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

[Sarah J. Blake]

Many students with good note-taking skills use a recorder as a supplementary 
method. There are many reasons why this can be helpful. Being able to go 
back through a recording can enable me to write down material that was read 
from a handout or PowerPoint very quickly during class.Other students would 
have the time to write this information down while other discussion is going 
on or to take notes in the margins. Having a copy of the handout is helpful; 
but this does not allow for putting together how the handout and the other 
information might be related. Depending on a professor's lecture style, this 
kind of information can be extremely valuable.

A recorder has also been invaluable to me in the event that my technology 
broke down or battery died in the middle of class. It has not happened often 
but has happened a time or two. I am a good slate user; but there are 
certain advantages in using a laptop for note-taking.

Occasionally I have run into a professor who was lecturing using material 
that was intended for publication.Once in a while such a professor will ask 
not to be recorded. Sometimes professors have asked me to sign a form saying 
that I will not distribute the recordings. I am perfectly happy to do this.


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