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Permission to Audio Record

Audio-Recording Authorization

In conjunction with the Office of General Counsel (OGC), and Learning Design and Innovation, and as articulated in SAS' ORC entry,

"The office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and SAS have determined that,

  1. Students authorized by SAS to audio-record class sessions as a documented accommodation should be permitted to do so, 
  2. There are restrictions on the use of such recordings including the fair-use policy, and
  3. Such recordings must be destroyed at the end of the course."

Faculty may want to consider including the following notifications, also established in conjunction with OGC, the office of the Dean of the Faculty, and Learning Design and Innovation, in their syllabi and/or on their Canvas site:

Glean

Glean is a web-based notetaking program that allows for the user to sync audio with their notes and/or lecture slides. Notes and reactions appear in an easy to follow time-line style. This is a web-based program that works on or off-line, and syncs continually. It may require a student to use their laptop, tablet, and/or phone. We monitor usage of and access to this program through assigning a student a license each term that it is needed.

Although Glean offers an AI-generated transcript feature, SAS has not activated this feature.

Audio Notetaker

Glean's Audio Notetaker is a software that we provide licensed access to for approved students each term. When provided access to your lecture slides, Audio Notetaker allows a user to sync recorded audio with their own typed notes. This program can allow for auditory review, visual review, or a combination of the two, and can be further tailored for personal study needs.

Smartpens

We offer a variety of smartpens made by Livescribe to students approved for recording audio during lecture as an accommodation. These pens require special ink and notebooks, and allow for students to sync audio to their handwritten notes. After class, students can pin-point where they would like to review or expand their notes by tapping on the handwritten notes for corresponding audio playback.

Our Auxiliary Services staff would be happy to briefly demonstrate these tools to instructors via Zoom, please email Notetaking to schedule.