UMBC to pilot Collaborate automated transcription recording
Pilot will take place during summer session through 9/15
Update @ 10/1: The pilot has concluded.
In partnership with Blackboard, UMBC will pilot a recording transcription feature in the Collaborate web conferencing platform this summer. This feature will be available from July 15 - September 15, 2021.
Captions improve the accessibility of content for individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired. However, captions with videos offer opportunities for students to access the information in ways they need or want it.
- Anyone working in a noisy environment can read captions.
- Non-native speakers can read captions to reinforce their understanding.
- Students learning to read can follow along with the speaker.
- Students can see the spelling of terms that will be on a test.
In Collaborate, the recording transcription feature is triggered by the instructor through the recording settings page for the session. Please
review this FAQ for step by step instructions.
Collaborate leverages AI powered speech to text recognition to generate a transcription of what is said during the session. After the captions are created, captions are available from the recording list. The captions also immediately appear in the recording player for anybody having access to the recording.
As with Panopto, if you want to improve or correct anything in the captions, you can download the caption file to edit and replace it.
During the pilot, Blackboard would like to gather feedback from faculty who use the feature. Surveys will be distributed to faculty who use Collaborate recordings during the pilot. Please share your thoughts as this feedback is important to improving the feature for all future users.
As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
UPDATE: Following the introduction of gallery view to faculty in April 2021, we are pleased to announce that students and participants will also have access to 25 videos per page with the May update.
Sometimes it can important for users to choose who they want to focus on in a synchronous session. Instructors may want to keep a close eye on students who are struggling with the course. Students may want to follow a sign language interpreter, stay focused on the instructor, or see their study buddies. Gallery view introduced 25 videos per page in April 2021. With this month's Collaborate update, attendees can pin videos so they are always in view.
When you pin a video, it moves the video to the top of the list and pins, or anchors, it there. It doesn't change the number of videos you see, just the order you see them in.
Use the Attendee controls in the Attendees list or in the lower right corner of a video to pin and unpin videos. Pinned videos will appear in the order they were pinned, and you can pin more than one. Videos remained pinned even in breakout sessions. Only you know which video you pinned. Videos stay pinned until you unpin them or leave the session. Learn more with this FAQ.
NOTE: Only moderators can see more than 4 videos at a time. Increased access to gallery view will be gradually rolled out to attendees.
As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
UPDATE #1: Gallery view is now available! Learn more in this FAQ.
UPDATE #2: Students and participants gain access to gallery view with the May update.
Spring will bring warm weather to the UMBC campus community… and an exciting update for our web conferencing tool, Collaborate! The first phase of increased video thumbnails is tentatively targeted for April 8, 2021, allowing moderators to see up to 25 videos per page.
Three options will be available:
The Gallery View displays up to 25 videos per page. The zoom function reduces the videos displayed. Up to 250 videos can be supported in a session using pagination to display the thumbnails.
The Speaker View centers the lead speaker on the screen with 7-8 video thumbnails tiled at the bottom.
The Tile View places the speaker on the left with 11-12 video thumbnails on the right.
Gallery view works best in Chrome and is not supported at all in Safari at this time.
By summer, Blackboard anticipates supporting a student view of 25 videos per page. Future development for Collaborate includes pinning videos and side-by-side display of content against a smaller gallery.
Over the last year, Blackboard conducted extensive research with faculty and student focus groups to ensure the new functionality is designed for teaching and learning rather than just deploying more thumbnails like any other web conferencing tool. Reducing
cognitive fatigue and
non-verbal overload, supporting instructor customization, and providing student privacy are all elements Blackboard researched and will incorporate into its design plan for Collaborate. Additional research is
posted to the Blackboard Community site, which requires a free account to access.
During SP2021, Collaborate also will also feature these updates:
- Session owners can tell at-a-glance if the recording is available to the public or to course members only.
- Some Collaborate error pages will provide chatbot support to attendees. The chatbot is also available on the Report an Issue panel.
Finally, to reduce impact on session resources, any session that lasts longer than 8 hours will be automatically disconnected from the Collaborate system. While sessions can be scheduled for any length of time including 24-hours and no end date, it is unusual that anyone stays in the session for more than 8 hours at a time. The system therefore will assume extended connection to a session is unintended and disconnect the user from the room. However, attendees can rejoin the session, if they need to access it again.
As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:
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