Online education and studying via weblectures

Guidelines for weblectures

The weblectures (recordings) of the lectures are intended as support for students who have to miss lectures, as extra help in preparing for examinations and for students who fall under the 'Adapted Studying' regulation and need extra facilities for a long period of time.

The following applies to web lectures:

1. All lectures in the Bachelor's programme are recorded as weblectures.
2. The weblectures are made available to all students via Brightspace two weeks before the examination period by the lecturer.
3. A weblecture is only the recording of the lecture. There is no live streaming and no interaction with students at home. (Individual) student requests to record additional courses as weblectures cannot be accommodated.

Only lectures are recorded, so no seminars/ work groups or other forms of education. This is determined on the basis of the teaching methods in the EER.

Guidelines for weblectures

Bachelor and pre-Master education

In the bachelor's and premaster's courses, the following applies:

1. All lectures are recorded as weblectures. Work seminars are not recorded. For regular students, the recordings are made available via Brightspace 1 to 2 weeks before the (re)exam, so they can be used when preparing for the exam. All examinations also take place on campus.
2. Recordings of lectures in courses on research methodology may be made available immediately so that you can practice your skills in a targeted way. The lecturers in these courses decide whether or not to make the recordings available immediately.

In exceptional cases, no recordings are made in a course, or the recordings are made available immediately to all students. You can find the procedure for each course in the course manual.

Master's education

In the master's courses, lectures are not recorded by default. If a lecturer chooses to make recordings, these are made available 1 to 2 weeks before the (re)examination.

An exception are courses on research methodology: lectures are recorded, and lecturers in these courses decide whether or not to make the recordings available immediately.

The procedure for each course can be found in the course manual.

Exemptions

For students who fall under the 'Adapted Studying' regulation, lecture recordings will be made available as soon as possible  after the end of the lecture. Students with exceptional situations may also be granted earlier access. The students advisors determine which students this applies to, not the course coordinators. Report to your student advisor if you are faced with personal circumstances.

The following cases have no basis for exceptions:

• one-off (short-term, non-chronic) illness;
• holiday;
• internship;
• part-time job;
• travel time

Guidelines for weblectures

Lectures, seminars and practical teaching such as Rotas take place physically at the university. As it is not possible for everyone to be physically present (all the time), the teaching of some subjects is recorded as web lectures. For this, the following applies:

Bachelor and pre-Master education

In the bachelor's and premaster's courses, the following applies:

1. All lectures are recorded as weblectures. These recordings are made available to all students one week prior to the (re)examination. Have you missed one or more lectures, for example because you were ill or had to go to hospital? Then you can review these missed lectures in the week before the (re)exam. 
2. Work seminars are not recorded. No digital alternative is offered for practical education such as the Rotas and Academic Skills sessions either.

Master students

For lectures in the master's programme, it is determined per course whether lectures are recorded and whether they are made available to regular students. Information about this can be found per course in the course information on Brightspace.

Student groups with earlier access to weblectures

Do you fall into one of the categories listed below? If so, you may be given earlier (temporary) access to the weblectures. You can discuss this with the student advisor. Access to the weblectures will always take place in consultation with the student advisor and will only be possible for a study duration that the study advisor considers realistic and feasible.

• Part-time students;
• Students of the post-initial Master in Tax Law;
• Contract students;
• Students who have been advised by the student counsellor the provision of web lectures;
• Recidivists in the undergraduate phase who have demonstrable overlap;
• Students who are members of the Programme Committee and/or Faculty Student Council who have overlap between lectures and meetings of the Programme Committee and/or FGV;
• Students of combination studies offered by the faculty who have demonstrable timetable overlap;
• Students taking two full studies, only one of which is legal and have demonstrable schedule overlap;
• Students participating in one of the faculty's talent programmes and missing lectures due to related activities
• Students holding a management position with a faculty study association.

Please note that it is at all times up to the student advisor to decide whether access will be granted and, if so, to which web lecture(s) and for what period of time.

Exceptions

Only in very exceptional cases may the student advisors decide to make recordings available to other students. In doing so, they take into account your personal circumstances, your study load and your study progress.

Examples of situations that do not count as exceptional cases:

• Absence of up to one week (e.g. illness or a funeral)
• Holiday or (study) trip
• Internship (legal or non-legal)
• Work (legal or otherwise)
• Travel time or travel costs
• Schedule overlap for (elective) courses in the master's programme
• Schedule overlap due to a non-realistic study load

Do you think you qualify for an exception? Then make an appointment with the student advisor or contact us during the telephone or walk-in hours to discuss this. Requests for exception via e-mail will not be processed.

Weblectures are recordings of lectures made available in Brightspace. Most lecture halls for at least 50 students have the facilities for this. Weblectures are recorded once every two years in principle.

Explanation

Weblectures are a service for students to consult while working on assignments, to prepare for tutorials, and before exams. Students can follow the material at their own pace. Even when a lecture cannot be attended, for example due to illness, the material can still be viewed and listened to via a weblecture. For a study programme, weblectures can be used when a lecturer (unexpectedly) cancels or for information for new or different lecturers within the course.

Recording Weblectures

• A weblecture is recorded once every two years for all bachelor's and master's lectures.
• The lecturer can object to the recording.
• The lecturer can request more frequent recordings than once every two years.
• The lecturer indicates this request or objection in the scheduling survey.
• The Education Coordinator, in consultation with the lecturer and Scheduling, plans which subjects will be recorded in which year. This is recorded in OSIRIS. The facilities are limited.
• Weblectures are kept for 2.5 years. The lecturer receives an email notification that the weblecture will be removed, unless the lecturer replies that the weblecture should be kept longer.

Objection to Recording Lectures

This can be due to the following:

• Recording is not allowed due to the sensitivity of the lecture content. For example, in some security courses or when patient data is discussed.
• The lecturer has a better alternative for students to learn the material. For example, with knowledge clips, online modules, or peer instruction.
• The lecturer considers the lecture format not suitable for weblectures. For example, because there is a lot of interaction with students.

Making Weblectures Available

• The lecturer makes weblectures available via Brightspace.
• Within three working days, the lecturer receives a link to the recording.
• No later than five working days after the lecture, the lecturer places it in Brightspace.
• The lecturer places old recordings in Brightspace no later than five days after the lecture if no weblecture is recorded that year.

Other Provisions

• Limited recording facilities: In all cases, lectures are only scheduled in a lecture hall with the appropriate facilities if feasible. In case of capacity problems, the education coordinator, in consultation with the director of education, determines which lectures have priority. If the evaluation shows that prioritisation is necessary, the OBC will address this.
• Manual control (recording assistance): manual control of cameras is expensive and not possible in all lecture halls and is therefore no longer automatically requested by schedulers. The lecturer can indicate in the scheduling survey that camera manual control is desired. If it is not feasible to
  schedule a lecture with manual control, the lecturer will be informed.
• It is important for lecturers to remember to turn on the microphone themselves when they are not assisted by a student assistant with manual control.