If you record your lectures and want to share those in another course, here is some information to protect student privacy in order to follow FERPA.
Under FERPA, we are NOT allowed to share any material with ANY student information including but not limited to names, physical appearance, grades, contact information, etc. If you recorded your lecture and no student is present in the video and no identifiable information is said about any student in the video, you can share that material. If a student is in the video or any other identifying information is present, the best practice is to edit that video so that you take that information out. If you feel that would not work for you, YOU will need to get written permission from each student whose presence or any identifiable information is present in that video before you can share that information. It is highly recommended that you keep a copy of the permission form(s) in your files and give the originals to your division office.
*Also please be aware that there is a power difference here and some students might not feel comfortable telling their current instructor "no". We suggest getting this permission from the student(s) after you have given them a grade in the course.
Here are more examples of identifiable information:
- show the students asking questions
- refer to a student by name
- repeat a student’s question in the recording
- have students giving presentations
- have any student video projects, such as student-made films.
- any kind of contact information
You don’t need to get written permission if you:
- do not show students who are asking questions
- don’t refer to the students by name
- avoid repeating the student’s question in the recording (de-identifying the students removes the need for a specific consent from each student depicted)
We have drafted a permission form for you to use which can be located as an attachment towards the bottom right-hand side of this page.