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‘Basic hybrid’ teaching in UCL’s spaces for 2021/22

By Steve Rowett, on 20 August 2021

On this page:

Section 1: What is basic hybrid teaching?
Section 2: Lecturecast Live
Section 3: Additions to our teaching spaces to support basic hybrid teaching
Section 4: Teaching spaces with Lecturecast
Section 5: Teaching spaces without Lecturecast
Section 6: Bring your own hybrid
Section 7: What’s it like to do basic hybrid teaching, or basic hybrid learning?
Section 8: Frequently asked questions about basic hybrid teaching
Section 9: Help and support
Section 10: Some readings about hybrid teaching and learning
Appendix 1: List of rooms supporting basic hybrid teaching

Please note this post is work-in-progress and will be updated regularly. Latest updates:

5 January 2022: Minor update and refresh prior to term 2
5 October 2021: Details of manual scheduling of Lecturecast Live sessions updated
27 September 2021: Room list updated
25 September 2021: New FAQ on recording attendance at hybrid teaching events
25 September 2021: Updated list of centrally bookable and departmentally managed rooms and their support for Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching published
23 September 2021: Updated list of centrally bookable rooms and their support for Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching published
21 September 2021: New FAQ and video demo of using an iPad whiteboarding app in a Zoom call
8 September 2021: Add FAQ and demo video about impact on sound quality of wearing a face covering or mask
6 September 2021: Town hall and familiarisation session dates published
6 September 2021: Updated information about Lecturecast Live
3 September 2021: List of rooms supporting basic hybrid teaching published
20 August 2021: Initial blog page posted

Section 1: What is basic hybrid teaching?

Like all universities, UCL is making decisions about how teaching will be structured for the second term of the 2021/22 academic year. As with term 1, it seems likely that whilst many students will be on campus, others will not be able to physically attend due to travel or health restrictions. UCL staff may therefore be teaching in some programmes with a mix of physically present and remote students in the same teaching event. This post aims to guide teachers and departments through how they might make this a satisfactory experience for their students, and manageable for themselves.

You may have heard of the term ‘hybrid teaching’, although consensus on an exact definition is harder to find. Generally it refers to having both a local and a remote audience for the same class, but this can range hugely in sophistication from lavish custom-built classrooms to small additions of new technology into existing spaces. UCL already has a hybrid lecture theatre but of course we teach in hundreds of spaces across campus, so need a broad approach.

At UCL we are aiming to support students who need to be remote for a period of time, with the expectation that they will be able to come to campus in the future. We are calling this approach ‘basic hybrid’. This will not provide a seamless experience for local and remote audiences to learn, interact, work in groups and so on. But it should be sufficient for remote students to keep in touch with classes and remain connected with their teaching.

For each teaching event, we should consider whether online, face-to-face, or basic hybrid offers the best approach. And perhaps engage our students to understand what works best for them; there are certainly some who yearn for face-to-face teaching to resume, but also others for whom learning online has worked very well. There may be teaching events that work well in basic hybrid, others that are best being fully online, and others where teaching separate face-to-face and online groups is the best option.

We are making additions across the teaching estate to support basic hybrid teaching, and providing opportunities for UCL staff to become familiar with what is available and works best for you. There are two main approaches to running live sessions for both local and remote audiences:

Use ‘Lecturecast Live’ in Lecturecast-enabled spaces to stream the teaching event as well as record it. Remote students will see and hear the class. You can also use the built in active learning tools for questions, or Mentimeter for live polls and questions.
Use Zoom or Teams during the live teaching session to connect to a remote audience as well as your local audience. You can still record the event using Lecturecast where available or use the built in recording features of Zoom or Teams.

Which you choose will be a matter of your own familiarity and preference, but the location of the remote students may also be a factor as we are aware that Zoom has more substantial global infrastructure than the other platforms, especially for participants in China.

There will of course be variations to this, and Digital Education is working closely with Faculty Learning Technology Leads who are the best first point of contact for advice.

Section 2: Lecturecast Live

About 200 lecture theatres and larger classrooms have UCL’s Lecturecast lecture capture system installed. These spaces allow recordings to be scheduled in advance using the Lecturecast Scheduler.

This system is being upgraded to support live streaming (with about 10-30 second delay) of classes, in addition to recording them. This is set up through the Lecturecast Scheduler as normal, but also clicking the ‘Enable live streaming’ checkbox, as shown below.

Lecturecast Scheduler showing option to enable live streaming of classes

We know that recording classes with Lecturecast is very popular with students, although more suited to lectures than class discussion or interaction. The live streaming option has rarely previously been used at UCL, but in our internal tests we found the remote experience to be more isolating than a Zoom or Teams call and would recommend combining it with some other way for remote students to ask questions or be engaged in discussion.

Section 3: Additions to our teaching spaces

Many of our teaching spaces already include a range of technology, with a standard teaching station at the front of classrooms and lecture theatres. We are adding equipment to these in various ways depending on the size and existing facilities of the spaces:

Larger spaces with capacities greater than 30 generally already have Lecturecast installed. Here we are adding equipment to connect the managed PC, or your own laptop, to the existing in-room Lecturecast camera and audio equipment
Spaces which have capacities between 10-30 are usually too small to have Lecturecast, In these we are adding a Logitech Brio webcam to the managed PC to act as a camera and microphone for teaching sessions using Zoom or Teams. However Lecturecast remains unavailable in these spaces.
For very small spaces, or where other departmental rooms are being used, we are providing departments with webcams and speaker/microphone units so that they can ‘bring your own hybrid’ to wherever teaching is taking place.

We are also adding ‘Lecturecast Live’, so that where Lecturecast is installed, teaching events can be streamed live as well as recorded. This has previously been used with a few departments, but live streaming will now be able to be set up using the Lecturecast Scheduler.

More details on each are given below.

Section 4: Teaching Spaces with Lecturecast

We have about 200 spaces that include Lecturecast, UCL’s lecture capture system. These are being upgraded to allow the existing camera and audio to be used within a Teams or Zoom video call with remote students. We recommend you use the managed PC in the room where possible to provide a stable wired network connection.

For the managed PC in the room, we have produced video guides for using Teams and Zoom.

