Lectopia allows video and VGA to be captured simultaneously and output as a single file.
Side-by-side VGA and video
Picture-in-picture (small video embedded into VGA)
Via a specialized piece of equipment called a scalar device, the School of Medicine captures multiple video and VGA windows in customizable configurations. All of the Med School Core Curriculum courses for 1st year Medical students are captured and delivered via Lectopia.
4-window configuration
For situations where especially high quality or highly detailed imagery is important, Lectopia can output VGA at its full native size of 1024x768 pixels.
Chinese Visual Culture Supplemental Lecture, Professor Stan Abe. Using high-resolution photographs, Professor Abe draws attention to detailed visual elements of recently discovered Buddhist sculptural works.
By working with a Lectopia site administrator, professors can use more engaging alternatives to a laptop displaying static PowerPoint slides.
Tablet PC
Economic Principles, fall '07, Connel Fullenkamp. Professor Fullenkamp was selected Teacher of the Year in 2005 at Duke.
Document Camera
Economic Principles, spring '06, Lori Leachman. Professor Leachman's courses are some of the most widely used among current courses in Lectopia.
Law School
Trying cases in the media — the Role of Prosecutor and the Press. Discussion panel including Duke Law Professors Tom Metzloff, Jim Coleman and Mike Tigar, and N&O reporter Joe Neff, who has been covering the Duke lacrosse case.