Course Capture Options Explained

For Fall 2025, all classes meeting in a Course Capture eligible room will be recorded unless the instructor chooses to opt out of the service or if there are no instructors listed for the class in the Student Information System.

Instructors can view and change their Course Capture settings by logging in from the Course Capture Home Page. Any changes only affects future recordings and It can take up to 12 hours for changes to take effect, so please plan ahead. 

Opting Out 

Collaborators

Collaborators are given co-editing and co-publishing privileges to Course Capture recordings. Users with the Admin Proxy (APRX) role in SIS Campus Solution are automatically given collaborator status, but instructors are able to remove them within their Course Capture setting. APRX roles are typically given to GSIs or staff coordinators, but your department may follow different practices. 

Recording Type

Most rooms are limited to the "Camera without Operator" setting. Audio-only recording is not available. For those looking for a Projector+Audio only option,  cameras can be blocked using the touch panel in the room

Camera without Operator (with Projection+Audio)

Cost: Free

Schedulers: Search for 06: AV-Course Capture and 14: AV-Camera without Operator

This service is available in all Course Capture rooms but is limited to wide-shot presets only in certain auditoriums (Pimentel Hall, Wheeler Auditorium). Course Capture will record your voice, the display projected with the projector (laptop, document camera, or other HDMI source), and the camera feeds through the installed equipment in the room and posts it to your Kaltura account. See Recording Placement options below

Camera with Operator (with Projection+Audio)

Cost: $2000 per semester

Schedulers: Search for 06: AV-Course Capture and 07: AV-Camera with Operator

This service is only available in select auditoriums (Pimentel Hall and Wheeler Auditorium). RTL will provide an operator for your class. They will adjust the camera position to point at relevant chalkboards, demo benches, or at the instructor as they move about the stage. They will also assist with mic, computer and equipment set up, audio, video and data capture, lighting changes, and overall classroom operations.

Recording Placement

It can take up to twice the duration of your class length before a recording finishes uploading and processing. After the recording is ready, it is automatically placed in your My Media. Additionally, if you desire, you can change the recording to automatically publish into a bCourses course site or project site. 

  • Place in My Media: This option will place recordings into the instructors and collaborators My Media. 

  • Publish to the Media Gallery

    • This option allows instructors to choose a bCourses course site or project site to automatically publish recordings into. No further action is needed to share recordings will all users of of the listed bCourses site

    • How to set Course Capture to automatically publish