Lecture Capture – selecting a trial approach

Picking a Lecture Capture product to test, with a focus on affordable entry and scalable tech and licensing.

Last week, in the 3rd post in this series, I combed through a half dozen LC vendors’ websites looking for insight into the hardware required to try out these tools, and the scalability of their technology and licensing models. My goal is to trial one of these solutions, and to do so in a way that gives me something we can easily build on. Based on information I came across on their sites, I settled on Tegrity, Panopto, and Elluminate for a closer look.

This week I had some informative conversations with representatives from Tegrity and Panopto. I learned a good deal and share much of it below. As for Elluminate, as I learned more about their offerings, it confirmed that they’re really a horse of a different color, primarily geared towards live broadcast.

Tegrity & Panopto Product Similarities

• Client (recording workstation) requirements: Both of these solutions use the technology available on the client computer, along with an installed recording app, to capture lecture materials (versus some other vendors that offer proprietary capture stations).
• Server requirements: They both offer hosted solutions. Panopto also provides a local server option.

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