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Class Capture

Class Capture. Jacob Cratsa Advisor: Dr. C. David Shaffer Westminster College. What is Class Capture?. Class Capture is a type of technology often referred to as Lecture Capture

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Class Capture

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  1. Class Capture Jacob Cratsa Advisor: Dr. C. David Shaffer Westminster College

  2. What is Class Capture? • Class Capture is a type of technology often referred to as Lecture Capture • Lecture Capture describes the various technologies and methods used to record lectures and enhance the classroom experience through the aid of multimedia • Class Capture is an enhanced way to take notes

  3. Problems with Taking Notes • Getting everything down in time • Recognizing all the important information the first time • Remembering why you wrote that particular note down • Perhaps you simply have a bad writing hand

  4. Problems with Recording a lecture • Time spent listening to entire recording • Finding a key point • Relating to written notes • Expensive solutions

  5. Existing Technologies • Smart Pens • PerfectNotes • Task specific Programs like Dragon Speech

  6. My solution • A web based program/system for every student in a class to take notes • Inspired by Universal Design Concepts • All notes taken are linked to a recording of the class which can be navigated using typed notes taken at the time of the recording

  7. Notes + Recording • The primary function of Class Capture • An audio recording is combined with typed notes so that the notes become clickable bookmarks for the recording

  8. Web-based design • Allows Class Capture to be installed on only one machine but used by the entire classroom • Students can take their notes and play them back from their own computers • Gives instructor greater control over lecture

  9. Site Design • Students and Instructors both login to the site with Instructors managing the accounts • For the Instructor there is: • a class management page • notes playback page • For the students there is: • an account page • note taking page • notes playback page

  10. Log in screen

  11. Student’s account

  12. Taking notes

  13. Instructor’s account

  14. Notes playback

  15. How it works • Uses html, javascript, server side php and the HTML5 audio player • A bookmark is created whenever you stop typing • A value of the local time, relative to the start of the recording, is saved to the server for each bookmark

  16. Media Players • HTML5 used to play back the recording • VLC used to make the recordings during testing • Cross-platform compatibility requires changeable apps

  17. Starting a class Session • The Instructor is provided a user manual on proper use of Class Capture • Instructor’s web-based interface does not start the recording • Instructors have the freedom to use what they wish to make the recording but must save as .wav with _”month”-”day”-”year” as the title

  18. Advantages • For Students who miss a class • Enhanced ability to review the lecture • Improved course accessibility with future development

  19. Universal Design • An accessibility design principal where the product can be used effectively by anyone • Class Capture was originally meant to implement this idea • Future development with Universal Design would allow for more advanced uses of Class Capture

  20. Future Possibilities This project could be expanded on much more in the future. • Adding a speech to text converter would allow individuals with hearing loss to use the application • Instructors could even use this to closely monitor the note taking ability of their students • Include video

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