DukeCapture

What is DukeCapture?

DukeCapture provides automated lecture and event capture at sites across the Duke campus. At the core of this program is a tool called Lectopia, a technology which allows for automatic publication to virtually any Duke delivery servers, including streaming and podcasting servers, Blackboard, and iTunes U.

Events can be captured in audio, video and VGA formats – or a combination of all three – and require no special technical expertise on the part of faculty or others being recorded.

• DukeCapture resources
• Recent news
• Information for Lectopia Site Administrators
  
• Need help?

Benefits of Lectopia include the following:

Low cost for schools and departments – A typical Lectopia installation costs approximately $5,900 per room, including a comprehensive three year support package (this figure excludes any needed A/V integration or upgrade costs). Please note that the institutional costs of Lectopia are greater, but that licensing arrangements, central servers and supporting applications, support fees, delivery servers, and other infrastructure costs are centrally supported by OIT.

Highly automated – The Lectopia server can be scheduled for a single lecture or for an entire semester at a time, eliminating the need for a technician to be present for classes.

Versatile – Lectopia can capture audio, video, and VGA in multiple combinations (VGA encompasses anything displayed on a presenter's computer screen, from basic PowerPoint slides to video and complex animations). Once captured, content is quickly be processed into a much wider range of platforms, formats, sizes and bandwidths than is available via any other lecture capture tool.

Manageable – Lectopia allows administrators to carefully control how the media is captured and delivered. A wide variety of reports can be generated to help administrators understand how content is being used.

Integration friendly – Lectopia has the ability to provide links which can be seen in BlackBoard and to upload content automatically to iTunes U.

DukeCapture resources

• For a list of rooms enabled for Lectopia capture, click here. 
• To see examples of events captured with Lectopia, visit our Lectopia sample links page.
• To see samples maintained by the University of Western Australia, the developers of Lectopia, visit: http://lectopia.uwa.edu.au/.
• How can a faculty member use Lectopia?
• What options does Lectopia offer related to Podcasting and iTunes U?
• Information for Lectopia Site Administrators
• DukeCapture preferred peripherals
• Tips for increasing lecture capture production values

Recent DukeCapture news

List of Lectopia-equipped rooms now available.  If you are are holding an event at Duke that you would like to be captured, you can consult our list of rooms to find a Lectopia-ready venue together with a contact person who can assist you with scheduling.

Schiciano Auditorium at the Pratt School of Engineering is scheduled for an A/V upgrade in Summer 2007, including two new Lectopia digitisers capable of video as well as VGA capture. Schiciano is configured with two partitions, each of which will be Lectopia-ready. Contact site administrator Marc Sperber for more information or to schedule an event in Schiciano.

New venues for Duke Studios.  Duke Studios is being equipped in Summer 2007 for on-demand, mobile Lectopia capture. There will be installations both at Duke Studios' Bryan Center and at Duke South Hospital. Contact Scott Wells (Bryan Center) or Greg Hobbs (Duke South Hospital) for more information.

Need help?

• If you would like more information about using Lectopia at Duke, contact Todd Stabley at (919) 323-0858 or todd.stabley@duke.edu.
• If you are a student or faculty member with a Lectopia-related problem, contact the OIT Service Desk at (919) 684-2200.
• If you are a site administrator and you need to report a problem or request a new Lectopia unit, initiate a help request with the OIT  Service Desk at (919) 684-2200.