Making Video Recordings for Your Course

Creating quality videos for our classes is not only necessary, but possible, and accessible. Here you can find resources that can help you in that process.

See the QuickGuides and resources below to assist you.

Or open a support ticket.
Or schedule a meeting with staff via our calendly appointment requests.

Also it is crucial that when recording videos, the Faculty Recording Policy as outlined below is followed:

Approved by Distance Learning and Technology Committee (January 2024) and the Effective Teaching, Learning and Assessment Council (February 2024). It will soon be embedded in the new Andrews University Educational Recording policy.

Use Restricted to Same Class Members:

Instructors are permitted to record class activities and share these recordings with
members of the same class under the following conditions:

Class members must be informed in advance through both verbal notification and written notice in the syllabus.
Class members must be given the option to opt out of being recorded.

While it is not required to obtain written consent for this limited use, instructors may choose to do so if they anticipate using the recordings for future purposes or sharing them publicly online (see details below under "Use for Future Semesters or Posting Online Publicly").

Use for Future Semesters or Posting Online Publicly:

Instructors who plan to reuse class recordings for future semesters or wish to post them online must first obtain written consent from all students who can be personally identified in the recordings. Consent forms should be kept for three years following the last usage of the recordings.

Definition of Personally Identifiable Information:

For the purposes of this policy, students are considered personally identifiable if their full name or face is visible in the recording. Additionally, students are considered to be personally identifiable if the recording includes enough information or context (visually, audibly, or otherwise) that could potentially identify them. All recordings that contain personally identifiable information are treated as educational records and must therefore be stored securely on University-supported, password-protected websites. The recording, use, dissemination, and storage of these sessions must comply with copyright and other intellectual property laws and policies.

Quality Classroom Recordings Featuring Visible Students with Permission for Future Courses

The creation of this video might take place during a synchronous online session with Zoom, or in a face-to-face class, with Zoom, Panopto or another recording method in which the students appear in the video recording. When the instructor intends to use the recordings in future semesters, written permission must be granted by the students for their information to be visible and reused in future semesters.

Find here best practices when recording:

Best recording practices

Quality Classroom Recordings Featuring Visible Students for Current Semester Use

The creation of this video might take place during a synchronous online session with Zoom, or in a face-to-face class, with Zoom or Panopto or another video recording method. In both cases, the students appear in the video recording. When the instructor wishes to use the recording in the same class and semester, students need to be informed in the syllabus and orally, and given an option to opt out.

Find here best practices when recording:

Best recording practices

Good Quality Recordings with Students present but not visible

The creation of this video might take place during a synchronous online session with Zoom, or in a face-to-face class, with Zoom or Panopto or another video recording method. In this case the student are present but not visible.

Find here best practices when recording:

Best recording practices

Record Yourself Alone with Good-Quality Videos

The creation of this video happens without any students present.

Find here best practices when recording:

Best recording practices

This is sample language which you may consider adding to your syllabus to best inform your students of video and audio recording in class:

Course lectures may be audio/video recorded and made available to other students in this course during this semester. As part of your participation in this course, you may be recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded, please contact your instructor the first week of class to discuss alternative arrangements.