Video guide to using Teams from the managed PC (this video has captions):

Video guide to using Zoom from the managed PC (this video has captions):

You can also connect your own laptop in the in-room audio and video system using a new labelled blue ‘hybrid teaching’ USB 3 Type A cable that is being provided.

Video guide to connecting your laptop in a Lecturecast-enabled space (this video has captions)

In summary, for most teaching events in Lecturecast-enabled rooms, the outline instructions are:

Log in to the managed PC, or connect your own laptop display output e.g. HDMI. We strongly recommend using the manage PC due to its wired internet connection and pre-checked compatibility with the new technical additions
If using your own laptop, connect the blue ‘hybrid teaching’ cable to a USB 3 socket on your laptop
Start Zoom or Teams, and choose the correct camera, speaker and microphone as per the instructions below
Start your video call, and share content such as slides or your desktop as you would do normally
Use the volume control on the console to change the volume level in the room

The devices you need to use are:

Camera: UVC USB3.0 CAPTURE DEVICE (managed PC) or eEver USB 3.0 Capture (your own laptop)
Microphone: UAC USB 3.0 CAPTURE DEVICE
Speakers: ExtronScalerD or HDMI

Section 5: Teaching spaces without Lecturecast

We are installing a Logitech Brio webcam in around 180 teaching spaces which do not have Lecturecast. These webcams will be mounted on or near the monitor. This is an excellent quality webcam with good dual microphones and built in echo cancellation. The camera will normally be attached to the top of the monitor.

This webcam allows Zoom/Teams calls to be made from the managed PC in the teaching space for the purposes of bringing in remote students to see and hear the lecturer, and see any content they are sharing within the call. Lecturecast is not available in these spaces, but calls can be recorded using Zoom and will automatically ingest into the host’s Lecturecast personal library, provided that the host is an existing Lecturecast user with an account already created. If they do not have an existing Lecturecast account, the recording will be stored as a Zoom recording and can be linked to or downloaded from Zoom.

We’ve made a video guide on using the webcam from these spaces (this video has captions):

A summary of this process:

Log in to the networked PC
Start Zoom or Teams, and choose the correct camera, speaker and microphone as per the instructions below
Start your video call, and share content such as slides or your desktop as you would do normally
Use the volume control on the console to change the volume level in the room

The devices you need to use are:

Camera: Logitech Brio (normally this will be the only option)
Microphone: Logitech Brio (normally this will be the only option)
Speakers: Realtek (normally this will be the only option)

Note that there is no facility to connect your own laptop to the Logitech Brio webcam in these spaces, and we ask that you do not disconnect the camera from the managed PC. If you do need to use your own laptop, we are providing equipment to departments to enabled this, detailed in the next section.

Section 6: Bring your own hybrid

Some teaching spaces will not be receiving additional equipment. This will usually be for one of three reasons:

They are very small spaces, typically for 10 students or fewer, and normally used for parallel/break-out/tutorial style sessions rather than larger teaching events.
They are departmentally managed spaces where the equipment is not managed by ISD.
They are other ‘ad-hoc’ spaces, such as staff offices, in which teaching activities (e.g. supporting research students) might take place, but are not designated as teaching spaces.

For teaching spaces which don’t have existing technology, we are suggesting a ‘bring your own hybrid’ approach to using portable technology to produce a workable experience for local and remote students.

ISD will supply each department with two Jabra Speak 510 units which are combined speakers and microphones which provide good audio in smaller spaces. We will also provide two Logitech Brio webcams. Both of these connect via USB Type Asockets to a desktop or laptop. The Brio ideally would use a USB 3 connection, although a USB 23 connection will work for non-4k video. The Jabra Speak 510 uses USB 2. Together, these would provide an acceptable level of video, audio and content sharing for a remote audience. For a small group, these can facilitate a natural discussion, and we have been using the Jabra units especially for meetings across multiple sites. For larger groups, they can enable to the teacher to be seen and heard by a remote audience, but won’t be sensitive enough to pick up audio across a room

Logitech Brio webcam mounted on a monitor

Jabra Speak 510 hands-free speaker/microphone conferencing unit

Once connected, the devices you need to use in Zoom or Teams are:

Camera: Logitech Brio
Microphone: Jabra Speak 510
Speakers: Jabra Speak 510

If you have larger groups, there are other Jabra units available; as a rule of thumb, the larger the unit, the larger the audience it can accommodate. You can view the full Jabra Speak range; note that all of the units except the Speak 810 are powered by USB or internal batteries; the Speak 810 requires mains power when in use.

We are also testing the Meeting Owl Pro, a more sophisticated video device that identifies who is speaking, and alters the camera view to focus on them. It also provides an ‘all-room view’ to give context, and includes a built in speaker and microphone. There’s a demo from the manufacturer that shows how it works, although our testing so far has been a little disappointing, with the video rather slow to identify the speaker, and the audio quality not as clear as we had hoped.

Section 7: What’s it like to do basic hybrid teaching, or basic hybrid learning?

First, let’s be clear. Hybrid teaching where a local and remote audience interact is difficult and tiring, especially if you are doing this on your own. Mor et al (2021) notes that:

“However, many of the [institutional] newcomers [to hybrid teaching] appear to be disillusioned, realising that if not implemented properly, synchronous hybrid learning is “the worst of both worlds” – synergising the limitations of both online and onsite teaching; On one hand, the teacher is constrained in utilising collaborative and active learning approaches that utilise the affordances of physical (or virtual) interaction. On the other, the need to be present simultaneously in the classroom and in a virtual environment creates a challenging cognitive load for the teacher.”

We are supporting basic hybrid teaching technologies as part of our ongoing COVID-19 response, not with the expectation that it will form a new pedagogy or delivery mode at UCL. It will have limitations, and not all the teaching methods currently in use at UCL will translate well to this basic hybrid format. We recognise the load this puts on teachers in thinking through how best to support their students, and themselves, when basic hybrid teaching is being used.

