Lecture Capture student guide

A Lecture Capture live streamed lecture allows students to participate in a face-to-face lecture on campus and enables students who are not on campus to watch a lecture online in real time. Live streaming is supported on the most recent versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.

1. Login to Moodle and open the relevant module. 
2. Your lecturers may add one single link to Lecture Capture which includes all past recordings and scheduled recordings for your module or they may link to each recording individually.
3. To open the Lecture Capture recording, select the link to Lecture Capture from the relevant section of your Moodle module.
   • Alternatively, select the Lecture Capture link from the Module dashboard. This will display all Lecture Capture recordings on the module. Select the relevant link. You may have to unblock pop-ups for Lecture Capture.
   • On Grid format, open the Block drawer and navigate to the Activities block, select the External tools link and then select the link to the relevant Lecture Capture activity. You may have to unblock pop-ups for Lecture Capture.
4. Select the link Open in new window. The recordings and live streams associated with this module will open in a new tab.
5. A list of the lectures for the module that have been recorded and that are scheduled for recording and/or streaming will display in Moodle.
6. If the lecture has been scheduled to go live at a later time, you will see a grey Live button. If you are in the live stream ahead of time, selecting the grey Live button opens up a screen with a countdown timer to the live stream. 

   

7. If the lecture is currently live, you will see a pink Live button. Selecting this LIVE button will open a screen where you are prompted to see the livestream.

   

8. Press the Show Live Stream option in the bottom left-hand corner, and the livestream will display.
   • Your lecturer may create a link in Moodle directly to the live stream. If this is the case, the list of scheduled sessions will not display and you will be directed to the relevant live stream. Select the Show Live Stream option in the bottom left-hand corner, and the live stream will display.
9. If you are experiencing lag, you will be presented with the option to catch up. Press the SKIP button to watch in real time.
10. You can select or deselect the different sources from the live stream to view from the Sources option at the bottom right of the live stream.

    

    • Slides are the slides associated with the live stream. This option is only available if the lecturer has associated a PowerPoint with the live stream. 
      • You can use the forward and back arrows to navigate through the PowerPoint. 
      • Your lecturer may hide slides to prevent you from looking forward while the lecturer is going on. You will see a grey Hidden Screen if your lecturer has done this.
      • You may have the option of answering polls within the PowerPoint. Your lecturer will ask you to move to a particular slide to input your answer to a question.
    • Video 2 is the webcam feed of the top of the lecture room.
    • Video 1 is a stream of what the lecturer is displaying from the Pod i.e. PowerPoint slides, website, video or visualiser.
11. You can maximise your view of any of the sources by selecting the picture in picture expand icon from the top right corner of the relevant source.

    

12. Hover over the top right hand corner of the content you have maximised and select the minimise icon to return to all sources previously selected.

As you listen to the lecture, you can take notes online using the Notes icon on the top of the recording.

If other active learning features have been enabled, your lecturers will communicate with you on how to use these features. You will see a toolbar along the top of the live stream that you are viewing.

Discussion panel

Respond to question

• While viewing the live stream, select the double chat icon at the top of the live stream. The Discussion panel will open on the right hand side.
• You can review questions asked by students.
• Select a question and select  Respond to this question to answer a question previously asked by another student.

• A text box will open up at the bottom of the screen, write your reply.
• If you would like to anonymise yourself, select the Post Anonymously option. Please note: This only hides you from fellow students. Lecturers can see your name, even if you choose this option.
• When you are finished your reply, select Post.
• Select Back to go back to the Discussion panel section.

Ask a new question

• While viewing the live stream, select the double chat icon at the top of the live stream. The Discussion panel will open on the right hand side.
• Select New Question.

• Write your question in the text field.
• You can select to reference your question to a time code on the live stream. Select the slider next to Reference class content
• To post anonymously, toggle the Post anonymously slider. Please note: Your lecturer will be able to view your name.
• Select the Post Question button.

In class polling

You may be asked to respond to embedded Poll questions within the PowerPoint. 

1. Ensure Slides is selected from Sources option at the bottom right of the live stream.
   • You can use the forward and back arrows to navigate through the PowerPoint. 
   • Your lecturer may hide slides to prevent you from looking forward while the lecturer is going on. You will see a grey Hidden Screen if your lecturer has done this.
   • Your lecturer will ask you to move to a particular slide to input your answer to a question.

Additionally you might be asked questions via the Discussion panel.

• Selecting the double chat icon from the top of the live stream screen opens the Discussion panel and you can review the question and respond.

Confusion flags

• By selecting the flag in the top bar, you can discreetly flag slides you don't understand. This flagging will only be visible to lecturers, not other students.
• This allows lecturers to see the slides which are causing the most confusion or students and can be done during or after the recording. Your lecturer will let you know if they are reviewing these. 

While on campus, your lectures may be streamed to students who are accessing online. You may be asked to write your questions into a Moodle Forum or you may be asked to interact with the live stream on campus. 

Access Forum

1. Login to Moodle and select the relevant module.
2. Select the relevant Forum. Review posts made by students and lecturers during the session and reply or post a new discussion.

Access active learning features on live stream

1. Login to Moodle and select the relevant module.
2. Select the link to Lecture Capture from the Module Dashboard.
3. If there are multiple links to Lecture Capture, select the relevant link.
4. Select the link Open in new window. The recordings and live streams associated with this module will open in a new tab.
5. A list of the lectures for the module that have been recorded and that are scheduled for recording and/or streaming will display in Moodle.
6. Select Q&A from the top navigation bar.
7. Select the relevant class from the All classes drop-down list to display questions relevant to this session that have been asked by students on campus and online.

   

8. Select the New Question button to ask a question.
   • Type your question and select the relevant class from the Select a class drop-down menu.
   • Select Post question.

Participate in Echo Polls

1. Login to Moodle and select the relevant module.
2. Select the link to Lecture Capture from the Module Dashboard.
3. If there are multiple links to Lecture Capture, select the relevant link.
4. Select the link Open in new window. The recordings and live streams associated with this module will open in a new tab.
5. Select the presentation icon to the right of the relevant live stream and select View from the drop-down menu. This will enable you to view the associated PowerPoint and participate in Echo polls.
6. Use the arrows to move between slides. 
7. Submit your answers to Polls when requested to do this by your lecturer. You will need to navigate to the relevant slide to do this.
8. Your lecturer may hide slides to prevent you from looking forward while the lecturer is going on. You will see a grey Hidden Screen if your lecturer has done this.