The following resource was compiled for the 2020-21 academic year of remote and hybrid learning. 

The following is a list of IT-supported options for video conferencing and video production. To request any of the following items, please email askIT@amherst.edu.

Jump to: Equipment for Recording at Home ♦  Equipment for Conferencing or Recording in the Classroom   ♦  Analog Equipment  ♦  Software

Equipment

Recording Lectures or Presentations at Home

  • Basic Video & Audio:
    • Webcam 
    • Wired lapel microphone 
  • Lighting & Appearance:
    • Sunlight spectrum photography light 
    • Floor Lamp 
    • Greenscreen 
    • Greenscreen stand
  • Written materials (proofs, equations, illustrations):
    • Smartphone
    • Smartphone holder with tripod threading 
    • Tripod
    • Flexible arm that can hold phone mount horizontally as a document camera 
    • Whiteboard (see “analog items”, below)
  • Alternative or secondary/mobile recording (for locations not conducive to laptop & webcam)
    • Smartphone
    • Tripod
    • Smartphone holder with tripod threading
    • Wireless lapel microphone

Conferencing Remote Students into the Classroom, or Recording Class Sessions

  • Basic Video & Audio:
    • Webcam
    • Tripod 
    • Wireless lapel microphone
    • Students should use their personal devices to join the Zoom session (both in-person and remote.)
    • Headphones
  • Written materials (proofs, equations, illustrations):
    • Webcam 

Analog Equipment (Whiteboards, etc)

  • Please order these items through your department. 

Software

For recording videos or screencasts

  • Zoom: basic recording of screen and webcam.
  • Kaltura Video: record, edit, and publish video to Moodle.
  • Explain Everything: great for drawing or annotating on slides while talking.
  • The IT-maintained Available Software web site lists Amherst-provided software titles.

 

Published Spring 2021 by Academic Technology Services