Managing simultaneous local and remote audiences

It is never a bad idea at UCL to invoke the thoughts of Jeremy Bentham (or indeed, his brother Samuel), and the Panopticon inspection principle provides an analogy. Michel Foucault described the fate of a prisoner in the panopticon, “he is seen, but he does not see; he is an object of information, never a subject in communication.” It’s similar to how our local and remote audiences might feel during teaching sessions, being able to see the teacher and view the content, but not really able to engage with their peers on the other side of the divide. Of course, teachers are not prison guards, but this separation of audiences may feel antithetical to the inclusive, lively way that they traditionally teach in a room, or even fully online.

An assistant, or co-pilot, can be very helpful for fielding questions from the remote audience, particularly if there is a lively – but not so relevant – chat, where the important questions and comments fly by. By joining in with the remote audience, they can support their questions and discussions, reducing the cognitive load on the primary teacher and act as the bridge between them and the local group.

Structuring classes

Structuring time is important: time for content, time for questions, and time for discussion. Incorporating both audiences into your teaching by explicitly giving time for both audiences to digest and discuss is likely to mean you cover less content in a single session. And the sessions will take slightly longer to set up using the in-room technology, even though that should be just a few minutes. But please respect the UCL hour (classes being 5 past to 5 to the hour, to allow for changeover and setup for the next group). The Centre for Teaching and Learning at The University of Oxford have produced a useful guide for planning hybrid teaching.

Managing discussion

A lively class discussion is a wonderful thing to enjoy. Humans are very good at listening, and can zone-in on who they want to listen to and filter out background noises or distractions, even in a busy, noisy room. Microphones are not as good at dealing with multiple sources of noise, so when multiple people speak at the same time, the result is a cacophony. If you’ve ever watched a TV news programme or political debate where panellists speak over each, you will understand the problem. If you are having a group discussion, it’s important to regulate and orchestrate it so that only one person is speaking at once. A good discussion in basic hybrid is more like the experience of being at a well-chaired committee meeting, than sitting round having a chat.

Sharing content

Many of us have had the experience of sharing our desktop to show slides or do a demo, and then not being able to see the other remote participants. An alternative to sharing the whole screen is just to show one window, which is your application of choice. A little-known fact is that PowerPoint doesn’t have to use your whole screen; it can run a slide show in a single window. To do this, go to Slide Show -> Set up Slide Show -> choose the ‘Presented by an individual (window)’ option. Now the slideshow will be in a single window, and you can position this so that you can see the remote participants, and any hands raised at the same time. Makes things a bit more personable. Alternatively you might share slides in advance via Moodle, and allow remote participants to use them at their own pace.

Using the microphone

Lecture theatres are often not terribly good acoustic environments, with lots of hard surfaces, and noisy fans and ventilation systems. Most rooms have wearable microphones, and these will make a huge difference to the sound quality for the remote audience. It’s good practice to use the microphones when available, as they can be helpful for members of the local audience, but will be particularly useful for remote participants. Please remember to put the microphone back on charge after use. Where there are no wearable microphones but instead fixed microphones about the teacher, you may need to ask for quiet within the room when you are speaking.

Using a visualiser

Many teaching spaces have a built in visualiser, also known as a document camera. We have also issued many portable visualisers to staff who have been teaching remotely from home over the last year.

These can be used in your basic hybrid teaching, by swapping from the camera feed trained on the speaker to the visualiser feed instead. When using the in-room visualiser, this is a little fiddly, but is demonstrated in the video below (this video has captions):

When you are using the in-room visualiser, there is one significant fact to be aware of. You will need to use the control panel to show the visualiser on screen for the local audience. However, when you do this, you will no longer be able to hear the remote audience through the room system, although they of course can still hear you. So you might wish to ensure you have a co-pilot to field questions in the chat, or take regular breaks from using the visualiser to connect again with your remote audience.

Time zones and recording

If you have remote audiences based outside the UK, they may be in a variety of different time zones. Recording, either with Lecturecast or by recording in Zoom/Teams can make a huge difference for students overseas. You might also vary the time of teaching events so that at least some are in more social hours depending on students’ time zones. Even when using Zoom or Teams in space, you can still schedule a Lecturecast recording for those that cannot make the live session to catch up later, in fact having both is a good ‘belt and braces’ approach.

Keep it simple

Over the last 18 months we have changed our teaching practices like never before. This is a further change. At least when starting with basic hybrid teaching, we encourage colleagues to try to keep things as simple as possible and grow from there.

Section 8: Frequently asked questions about basic hybrid teaching

Does wearing a face covering or mask have an impact of audio quality?

Yes, a little, but less than you might think. Here’s a short test video that shows the impact of wearing a cloth face covering and a thicker FFP2/N95 face mask on sound quality.

For a more evidence-based view than my short test, see some of the readings in section 10.

Can I use an iPad as a whiteboard in a Zoom call?

Yes you can, and there are a number of good whiteboard apps available. The standard Apple Notes app is a starting point, but you can also use apps such as Microsoft Whiteboard, Notability and Explain Everything. You can also record video content using many of these apps, but we don’t need this here as we will just be using Zoom on the iPad to share the screen.

The starting point of doing this is to join the Zoom call twice, once from a computer handling the audio and video (e.g. the managed PC in a UCL teaching space) and secondly from the iPad. Once this is done, disconnect the audio from the iPad to avoid unpleasant audio feedback, share the screen, and then use whichever whiteboard app you like.

We’ve made a demo on this, below. This video has captions.

Do I need to record attendance for students ‘attending’ a session remotely?

It is possible to download attendance lists for Zoom and Teams, although this is not possible for Lecturecast Live events. You can find guidance on requirements and processes for recording attendance at the RegisterUCL site.

Section 9: Help and support

You can find out how to get help and support for basic hybrid teaching at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/services/audiovisual-av/audiovisual-help

Section 10: Some readings (and listenings) about hybrid teaching and learning

Raes, A., Detienne, L., Windey, I., & Depaepe, F. (2019). A systematic literature review on synchronous hybrid learning: Gaps identified. Learning Environments Research.
Gil E., Mor Y., Dimitriadis Y. & Köppe C. (ed.), (forthcoming) Hybrid Learning Spaces . Springer
City University Teaching Here and There podcast series (listen out for a future appearance from UCL’s Steve Rowett)
Oxford (2021), Planning and Presenting a Hybrid Teaching Session, University of Oxford Centre for Teaching and Learning, https://www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/hybrid-teaching#/ [accessed 19 August 2021]

Readings on impact of face masks and coverings on audio quality

Thanks to Tim Neumann for investigating this topic and supplying these links for the post.

