[nabs-l] Recording Lectures... Not allowed?

Brice Smith brsmith2424 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 18:17:54 UTC 2009


Plenty of students obtain permission to record lectures for future
reference. Doing so does not indicate a lack of note-taking skills.
Moreover, the student indicated that she uses the recorded notes only
as a supplement to notes taken on her laptop, and primarily as an aid
for reference concerning diagrams, pictures, and other details. In
this situation a reader might actually be more cumbersome than
helpful, time-consuming, and distracting.

I do think that prior permission from the instructor, not just with
the DSO, should have been obtained. Even with approved accommodations
many people are initially uncomfortable with the idea of being
recorded. It would have probably been a good idea to inform the
professor before hand that you needed to record portions of the
lecture; but even so, you should be able to discuss the issue with the
professor further during his/her office hours. You're not the first
student to record, and you probably won't be the last. If you still
have problems, then you might need to bring officials from your DSO
office.

Brice

On 1/23/09, Kevin Wassmer <commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> What I would do if I were you is have a reader explain to you what was
> written on the board. Also, I would take a college readiness class after the
> semester is over. This would teach you to take notes efficiently on the
> Braille Note. I use to record lectures in college. While there is nothing
> wrong with that, I learned it was much easier to take notes on my Braille
> Note. I will talk to you later.
>
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