What is being captured automatically?

What Is Recorded?

EchoVideo lecture capture is available in more than 150 teaching rooms across Queen Mary campuses. Lectures may be recorded automatically when:

• The session is scheduled as a lecture.
• The lecture has been correctly timetabled in Scientia Syllabus Plus.
• The lecturer has not opted out of recording.

All other teaching activities, such as seminars, workshops, guest talks, and events, must be requested separately by emailing qreviewbookings@qmul.ac.uk.

What Does EchoVideo Capture?

By default, EchoVideo-enabled rooms record:

• Audio from the teaching space.
• Video of the presenter at the front of the room.
• Content displayed via the teaching room presentation system, typically from the right-hand projector.

This content commonly includes:

• Presentation slides.
• A document camera feed.
• Content displayed from the presenter's laptop.

If you require a different recording setup, please include the details in your booking request to qreviewbookings@qmul.ac.uk.

Recording Whiteboards and Handwriting

Writing on traditional whiteboards or blackboards is not reliably captured by EchoVideo and may be difficult or impossible to read in the recording.

If you need to capture handwritten content, you should use the room's document camera (visualiser) where available.

To record handwritten material using the document camera:

1. Select Document Camera from the room control panel.
2. Ensure the document camera image is displayed through the presentation system.
3. In rooms with dual projection, make sure the document camera is shown on the right-hand projector, as this is the source typically captured by EchoVideo.

Using the document camera provides a much clearer recording of handwritten notes, diagrams, equations, and worked examples than writing directly on a whiteboard or blackboard.