Brown, V.A., Van Engen, K.J. & Peelle, J.E. Face mask type affects audiovisual speech intelligibility and subjective listening effort in young and older adults. Cogn. Research 6, 49 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00314-0
Magee M., Lewis C., Noffs G.,Reece H., Chan J. C. S., Zaga C. J., Paynter C., Birchall O., Azocar S. R., Ediriweera A., Kenyon K., Caverlé M. W., Schultz B. G., and Vogel A. P., Effects of face masks on acoustic analysis and speech perception: Implications for peri-pandemic protocols, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148, 3562-3568 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0002873
Randazzo M., Koenig L. L., and Priefer R., The effect of face masks on the intelligibility of unpredictable sentences, Proceedings of the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, https://haskinslabs.org/sites/default/files/files/Reprints/hl2004.pdf [Accessed 9 September 2021]

Appendix 1: Lists of rooms supporting basic hybrid teaching

This is a list of all centrally bookable and departmentally managed rooms receiving upgrades to support basic hybrid teaching is given below. Note that some other rooms not listed already have Lecturecast and can be used for Lecturecast Live only.

Arena Centre

Arena Room, 10th floor [non-standard space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way, 20

Bedford Way (20) 903 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) CR4 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) Science Lab 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) Science Lab 2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) Science Lab 3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) The Space [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (20) W202 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

CR1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

CR2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way, 26

Bedford Way (26) 305 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Bedford Way (26) 316 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Bedford Way (26) G03 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bedford Way (26) G06 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Support for basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam is planned for this room, but has not yet been installed.

Bedford Way (26) G11 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Bedford Way (26) LG04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Support for Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams is planned for this room, but has not yet been installed.

Bentham House

Bentham House 124 Gideon Schreier [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House 221 Hong Kong Alumni Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House G20 Seminar Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG10 Seminar Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Bentham House LG11 Lecture Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG16 Seminar Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG17 Lecture Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Bentham House LG20 Tutorial Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG21 Tutorial Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG22 Tutorial Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bentham House LG23 Tutorial Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Support for basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam is planned for this room, but has not yet been installed.

Bentham House LG26 Lecture Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Bentham House SB31 Denys Holland Lecture Theatre [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Bernard Katz Building

Wilkins Garden Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Central Collegiate Building

Wilkins Lower Refectory [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Lower Refectory – North Orangerie [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Lower Refectory – South Orangerie [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Central House

Central House 225 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Central House LG01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Central House LG06 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Chadwick Building

Chadwick Building 2.18 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Chadwick Building 2.23 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Chadwick Building B05 LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Chadwick Building G07 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Chadwick Building G08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Chandler House

Chandler House 118 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Chandler House B01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Chandler House B02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Chandler House G10 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Charles Bell House

Charles Bell House G03 Seminar Room 1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Charles Bell House G04 Seminar Room 2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Charles Bell House G09 Meeting Room 3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Charles Bell House G10 Seminar Room 3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Charles Bell House G11 Seminar Room 4 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Chenies Mews

Chenies Mews 303 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Christopher Ingold Building

Christopher Ingold Building G21 Ramsay LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Christopher Ingold Building G20 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Christopher Ingold Building XLG1 Chemistry LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Christopher Ingold Building XLG2 Auditorium [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Cruciform Building

Cruciform Building B.3.01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B.3.05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B.3.06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B.3.07 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B.3.08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B.4.01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Cruciform Building B1.03 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B1.04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B1.05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B1.06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B1.07 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B1.15A – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Cruciform Building B304 – LT1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building B404 – LT2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building Dry Labs G3.01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Cruciform Building Dry Labs G4.01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building Wet Labs B3.03 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building Wet Labs G1.01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Cruciform Building Wet Labs G2.01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Darwin Building

Darwin Building B05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Darwin Building B15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Darwin Building B40 LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

DMS Watson Building

DMS Watson Building G15 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Drayton House

Drayton House B03 Ricardo LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Drayton House B04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Drayton House B05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Drayton House B06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Drayton House B16 Edgeworth Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Drayton House B19 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Drayton House B20 Jevons LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Ear Institute

Ear Institute G33 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Ear Institute Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental

Eastman Dental 112 C [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 112 D [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 403 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 410 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 411 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 412 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Eastman Dental 413 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Engineering Front Building

Engineering Front Executive Suite 103 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Engineering Front Executive Suite 104 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Euston Road, 222

Seminar Room G01 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court

Foster Court 111 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 112 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 113 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 114 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 123 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 130 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 132 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 133 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 215 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 217 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 219 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 233 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Foster Court 235 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Foster Court 239 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 243 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Foster Court 314 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 331 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 351 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court 362 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Foster Court B29 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Foster Court G31 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon House

Gordon House 106 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon House 207 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Gordon House 208 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Gordon House 209 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Gordon House 211B [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Gordon House 306 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Gordon House 308 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Gordon House 309 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon House 311 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Gordon House G09 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 16-18

Gordon Square (16-18) 101 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) B02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) B03 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) B09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) B10 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) G01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) G06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (16-18) G09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 20

Gordon Square (20) 101 Seminar Room 4 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (20) 102 Seminar Room 3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (20) B03 Sem 1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 21

Gordon Square (21) 103 Seminar Room 5 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (21) 104 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (21) G06 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 22

Gordon Square (22) B15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Gordon Square, 23

Gordon Square (23) 101 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (23) 102 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (23) 203 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Gordon Square, 24

Gordon Square (24) 105 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 25

Gordon Square (25) 107 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (25) B26 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (25) B30 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 26

Gordon Square (26) B32 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (26) G09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square (26) G10 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 31-34 & 14 Taviton St

Archaeology 117 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Archaeology 209 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Archaeology 410 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Archaeology 412 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Archaeology 501 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Archaeology 612 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Archaeology B13 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Archaeology G6 LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Gordon Square, 36-38

Gordon Square (36-38) B03 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 55-59

Gordon Square (55-59) G02 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 55-60

Gordon Square (55-59) G03 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Square, 55-61

Gordon Square (55-59) G08 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Street, 22

