OBS (short for Open Broadcaster Software) Studio is a free open-source software that enables live video production. But there is a way to make the limiting enabling again. In fact, instead of such technology being enabling, it becomes limiting. This in turn might limit what educators can actually do during a live session (or a recording). Although some choice is available in what can be shown on screen (for example, the educator via web cam the main – sometimes only – screen a PowerPoint slide set), these offer very little flexibility and control over what students can see.
Apart from the pedagogical challenges in moving our teaching to the digital realm, there were technological challenges as well, chief among them the use of video conferencing software (for a majority of cases, Microsoft Teams).
Moving our teaching online has ushered in a wide range of changes to how we deliver our courses and modules. A full list of the University’s essential, supported and approved tools is available here.
This software will be of interest to teaching staff who are already confident users of MS Teams and Panopto.
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