Supporting Faculty’s Instructional Video Creation Needs for Remote Teaching

In 2021, alongside seven colleges at the University of Idaho campus, Library received an eGlass system (https://eglass.io) with funding from Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Grant to expand faculty’s capacity create instructional videos. The is a transparent glass whiteboard that allows instructors write, draw, and annotate. It comes built-in camera can capture instructors’ facial expressions gestures while facing their remote students allow better engagement. suitable for creating asynchronous videos flipped classrooms integrating Zoom synchronous online classes. This article details equipment setup, studio space optimization, outreach efforts initiatives, usage examples early adopters, lessons learned during first year deployment, future considerations.