Gordon Street (22) 1.02 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Gordon Street (22) 6.02 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Gordon Street (22) 6.12 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Gordon Street, 25

Gordon Street (25) E28 Harrie Massey LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Gordon Street (25) Maths 500 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Gordon Street (25) Maths 505 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Institute of Child Health

June Lloyd Seminar Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Kennedy Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Leolin Price Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Lower Ground Seminar Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Roland Leinsky Seminar Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Institute of Child Health – Wolfson Centre

Room A – G12 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room B – G15 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room C – G11 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room D – G18 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room E – G20 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room F – G19 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room G – G20 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room H – F16 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Room I – F17 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Institute of Ophthalmology

BOV Classroom [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Main Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

OHRI Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

IOE – Bedford Way, 20

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 101 – Logan Hall [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 102 – Drama Studio [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 103 – Jeffery Hall [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 104 – Elvin Hall [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 305 – Clarke Hall [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 421 – Nunn Hall [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 425 – PC Lab 2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 427 – PC Lab 3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 429 – PC Lab 1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 537 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 539 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 541 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 603 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 604 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 639 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 642 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 675 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 709a [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 728 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 731 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 736 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 739 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 744 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 746 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 770 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 777 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 780 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 784 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 790 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 802 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 803 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 804 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 805 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 822 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 826 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 828 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 834 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 836 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 901 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 915 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – 944 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.11 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.12 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.13 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.14 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – C3.15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – W3.08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) – W4.01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W2.05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W2.06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W2.07 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W2.08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W3.01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W3.04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W3.05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W3.06 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Bedford Way (20) W3.07 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Library Teaching Space [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Endsleigh Gardens, 9-11

IOE – Endsleigh Gardens (9-11) – G05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Endsleigh Gardens (9-11) – G16 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – John Adams Hall

IOE – John Adams Hall G25 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – John Adams Hall G27 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

IOE – Woburn Way, 25

PHD [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Kathleen Lonsdale Building

Kathleen Lonsdale Building Room 126 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Kathleen Lonsdale Building Room 127 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Main Building

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Gustave Tuck LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Haldane Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) JBR [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Main Quad – North Side [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) North Cloisters [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Portico [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) South Cloisters [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Upper Terrace [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Wilkins Building (Main Building) Whistler Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Main Quad Pop Up

Main Quad Pop Up 101 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Main Quad Pop Up 102 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Main Quad Pop Up G01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Main Quad Pop Up G02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Malet Place Engineering Building

Malet Place Engineering Building 1.02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Malet Place Engineering Building 1.03 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Malet Place Engineering Building 1.04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Malet Place Engineering Building 1.20 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Medawar Building

Medawar Building G01 Lankester LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Medawar Building G02 Watson LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Medical School Building

Rockefeller Building 333 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building 335 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building 336 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Rockefeller Building 337 David Sacks [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Rockefeller Building 338 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Rockefeller Building 339 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Medical Sciences and Anatomy

Anatomy 249 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Anatomy B15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Anatomy G04 Gavin de Beer LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Medical Sciences 131 A V Hill LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Medical Sciences G46 H O Schild Pharmacology LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Moorfields Eye Hospital

Clinical Education Suite [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

North-West Wing Building

North-West Wing Building (North East Entrance) G17 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

North-West Wing Building (North East Entrance) G22 LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

North-West Wing Building (North East Entrance) G23 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

North-West Wing Building (North East Entrance) G26 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Support for Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams is planned for this room, but has not yet been installed.

Physics Building

Physics Building A1/3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Physics Building E7 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Queen Square, 7

Queen Square (7) Computer room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Seminar Room SR7 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rayne Building

Seminar Room 210 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Roberts Building

Roberts Building 102 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Roberts Building 103 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Roberts Building 105a [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Roberts Building 105b [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Roberts Building 106 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Roberts Building 110 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No information about this room is currently available.

Roberts Building 309 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Roberts Building 421 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Roberts Building 422 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Roberts Building 508 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Roberts Building Foyer G02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Roberts Building G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Roberts Building G08 Sir David Davies LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building

Rockefeller Building B14 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building B14A [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building B15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building B16 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building Clinical Skills Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building Clinical Skills Room 2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building Clinical Skills Room 3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Rockefeller Building Clinical Skills Room 4 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building G02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Rockefeller Building G15 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building G16 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Rockefeller Building G42 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Rockefeller Building G46 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Royal Free Hospital

Jerry Kirk Seminar Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Clinical Skills Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Clinical Skills Room 2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Clinical Skills Room 3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Clinical Skills Room 4 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Lecture Theatre 1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Royal Free Hospital Lecture Theatre 2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Royal Free Hospital Lecture Theatre 3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Royal Free Hospital LG/663-1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Royal Free Hospital Peter Samuel Hall [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 1 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 10 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 11 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 12 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 13 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 14 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 4 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 5 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 6 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 7 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 8 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Royal Free Hospital Tutorial Room 9 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Upper Third Seminar Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Upper Third Seminar Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

School of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy 104 John Hanbury LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy 224 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy 225 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy 228 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy B37 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy B42 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy G02 Maplethorpe [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy M1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy M2 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

School of Pharmacy M3 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Quad Pop Up Learning Hub

South Quad Pop Up Learning Hub 101 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Quad Pop Up Learning Hub 102 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Quad Pop Up Learning Hub 103 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Quad Pop Up Learning Hub G01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Wing

South Wing 9 Garwood LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

South Wing G12 Council Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

South Wing G14 Committee Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Stanmore Campus

Student Centre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Tavistock Square, 29

Tavistock Square (29) Committee Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Tavistock Square (29) Council Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Tavistock Square, 34

Tavistock Square (34) 101 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Tavistock Square (34) 201 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton Street 14-16

Taviton (14) 128 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (14) 129 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (14) 130 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (14) 131 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (14) 132 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (14) 230 Daryll Ford Seminar Room [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (16) 345 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (16) 346 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (16) 347 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Taviton (16) 431 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Taviton (16) 432 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Taviton (16) 433 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Taviton (16) 532 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (16) 534 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Taviton (16) 535 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington Place, 1-19

Torrington (1-19) 113 – Public Cluster [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. This is a computer teaching room.

Torrington (1-19) 115 LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) 247 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported using Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed but not yet tested).

