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Advertisement Student success with lecture capture in the classroom spurs Lawson State to extend use to professional development and administration made my job a lot easier. I don’t ometimes you don’t even get as many questions anymore know you need a solution because the visual demonstration until one presents itself. At of the processes is just so powerleast that’s how Tegrity Lecture ful for them,” she says. Capture grew from a classroom With lecture capture now product to a tool embedded in “broadened beyond the classnearly every aspect of Lawson room”, the college has realized State Community College. benefits in many diverse areas. The college implemented TegThe nursing program was rity in 2005. With 60 percent of the an area targeted for significant Birmingham, AL, college’s students In its first year, the pass rate for students improvement. The department holding down full- or part-time in the orientation program is up from integrated lecture capture into work, the school hoped to increase approximately 65 percent to 80 percent. its operations and now has more engagement, improve its retention level and help working students But more importantly, retention of students than 200 recorded sessions. Students named lecture capture the with attendance issues, notes Acain the freshman class is up 10 percent. most significant area of improvedemic Dean Sherri Davis. ment in the program. “The nursLawson State chose Tegrity Lecture Capture—a cloud-based system that allows facul- ing program deals with a lot of difficult concepts, so the ty to record a class’ audio and on-screen activities and post ability to go back and revisit a lecture, and that there were so many of them, was very powerful,” says Dr. Davis. video files to be reviewed and shared by students. Using lecture capture for the Freshman Academy has “My light bulb went off in 2008,” Dr. Davis recalls. Lawson State was beginning to redesign its orientation program to also produced tangible results. In its first year, the pass rate better help acclimate students more quickly to processes for students in the orientation program is up from approxiand procedures on campus. Incoming students often fell mately 65 percent to 80 percent. But more importantly, rebehind right from the start when they didn’t know how to tention of students in the freshman class is up 10 percent. Students are driving the adoption of faculty and inaccess their email, register for a class, or log in to campus creasing use across campus. With every freshman exposed systems for assignments. “It became clear to me that we could move beyond the to lecture capture from the start, “they are the ones askidea of just lecture capture to leverage the technology ing the faculty, ‘where’s the Tegrity lesson?’ “Last year, 55 even further. It’s a big shift and a powerful shift for institu- percent of Lawson’s academic courses were using lecture tions to understand, it’s not just lecture capture—it’s con- capture. “I suspect that, within a year, we could go up to as much as 65 percent.” tent capture.” “The power in Tegrity is what you don’t see,” Dr. Davis Once Tegrity broke out of the lecture hall, it could not says. “It’s thinking outside of the classroom and once you be contained. A new and powerful use, Dr. Davis says, is in profes- discover its potential to really help your entire institution, sional development. Lecture capture is a major tool used then you really unleash the power of Tegrity.” in professional development and training for faculty and For more information about Tegrity lecture capture, staff. Training classes that had been delivered only face to please visit www.tegrity.com. face are now also recorded and available for offline viewing. If staff has questions, they have learned to go back and review the Tegrity recording for the answer. “That’s Lecture capture goes beyond the classroom at Alabama college S http://www.tegrity.com http://www.tegrity.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - October 2011

University Business - October 2011
Contents
Editor's Note
College Index
Ad Index
Behind the News
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Human Resources
Cloud Email
Tuition Setting
Campus CFO
Independent Outlook
End Note

University Business - October 2011