What is Learning Capture?
Learning Capture describes recorded teaching, including live and pre-recorded content.
At the University, Learning Capture is provided through YuJa – a platform for capturing, editing, storing, and sharing recordings.
- Classroom Capture – recording of live teaching sessions, with students present, in learning capture-enabled rooms.
- Personal Capture – recording of pre-prepared content, such as a screencasts, talking heads, or demonstrations for asynchronous learning.
Classroom recordings are automatically stored in your YuJa profile. The integration with Blackboard makes them straightforward for you to include in your course, and easily accessible for students. For personal capture, you can choose to record using YuJa or other software, e.g. Camtasia or PowerPoint, and upload to YuJa for secure storage and publishing in your Blackboard Course.
Why use YuJa? Benefits of Learning Capture
Lecture capture does not replicate the teaching session but offers a different learning experience. Some of the benefits include:
- Students can learn at their own pace, pausing and re-watching sections.
- Students can recap complex terminology and ideas.
- Supports students balancing work, caring responsibilities, and commuting.
- Learning capture can help students overcome language barriers.
- It offers an additional learning resource for disabled students, including those who choose not to declare their disability.
- As a lecturer, you can also monitor which parts of your recordings are most viewed. This can help you identify where further explanation or guidance may be required.
- It can encourage students to engage more actively in sessions, knowing they can revisit material later.
How to use Learning Capture – Resources for staff
Using YuJa at Reading
- Getting started with YuJa Learning Capture. TEL’s YuJa Help Pages cover setup, editing, publishing, and advanced YuJa features.
- Learning Capture-enabled rooms – A regularly-updated list of YuJa-equipped teaching spaces.
- Learning Capture FAQs – Find answers to common questions about recording, editing, and accessibility.
Pedagogy & Classroom Capture
- Attendance and classroom capture: Will the availability of recordings affect student attendance?
- Research on Learning Capture in HE – a TEL-curated TALIS list of academic studies.
Training & Support
- Learning Capture training opportunities – Find out what training is available to help you use Learning Capture effectively in your teaching.
- Case Studies – Explore real examples of how staff use Learning Capture to enhance teaching and student engagement.
- University Recording Policy
- Copyright and performance rights – Guidance from IMPS
- Data Protection and Learning Capture – Classroom privacy notice and recording retention details.
Slides for your teaching
- ‘This session will be recorded’ slide – Add this to your teaching slides to inform students that recording is taking place. Available in Standard size (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9)
- Learning capture student intro slides – A set of two slides introducing students to learning capture, with tips for getting the most from it. Available in Standard size (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9)
Resources for Students
- Making the most of session recordings – Student guidance from the Study Advice team.
- See the YuJa section on our TEL Student Support pages.
- Student Policy for the Recording of Teaching and Learning Activities.
Contact us
- Need more help, or have a question? Raise a DTS ticket so the right team can help you promptly.
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