Torrington (1-19) 433 [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams. It has not been possible to access this room to plan any upgrade.

Torrington (1-19) B07 – Teal Room [centrally bookable teaching space]

No support for Lecturecast Live or basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams due to the size or nature of the room (Bring Your Own Hybrid can be used as an alternative in this space).

Torrington (1-19) B08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Torrington (1-19) B09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) B17 Basement LT [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) B21 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) G08 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) G09 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) G10 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Torrington (1-19) G12 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Torrington (1-19) G13 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed and tested with some issues reported).

Torrington (1-19) G20 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Tottenham Court Road, 170

3rd Floor Boardroom [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

3rd Floor Meeting Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

No installation has been possible due to access issues to this space.

Tottenham Court Road, 188

Tottenham Court Road (188) Room 01 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Tottenham Court Road (188) Room 02 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Tottenham Court Road (188) Room 03 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Tottenham Court Road (188) Room 04 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Tottenham Court Road (188) Room 05 [centrally bookable teaching space]

Lecturecast Live and basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams supported (installed but not yet tested).

Whittington Hospital

Highgate Wing Seminar Room 1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Highgate Wing Seminar Room 2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Highgate Wing Seminar Room 3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Undergraduate Lecture Theatre [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Whittington Hospital Clinical Skills TR1 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Whittington Hospital Clinical Skills TR2 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Whittington Hospital Clinical Skills TR3 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Whittington Hospital Clinical Skills TR4 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Whittington Hospital Clinical Skills TR5 [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

Woburn Square, 27-28

Woburn Square (27-28) TCRU [departmentally managed teaching space]

Basic hybrid teaching using Zoom/Teams with Logitech Brio webcam supported (installed and successfully tested).

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Reusing Lecturecast Recordings from previous academic years

By Rod Digges, on 13 July 2021

Following course resets it’s important to remove old Lecturecast section and class links unless the recording has been embedded in the course, in which case you do not need to relink. After this has been done staff may want to review existing recordings for potential re-use e.g. short recordings used in flipped teaching, module introductions etc.

The way recordings are reused depends on their ownership and the way in which they’ve been published. The table below illustrates different scenarios which may apply to your course. Please use the relevant method to re-share your recordings onto your new course. Please note: Currently there is no method for the bulk duplication of recordings from one year’s Lecturecast section to the next.

Way recording was previously shared	Owner	Method for re-sharing
From Echo360 library embedded in a Moodle course using the Echo360 plugin tool in Moodle’s text editor	Member of staff who uploaded	Generally no action needs to be taken to re-use recordings published in this way. These recordings remain in a course along with other course content even after a course has been reset. These recordings are independent of Lecturecast sections. Note, that analytics for these recordings will simply accrue as they are not re-set.
Recordings shared from staff Echo360 libraries into a previous year’s Lecturecast section that now need to be published into a new academic year’s section.	Member of staff who uploaded	In these cases recordings which will still be available in staff’s Echo360 libraries need to be re-shared into the new year’s Lecturecast section. The method is the same as that used to originally share the content and identical to the steps from 4.1 in the guide Reuse recordings from previous academic years
Recordings shared from staff Echo360 libraries into a previous year’s Lecturecast section who’s classes are then individually linked to different areas of a Moodle course.	Member of staff who uploaded	This is identical to the scenario above but requires the additional steps of recreating Lecturecast activity links to individual classes. A short video on linking to individual classes is available in the guide Create a Link on a Moodle course to a Lecturecast Recording.
Recordings made in Lecturecast equipped teaching spaces and automatically shared into a section.	Owned by the section and not available in any Staff Echo360 library.	Any staff member who is an instructor in the section in which the content sits will have the capability to create a copy of the recording in question, this copy will be available to them in their Echo360 library from where it may be re-used using any of the methods above. The process is outlined fully in the guide Reuse recordings from previous academic years

Please see our guide for more information and video guidance on: Preparing for the new academic year – Lecturecast rollover

For any questions or concerns regarding Lecturecast please email: digi-ed@ucl.ac.uk

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Connected Learning – Teaching tools and platforms

By Clive Young, on 24 July 2020

Links to the UCL Resource Centres for tools mentioned at the Town Hall today.

Live Teaching

Blackboard Collaborate is UCL’s web conferencing or online classroom platform. It is integrated within Moodle as an activity, providing access to a range of different functions in a live, or synchronous, learning environment. UCL Case Study: Using Blackboard Collaborate to teach students across the world.

Zoom is coming to UCL and support information will be available then.

Teams, now universally used at UCL for meetings and one-to-one sessions, is not yet recommended for group teaching. There is no Moodle or Portico integration and Digital Education do not have the expertise (yet) support in its use for teaching.

Virtual Cluster Rooms will provide direct access to cluster room PCs for computer-based classes. They Mirror the physical cluster rooms in virtual groups that will be timetabled in the same way and accessed via UCL Desktop Anywhere. More information and guidance about planning for laboratory and practice-based activities is also being developed.

Live/Asynchonous

Mentimeter (polling) is an online polling, questioning and voting tool that you can use in your classes or presentations, whether they are face-to-face or online, synchronous or asynchronous. UCL has a site-wide licence. UCL Case Study: Engaging students asynchronously with Mentimeter.

Visualisers and graphics tablets can assist online teaching. ISD have a limited stock of visualisers for circulation to lecturers. You can read more about options for writing and showing objectson this digital education blog post.

Asynchronous

Moodle has many tools that can help keep your students engaged and learning in the absence of face-to-face sessions. UCL Case Study: Moodle tools to make your teaching more interactive.

