Student services at Iowa Law make students' lives easier and bring convenience to the law school experience.
Video Operations
Video Operations offers numerous services to students, faculty, and staff for instructional purposes at The University of Iowa College of Law.
- Recording Classes, Skill Exercises, Special Events and Other Projects
- Training on Portable and Installed Educational Technology Display Equipment (e.g., Power Points, video playback, overhead projectors)
- Training on Public Address Systems (podium and wireless microphones)
- Delivering/Recording Cable Programming
Video Operations Office Hours
Fall 2009 Hours:
Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri.: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wed.: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Recording Classes and Events
Subject to the College of Law's General Policy on Videotaping Classes for Students, Video Operations (VO) may video record classes and skill exercises for students. Students must comply with their instructors' or organizations' policies and with VO procedures for requesting and using this service to assure proper, effective use of service. Please consult Current Recording Policies List [pdf], which publishes various policies and where students may view the recordings.
Classroom Video System (CVS) Project for Digital Recording in Rooms 115, 125, 225, 235, 245, 265, 275, and 285
Regularly scheduled classes in Rooms 115, 125, 225, 235, 245, 265, 275, and 285 will be digitally recorded. To request a class be recorded or to view a video, open Online Videotaping Request Forms, log in, and follow the appropriate link. (Requests are still subject to current instructors' videotaping policies.) Students may use computers in the AV Room 130 in the library to view streams, or may borrow headphones at the Circulation Desk, or use their own headphones, to view videos with their laptops. If you have questions regarding video-playing software on your laptop, or using the CVS request form, please contact Darlene Kaskie or Jeremy Grasby (by e-mail: Computer Support Staff; in person: AV Room 130 of the law library; or by phone:319-335-9037).
Procedure for Requesting Recording of a Class and Other Services
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Policies (Current Taping Policies and Videotape Locations List [pdf])
- No permission from instructor to VO staff is required to record class or view tape
- Permission from instructor directly to VO staff required to view tape but not to record class
- Permission from instructor directly to VO staff required to record class and view tape
- All recordings of classes are recycled if tapes or deleted off CVS three weeks after the record date
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Methods for Requesting Services
- For recording, use Online Videotape Request Forms (CVS Request Form, CVS Viewer, Request Form to record other rooms on VHS tape)
- If the instructor is not listed as an option on the online forms, you may use one of methods for "other services" (below) to request recording
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For other services, use methods below. All requests must include: your name, telephone, name of instructor or organization, begin/end times of class, room, day(s) and date(s).
- E-Mail: Send to law-video@uiowa.edu
- Telephone: 319-335-9136
- Walk-in: Video Control, Room 110, Boyd Law Building
- Hardcopy Form: Bulletin boards outside 110 and over student mail file
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Educational Technology Classrooms - Desk Instructions
Seven classrooms at the College of Law are equipped with educational technology, enabling the use of technology in teaching. For instructions for each classroom, please see the documents below.
Room 115 [pdf]
Room 125 [pdf]
Room 225 [pdf]
Room 235 [pdf]
Room 245 [pdf]
Room 265 [pdf]
Room 275 [pdf]
Room 285 [pdf]
General Policy on Videotaping Classes for Students
The College of Law recognizes as sound practice the videotaping of classes for students who are absent for reasons of serious personal or family illness, death, or medical emergency in the immediate family, out-of-town travel for clinical assignments or to represent the college in an official capacity, conflicts among make-up classes, religious holidays, and other emergencies or serious obligations involving unforeseen or non-reschedulable events. The college does not encourage videotaping to accommodate placement activity, vacation time, or conflicting obligations that students can foresee and reschedule. Unless a professor grants his or her express permission, tapes of classes will not be made available to students not enrolled in the class.
Faculty members are encouraged to announce their policies on the first day of class. VO staff also posts a list with faculty policies/tape location on their bulletin board, Room 110. First priority for service is given to students with disabilities (when the request relates to disabilities) and to faculty.
Some faculty members do not permit taping while others do so only with advance permission. Those who limit the number of permissible absences in their classes may treat absent students for whom classes are videotaped as nonetheless absent for those classes. Students should familiarize themselves with their instructors' policies (and tape location, once recorded.) Call VO staff if you don't know a faculty member's policy.
Faculty members are encouraged to announce their policies on the first day of class. VO staff also posts a list with faculty policies/tape location on their bulletin board, Room 110, over student mail files, and on VO web page. First priority for service is given to students with disabilities (when the request relates to disabilities) and to faculty.
Some faculty members do not permit recording while others do so only with advance permission. Those who limit the number of permissible absences in their classes may treat absent students for whom classes are videotaped as nonetheless absent for those classes. Students should familiarize themselves with their instructors' policies (and tape location, once recorded.) Call VO staff if you don't know a faculty member's policy.
Contact Video Operations
By Email
law-video@uiowa.edu (for requests and service inquiries)
Library Computer Support Staff (for CVS project support)
http://www.law.uiowa.edu/library/computerservices/computer_staff.phpBy Mail
Video Operations
College of Law - The University of Iowa
130 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242Video Operations Staff
Cody Nelson
Support StaffZach Smothers
Support StaffSee also Library Computer Support Staff (for CVS project support)