eLecture - eCampus Video

The university offers the service eCampus Video for electronic support of studies and teaching, with which lectures, seminars and presentations can be recorded. These can then be made available to students online afterwards, so that learning content can be viewed again and deepened at any time.

For whom?

Lecturers and employees

The service is available to all lecturers at the university.

What for?

to make the content available only as a stream without a download
record lectures with camera and/or presentation (Opencast Studio)
upload existing recordings and edit them if necessary
limit the user group to eCampus course members only
Play back camera and presentation synchronously in the player

How does it work?

There are 80 recording sets available for creating eLectures and conducting web conferences, most of which have been permanently installed in lecture halls. This is equipment that lecturers can connect to their own notebook (e.g. via USB) and use with the corresponding application (e.g. Opencast Studio, Zoom) for recordings or online meetings.

After recording lectures, seminars or conferences, teachers can edit the video material again. The tools for recording (Opencast Studio) and editing (Online Editor) have the advantage that they are clear and easy to use. However, this limits the range of functions. For example, with Opencast Studio you can only cut out the beginning and end and have no further option for subsequent editing. With the Online Editor, you can only cut out sections of uploaded videos, but not exchange slides.

The videos can then be stored on the University of Bonn's media server. However, we recommend saving all recordings to a separate location and making them available on eCampus Video as required.

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eCampus Video (for lecturers and employees) ²

HRZ-Doku

Detailed information and instructions can be found in the HRZ-Doku.
(can only be accessed from the BONNET)

HRZ-Doku ³

FAQs

How can I create accessible teaching videos?

The eCampus team offers a transcription service to create accessible video teaching material. Lecturers at the University of Bonn can request subtitling of their teaching materials using the contact form in Confluence (only accessible in BONNET/via VPN).

The provision and all other details will be clarified after consultation with the eCampus team.

Which recording sets are available to me?

There are 80 recording sets available for creating eLectures and conducting web conferences, most of which have been set up in lecture halls. This is equipment that teachers can connect to their own notebook and use with the appropriate application (e.g. Opencast Studio, Zoom) for recordings or online meetings. The eCampus team has put together an overview of the mobile equipment as well as the centrally managed lecture halls and their equipment in Confluence (only accessible on BONNET/via VPN).

What other options are there for audio and video production?

The following services can be used free of charge by all lecturers at the University of Bonn:

Camera rental, post-production, software training (ULB media center)
Media and event technology (Department 4.1 of Administration)
Recording studio in the BZH (currently under construction, as of March 2024)

Is there free software for recording presentations and video editing?

The open source program OBS Studio is suitable for recording presentations. The free Shotcut program is ideal for editing video material. With both programs you can create mp4 files for delivery in eCampus Video.

eLecture - eCampus Video

For whom?

Lecturers and employees

What for?

How does it work?

HRZ-Doku

FAQs

Related topics

eLearning - eCampus

Video conference Zoom

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