and your recorded lessons are automatically processed before being sent.
- Once you validate the publication of these recordings on your channel, they are available to your students who can annotate them or post comments and questions.
- The ZOOM application is also available on the openboards if you wish to open a particular room for exchanges.
Capture type C
These are, on the one hand, rooms with at least 60 seats that are not equipped at the moment. On the other hand, all other rooms that are not equipped. It is possible for us to provide teachers with a USB table microphone which will guarantee good sound quality. This page contains all the information available concerning the loan of equipment.
For all these rooms we recommend that you open a ZOOM room and broadcast it on the room's projector. You will also be able to share your course materials in this ZOOM room.
Rooms with more than 60 seats, not equipped, for which a microphone can be lent.
POL-210 * POL-315 * POL-315.1 * POL-319 * POL-340 * ANT-2013 * ANT-2055 * ANT-2097 * ANT-2120 * ANT-3021 * ANT-3032 * ANT-3174 * ANT-3185 * ANT-4021 * ANT-4030 * ANT-5021 * ANT-5033 * ANT-5196 * BIO- Amphi 2914 * CUB-231 (1) * CUB-234 (2) * EXT-109 *
GENOPODE-A * GENOPODE- B * GENOPODE-C * NEF-121 * NEF-122 * NEF-123 * NEF-125 *
NEF-126 * NEF- 129 * NEF-231 * NEF-232 * NEF-237 * UNITHEQUE (UTQ)- 4215
If you teach in this type of room in Hy-Flex mode, here is the recommended modus operandi:
- Provide a ZOOM room and share the access link for students who are following your distance learning course in synchronous mode.
- Open this room at the beginning of your course and start recording it "locally" and not on the Cloud.
- Use your computer webcam for the video and connect, if you have one, a USB microphone for sound broadcasting in the ZOOM room.
- Connect your computer to the classroom projector and display the ZOOM room for all students.
- Deliver your lesson by sharing your media via the ZOOM room ("share the screen" function).
- At the end of the course, end the meeting and the video file of the recording is generated on your computer.
- Upload your video file to your personal channel on rec.unil.ch, it will then be available to your students via Moodle.
Demo courses for you
In addition to the numerous webinars which are offered by the CSE since the beginning of the summer and which concern the preparation of your courses and the management of the tools of the digital portfolio for teaching, we offer you as of next week "demo" sessions of the material and the 3 Hy-Flex modalities. As the number of people admitted to these sessions is limited, we would be grateful if you could register for one of them on https://conference.unil.ch/cours/cse (They are entitled Demo A for the equipment in type "A" rooms, Demo "B" and Demo "C" for the others).
Which support?
A specific Helpdesk team was recruited this summer and will be in place for the new academic year. The team will be in charge of monitoring live recordings and will be at your disposal in the event of a problem. They can be contacted by e-mail (elearning@unil.ch) or by telephone via the UNIL helpdesk number (+41 21 692 22 11).
Guides and resources will be available on https://www.unil.ch/coronavirus/teach from Thursday 3 September 2020.