To Tegrity or Not to Tegrity?

So, I am doing my morning media meditation when I come across an online product called Tegrity. The site provides the tools for college professors to capture their lectures on video. The makers also tout that teachers can record at their leisure and review the videos before posting it to the server for student viewing.

My initial reaction to the product is…Yikes! If I put my lectures online, will students bother to come to class? Will this ruin the integrity of the teacher-student rapport? (Corny pun, but I had to take it. ) I know this would be a particularly tough sell for my 8 a.m. students who would probably prefer viewing in bed. Then I think about my students who have serious health problems.

Since I have been at Morgan State, I have had students diagnosed with lupus, Crohn’s disease, Grave’s disease and other potentially debilitating conditions. Although I tried to work with the students to help them keep up with their work, often sending it to their parents who have reached out, many of them end up failing the class. The assignments I send home make no sense to them if they were not there to hear my lecture.

So, I am toying with the idea of using this Tegrity tool. Especially since I saw this very funny music video a math professor made in celebration of it. He gets extra points for the use of autotune!

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