Discussion Forums are often considered the mainstay of online learning. Many staff already use the News forum to announce important information. ‘Learning forums’ can be used for asynchronous discussion (i.e. not ‘real time’) and learning activities. They enable both staff and students to post and reply to posts and are usually are set to allow students and staff to choose whether to become or remain subscribed to a forum. We recommend that Q&A forums are set up for students to ask questions about the course work or assessment processes. Make the purpose of every discussion forum clear, including how students are expected to engage with it and how often staff will reply to posts (if at all). If you want to speak to students in ‘real time’, for example for virtual Office Hours, you might want to try Moodle’s instant messaging style tool, Chat.
Quiz is the other popular tool for online engagement. A quiz is a useful way to test or evaluate students’ knowledge and to keep them motivated by letting them see areas for improvement. Marking can be automated on some question types (such as multiple choice). Staff can see a detailed breakdown of results, as well as statistics on how easy or discriminating each question is. It can be used for both formative and summative (credit bearing) assessment, such as in class tests or examinations, but the latter is usually done in a ‘live’ classroom, so for online learning summative quizzes are more normal.
Hot Question used to create a list of popular questions or topics from a group. Participants may ‘rate’ others’ questions. The more votes, the hotter the question and the higher up the list it will appear.
Book displays collections of web pages in a sequential, easy-to-navigate and printable format. They are especially useful when you have a lot of web content but don’t want it to clutter the front page of your course. Pages can contain links, images, embedded YouTube videos, etc and feature a Table of Contents.
Lessons can be used to build structured pathways through learning materials and test knowledge as students make progress. Students usually make choices on each page area, sending send them to another specific page in the manner of a decision tree.
H5P is a simple-to-use tool now integrated into Moodle to create interactive content such as drag and drop, fill in the blanks, flashcards, image hotspots, slideshows, games and formative quizzes (the results are not stored) directly within Moodle. UCL Case Study: Creating interactive video training guides in Moodle.

Lecturecast Universal Capture Personal (screen recording) is a stand-alone application which can be used to create recordings (captures). Recordings can include slides (or whatever you choose to show on your computer screen), video of the presenter and audio. Recordings can include slides (or whatever you choose to show on your computer screen), video of the presenter and audio. Lecturecast offers more than just video playback, though. With the Lecturecast Engagement tools, tutors can set up interactive activities, to engage and support students.

ReadingLists@UCL is an online service that gives students easy access to materials on their reading lists, allowing academic staff to create and update their own reading lists.

LinkedIn Learning provides a vast range of video tutorials supporting learning in software, creative and business skills – all free to UCL staff and currently enrolled students.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education. The academically focused system allows staff and students to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels, and search BoB’s extensive archive of over 2.2 million recordings.

Student-led and collaboration

Reflect(WordPress blog) is a form of WordPress, the industry-standard blogging and website-building tool. Blogs may be used to help students reflect on their experiences during study, build a portfolio of their work, collaborate on projects and create public-facing materials. UCL Case Study: Medical Science students use UCL Reflect to create scientific blogs for assessment.
MyPortfolio is a very flexible tool which can be used as a portfolio, for blogging, CV builder, social networking system, connecting UCL students and staff and creating online communities. MyPortfolio provides you with the tools to set up a personal learning environment and can also be used to support group work.
Office365, is of course ubiquitous at UCL, but the educational possibilities are not always appreciated. LinkedIn Learning includes a useful overview ‘Office 365 for Educators’.

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Teaching videos: which platform should I choose?

By Eliot Hoving, on 12 June 2020

As you prepare your Moodle course for next term, in addition to vital asynchronous activities, you will likely want to add a few videos of yourself or a screen recording of your lecture. By now you’re probably aware that UCL has a plethora of technologies. This is partly a necessity, as UCL teaching practices vary so no single tool will get the job done for everyone, but sometimes it’s a little unclear which to use.

To help you decide, Digital Education with help from the Digital Media team and IT for SLASH team has put together this comparison table of the three centrally supported media platforms: Lecturecast, Mediacentral and Microsoft Stream.

The table hopes to clarify some of the common questions; e.g.

Does the platform allow students to download recordings?
Can I upload a pre-recorded video e.g. a video recorded in PowerPoint?
Can I restrict who views the video?
Can I see analytics on whose watched the video?

If you need further advice on creating and sharing video, please contact digi-ed@ucl.ac.uk.

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Writing when teaching remotely

By Steve Rowett, on 22 April 2020

Updated 21 October 2020 to include graphics tablets and webcam options
Updated 5 January 2022 with minor updates to links

We start this blog post with a short exercise for the reader: search Google Images or an image library for the word teacher.

I hope that you see a range of diverse people in the pictures. But I bet that most of them will have a pen or chalk in their hand, and a board or surface at their side. The act of writing and talking as a form of instruction is perhaps the most commonly perceived characteristic of who a teacher is and what they do.

The move to remote teaching has made writing as a form of teaching more difficult. A mouse may be great for controlling a computer, but it’s hard to use it to write smoothly on screen.

So in this post, we will look at how we might continue to use writing as a form of teaching, even from home.

Before we start, a note on accessibility. Whilst we teach remotely, so of the facilities that our students might have relied upon (like captions, transcripts, note-takers or signers) might not be available, so we may need to make alternative accommodations. Please do think about this before you plan your teaching and contact Digital Education if you would like advice.

Using a visualiser at home

In the classroom or lecture hall, many rooms will have a visualiser (also called a document camera) for showing writing and objects. These are typically hooked up to a projection screen through the AV system and are also captured by lecture capture. UCL uses a mix of table-top visualiser and ceiling mounted visualisers from a company called Wolfvision.

You can also buy more consumer-level products in this category. At home I use an IPEZO VZ-R camera, which costs about £200.

The IPEVO VZ-R visualiser - a sturdy base with a webcam mounted on a flexible hinge.

IPEVO VZ-R Visualiser (source: ipevo.com)

The camera connects via USB and can be used in two ways:

Directly as a webcam, either replacing your main video feed or in Zoom you can share a second camera in the same way you might share your screen
Using the IPEVO Visualizer software which is available as a free download for multiple platforms, and then sharing this application

Either method works well, but I’d recommend the latter as webcam video is often heavily compressed. This method works well with all our supported platforms, including Lecturecast (Echo 360) Universal Capture Personal, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Blackboard Collaborate.

The camera is compact but sturdy. It has an in-built light, and facilities such as zoom and autofocus, and can capture a surface slightly less than A3. It also has an inbuilt microphone which is likely to be closer to you when you are speaking than one in a laptop.

Control buttons on the IPEVO VZ-R including power, zoom and focus

Control buttons on the IPEVO VZ-R (source: ipevo.com)

The software can control the features of the camera, and can make recordings that you could upload to Lecturecast, for example. The controls neatly get out of the way when they aren’t being used, so that you can focus on the content. The image below shows the auto-focus in operation, clearly capturing a book cover.

