With the increasing numbers of staff and students using mobile devices to record video and audio, I would like to carry out a comparative study between one of these devices and a self-contained low cost capture agent.
In order to facilitate this I would like to build a ruggedised, self contained capture agent which can be used to record video and audio in various scenarios such as:
- Small tutorial groups
- Field trips
- Study groups
- Collaborative projects
The use in these scenarios would be directly compared to the use of mobile devices, for the same purposes, to try and establish if this is something we should consider offering to both staff and students.
I have received interest in this from colleagues in the Business School and History, Classics and Archaeology as they would like to assist in trialing the use of these devices, primarilly the low cost capture agent.
The capture agent would be based on a Raspberry Pi, with a video and audio course. This would be housed in a waterproof and dustproof case and have an internal battery supply as well as an external power source. The recorded file would be copied to a USB drive for the user to take away and upload to whihcever platform they wish to host it. The mobile device would be an iPad or Microdoft Surface type device with a suitable external microphone and case for use outdoors.
Current project status
| Report Date | RAG | Budget | Effort Completed | Effort to complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | BLUE | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 |