Universal Lecture Capture

Mediasite is the enterprise video recording and delivery platform on campus. It is used in over 89 spaces across campus and with over 10,000 hours of content recorded and uploaded to Mediasite annually.

The University has used Mediasite across campus since 2006, and this Universal Lecture Capture (ULC) model has been used on campus in various buildings since 2018.

The Mediasite system records the room’s video, audio, and the computer output that is displayed on the room's projector.

The ability to revisit content has shown to be valuable to the learning process (see “References” below). Recorded classroom lectures were overwhelmingly highlighted by students as an invaluable learning tool in survey responses collected over the 2020-2021 academic year.

These recordings are particularly useful to students for: 

• Reviewing materials 
• Revisiting complex topics or getting clarity on points students may have misunderstood 
• Allowing students to focus on engaging in discussions during class rather than taking notes 
• Adding to or taking notes on the lecture 
• Preparing for exams 
• Improving the overall learning experience 

These recordings can be highly beneficial to students with learning support needs, students who miss lectures unexpectedly due to illness, nonnative English speakers, and those who otherwise need to review the materials. 

Faculty teaching in a ULC room can request to remove some or all of their courses from the Mediasite recording schedule by completing the Universal Lecture Capture - Course Removal Form. Law faculty should contact their Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to remove their courses from the ULC Program.

NOTE: You will receive an email from the Center for Instructional Technologies (cit@villanova.edu) within two business days to confirm that your course has been removed from the Mediasite recording schedule.

If you would like to record a class that has been removed from Universal Lecture Capture, you must submit a Classroom and Event Recording Request Form at your earliest convenience to better ensure your request(s) can be accommodated.

Faculty can share recordings from a single date, or from an entire semester, to their Blackboard Course page for their students to access. For detailed instructions on how to do this, contact your College's Instructional Designer or attend one of Multimedia Technologies’ remote Mediasite Training Workshops.

Secure access to recordings will be delivered via MyMediasite directly to the faculty’s Blackboard Course (contact your Instructional Designer for more details). 

Please refer to the "Uploading and Sharing Presentations" section on the Mediasite and Video Delivery page, or attend an upcoming virtual training workshop on managing your classroom recordings and other Mediasite content.

If faculty would prefer that their Mediasite recordings become automatically available to students with no manual input from them during the semester, select "Make all Classroom Recordings Visible to Students" from the Mediasite service option dropdown menu here villanova.teamdynamix.com.

If you would like to request a one-off recording, please complete the online Classroom and Event Recording Request Form at your earliest convenience to better ensure your request(s) can be accommodated.

Ford MB, Burns CE, Mitch N and Gomez MM (2012) The effectiveness of classroom capture technology. Active Learning in Higher Education 13(3) 191–201 (link) 

Giannokos MN, Jaccheri L and Krogstie J (2015) Exploring the relationship between video lecture usage patterns and students' attitudes. British Journal of Educational Technology 47(6) 1259-1275 (link)

Lokuge Dona, Kulari & Gregory, Janet & Pechenkina, Ekaterina. (2017) Lecture-recording technology in higher education: Exploring staff and students views across the disciplines. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 33. 122-133. 10.14742/ajet.3068 (link)

Newton G, Tucker T, Dawson J and Currie E (2014) Use of Lecture Capture in Higher Education - Lessons from the Trenches.TechTrends 58(2) 32–45 (link).