Capture and Record
Studio 1 – Lightboard
The Lightboard is an innovative, easy-to-use tool that transforms a traditional whiteboard into dynamic, engaging experiences. It allows you to face your students while teaching, bringing a personal connection to pre-recorded lectures. Ideal for subjects like math, science, languages, the Lightboard makes complex concepts more accessible and easier to understand.
With its mirrored and transparent glass surface, everything you write is instantly legible. This ensures a clear and distraction-free learning experience. You can also seamlessly integrate PowerPoint slides directly into your recording, boosting student engagement and making lessons more impactful with visual aids.
Recording a Lightboard Session
Upon arrival, a FMC staff member will walk you through the Lightboard Studio to review how the Lightboard and lapel microphones work.
Lightboard Tips and Tricks
Once you arrive, the team will already have auto-captions and your submitted PowerPoint presentation set up for you, so there will be no additional work on your end beyond presenting.
Do you feel nervous about presenting your course on an exciting new tool? Be prepared for your session by following these five quick tips:
- Practice. Even if you have delivered a lecture a hundred times, delivering to the camera is different and may require tweaks to your typical presentation.
- Wardrobe Selection. Wearing solid colors will work best. Logos and letters will be reversed in the recording and small of patterns will moiré.
- Plan Your Presentation. If you plan on writing excessively on Lightboard, identify good places to pause and erase the board during your video. Keep in mind, you can pause and/or stop your recording at any time.
- Be Yourself. Lightboard is meant to feel more like a one-on-one approach. If you have some pauses or stutter, that is fine. We are all human.
- Engage Your Audience. Your audience is on the other side of the camera; make sure to look at them when you can. Your students will feel higher levels of engagement when you do.
Using PowerPoint Slides or Images with Lightboard
Studio 2 – Multimedia Studio
In our Multimedia Studio, we offer screen capture and audio recording services:
Stand Up or Sit Down Recordings
Your standup recordings are captured in front of an 85” ClearTouch screen. This enables interactive demonstrations, colorful backgrounds, and more. Examples include:
- Showing Map locations using Google Earth
- Lab demonstrations with images or video
- Full screen Power Points behind you
Telestration/Annotation
We have multiple screen capturing platforms available for use: Clipchamp, and Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) are our primary work horses. Screen capture with markup, or telestration, is great for PowerPoints, showing webpages, and demonstrating pretty much anything you can do on a computer. Your final product is typically a recording of your screen with you as a picture-in-picture (PIP) in one corner. This can be useful for creating a short video to help elaborate on a particularly difficult topic covered in class or provide a short course tour for students to help them navigate your online course. Note: All of these platforms are setup to produce auto-generated captions.
Voiceover
We provide voiceover assistance for any multimedia assets, including presentations and videos.
After You Finish Recording a Session
Save Your Content
After you finish your presentation on Lightboard or your recording in the Multimedia Studio, it is imperative that you save your recorded files to a personal USB, hard drive, or upload it to the One Drive prior to leaving the studio.
Stop by the Post-Production Suite
It is strongly recommended that faculty edit their recorded content from the studio to ensure the highest possible quality, cohesiveness, and professionalism for your course. The FMC offers a Post-Production Suite, where faculty can edit their content with multiple monitors and have immediate access to FMC staff support for troubleshooting and guidance.
Choose your Preferred Editing Platform
If you choose to edit your Lightboard content on your personal device, we recommend either Microsoft’s Clipchamp or Adobe Premiere Pro. Clipchamp is a simple, free video editing platform with a much more simple interface than that of Adobe Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro has a higher learning curve and may appear more in opportunity for advanced editing techniques.
FMC Training & Resources
Need some help with your production and video editing? Visit the FMC’s on-demand training and resources guide to find step-by-step tutorials for our recommended techniques and tools.
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