IPEVO Visualizer software showing controls

The Visualizer application can easily be shared in a Blackboard Collaborate room, and you can then move the window out of the way and focus on the participants. The image below shows me writing some simple maths on a notepad, captured by the camera, using the screen sharing feature of Collaborate to show this to other participants.

Writing equations which are shared within a Blackboard Collaborate room.

IPEVO offer another model, the V4K, for £100, which has a lower resolution sensor (but still good) and no light. Of course other companies are available, and I’ve heard recommendations of Genee and Aver models. These types of visualisers are often used in secondary schools, so any teachers you know may be able to give suitable advice.

One thing I particularly like about the IPEVO models is the design. The one I have folds fairly flat, so is easy to store away, so my living room doesn’t have to look like a lecture theatre. Here’s a comparison of its size when folded compared to a bottle of wine. And yes, it does fit in a wine rack.

An IPEVO VZ-R is about the size of a bottle of wine when folded

The IPEVO VZ-R folds down to the size of a bottle of wine.

Writing on an iPad or other tablet

Using an Apple Pencil on an iPad or a stylus for other devices, you can use a notes or sketch app to write on an iPad. This works fine as a standalone process, but you can also use software such as Reflector to mirror your device to your PC or Mac and screen share it as part of a call using Blackboard Collaborate, Zoom etc., or to record it from your screen using Lecturecast Personal Capture. If you have a Mac, you can also plug in your USB to Lightning cable and use Quicktime to mirror your screen by selecting your iPad as the camera source (thanks to Dr Steven Schofield from UCL Physics and Astronomy for that tip).

The short clip below shows Steven leading a revision lecture with his students. He reports that “I gave a two hour live revision lecture today; I was able to use the screen mirroring software to share my iPad Mini screen with the class via Blackboard Collaborate. It went really well and I had good feedback from the students. I think the overall experience is so much better than just talking to prepared slides. ”

Using a webcam

If you have a webcam that isn’t built in to your computer, you can use this too. We’ve tried a couple of webcams and it can work well, but may not have the full controls or handy features like the light that the VZ-R has.

If you have a laptop webcam above the screen, there’s further option using a mirror to give you a whiteboard surface. Again IPEVO has an option for this, or you can look at making your own using a 3D printer or just cardboard cutouts. John Umekubo has blogged about this, and John Mitchell from UCL has put it into practice. The much lower cost means it could be a great option for students to show their workings.

Using a graphics tablet

Graphics tablets are often associated with drawing and more artistic work, but can also be used for writing. It can be less natural as your writing is preserved only on screen rather than on the tablet itself, a difference between writing on paper. Wacom are the brand leader with many higher end products for artists, but for simple writing tasks more modest brands are also suitable. We’ve had good reports of the XP-Pen and Viekk brands. Feedback suggests that the size of the graphics tablet is more important than features like number of levels of pressure sensitivity if you are using it predominantly for writing rather than art.

Using a mobile phone or tablet

You may have seen tweets where inventive teachers have rigged up their phones to use as cameras. But how do you do this?

Well, IPEVO provide an app for that too. To make this work, you need three things:

An Apple or Android phone on the same network as your computer (PC, Mac, Chromebook and Linux supported)
An installation of IPEVO iDocCam on your phone
An installation of IPEVO Visualizer on your computer

Launch the app on your phone, and then the Visualizer software on your computer, and your phone will appear in the list of available cameras.

The phone can be selected from the list of cameras available in the IPEVO Visualizer software

Your phone shows as a camera in the IPEVO Visualizer software

And here is an example of it in use, with my old IPhone SE acting as the camera:

The final bit is to rig the phone up in a secure way, about 40cm above your desk. You might use a desk mount, or a pile of books, or some blu tack and string. How you do this is up to you, but this tweet from UCL’s Matt Whyndham might give you some inspiration. Happy writing!

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Lecturecast: Viewed and understood?

By Samantha Ahern, on 16 April 2020

For many staff and students Lecturecast is a regular feature of their teaching and learning experience. With the transition to remote provision, it has become one of the core tools. Either via new captures using Lecturecast Universal Capture Personal or the release of previous captures to current cohorts.

How are students interacting with these captures and what could this tell us about their understanding?

The Active Learning Platform (ALP)

Lecturecast is UCL’s internal branding of Echo 360, the service that we use for lecture capture. The Echo 360 Active Learning Platform, ALP, provides a range of features, not just the hosting of lecture recordings.

The interactive features of the platform include:

Recently a number of UCL academic colleagues, Prof Andrea Townsend-Nicholson, Prof John Mitchell and Dr Parama Chaudhury, took part in the webinar Live Panel Discussion: Is it Time for the University Lecture to Evolve?. During the discussion the system’s interactive features are touched upon.

These features can help students manage their learning, but can also provide you with an insight into your students’ understanding. Most of these features can be used for re-released and personally captured content, they do not neccesarily rely on a live teaching event.

More information is available in the ALP Resource Centre.

Analytics Reports

The Active Learning Platform, much like Moodle, collects a lot of data about interactions with the platform. There are a number of analytics reports available to you as the course instructor.

These are:

Video analytics

Example: Video analytics and heat map

Particularly useful information is the unique number of views, average view time and the heatmap overlay. The heatmap identifies the most commonly viewed segments of the video.

Course analytics – Classes data

Screenshot of Course analytics - Class for an example course

Example: Course analytics – Classes data

This gives an overall view of video and slide deck views, student interactions and confusion flags enabled. The confusion flags are particularly useful as it allows you to gain an insight into what students are potentially not understanding. You are also able to review students’ performance in embedded polling activity. These could then be used to inform future sessions or the provision of additional resources.

Course analytics – Student data

The same information as for the class, but for individual students.

Screensot showing Class Analytics - Students for an example course

Example: Course analytics – Student data

Insight?

All of these data will enable you gain an insight into how your students are interacting with resources and potentially identify any sticky topics. However, as always they only tell part of the story and should be used with caution. For more guidance on using these analytics please review Digital Education’s Lecturecast Data Analytics Guides.

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