UCI Replay is a new service provided by the Office of Information Technology to facilitate the recording and sharing of classes, seminar presentations, short tutorial segments, and any other material which can be displayed on a computer screen with accompanying audio.
Increasingly, instructors are recognizing digital lecture capture as a way to offer new educational opportunities. Students can download recorded lectures to review class material or to help understand concepts they find difficult. They can stop and start presentations, clarifying their notes as the lesson unfolds (accommodating different learning styles and speeds.)
Seminars, special speaker presentations, and conference sessions can also be captured and shared. Other ways of taking advantage of this service include screen and audio capture of virtually anything that can be displayed on a computer screen together with whatever voice-over matches the visual presentation.
There is no charge to host recordings. The recording software is free to use and the choice is yours as to whether recordings should be public or UCI-only. All you need is an inexpensive USB microphone to capture the audio portion. Alternatively, a notebook computer (Mac or PC) with a built-in microphone may also be used for recording. SmartClassrooms are already equipped for the use of UCI Replay. A portable version can be run directly from a USB thumbdrive, requiring no software installation on the computer being used.
Use of UCI Replay automatically transfers your materials to a system which packages it in a format suitable for viewing and listening using a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. You are notified by e-mail when your materials are available.
Detailed information about UCI Replay can be found online.