Tegrity Tips

Below are a few Tegrity tips as well as some of the CAETE studio standard operating procedures that will help all of us deliver a quality educational product.

Getting Started

Please wait for the Lecture Number slide to appear in the program monitor before starting the Tegrity recording. The Lecture Number slide in program is your cue; it ensures that the control room and the instructor are in sync in terms of video and audio. If the Tegrity session is started before we have audio and before we have your shot set up, anyone watching the session may get several minutes of the instructor milling around, without any audio.

Tegrity Modes

There are two modes of running Tegrity. The default mode is called Tegrity Classic. It is the mode that most classes are recorded in. The other mode is called "One Step Recording." Some instructors are using this mode exclusively. Some go back and forth. Feel free to use whichever mode you prefer. One advantage of the One Step is that you can run more than one PPT presentation in the course of a recording session. At this point, however, “Classic” is the default and we request that those of you using the One Step, please set the option specifically for your session, rather than Tegrity as a whole. This holds true for any other option changes that you might make. If you need help with this, we will be happy to show you how.

USB Drives

If you bring your presentations in on a USB drive, please drag all your files to the desktop. Do not run them off the drive. Feel free to create a folder with your name on it and leave it on the desktop for your PPT presentations. Also, if possible, break your PPT slides into individual presentations. Running a 90MB file slows down Tegrity quite a bit as some instructors have experienced.

Naming Conventions

Please try and remember to follow the naming convention. This is the data that you enter in the Tegrity Recording Window under "Recording title." The naming convention is the course number followed by the lecture number, with no spaces. An example is: TLEN5000L15.

Ending the Session

We realize you are often swamped by students as soon as you say your final "see you next time" but once your class ends, please try and remember to end the Tegrity session and then click "Preview Later" (no "preview later" in the One Step mode).

Please try and end your class on time. There are many times during the week when there is another class waiting to use the room within 10 or 15 minutes of your class ending.

Lecture Availability

Our official policy regarding uploading lectures is that they will post within 24 hours. In practice, we normally have all classes that end by 4:30 p.m. uploaded within an hour or two. Classes that end after 4:30 are normally uploaded first thing the next morning. Occasionally, Tegrity sessions present us with problems that require some time to fix. In the event that you hear from a student asking why a lecture hasn't been posted, please allow 24 hours before contacting us with the problem.

Questions Asked in Class

All instructors should try and repeat student questions whenever possible.

Our goal is to assist you with your technological needs to the best of our abilities and to help make your teaching experience with CAETE flow as smoothly as possible.

Thanks for your help and your cooperation!