Request Access for a Class. Course instructors should submit an ITO help request for the course or courses that require access to VALT. Include the following in your request:

• unique number of the course(s)
• specific date when your course starts (in case it's earlier than the first class day)
• name and EID for each TA; identify TAs by course unique number if multiple

You, your students, and TAs will be pre-authorized.

The principal investigator or team lead should submit an ITO help request. Identify your research/project name and include the EIDs of the research team members that you are requesting to have access to VALT.

Students who need access to VALT as part of their course should ask their instructor to submit the request on behalf of the class. If you are part of the research team, the request should come from your principal investigator or research team lead. Refer them to the appropriate instructions above.

You must first connect to the UT VPN service if you are on campus and are using a wired network connection.

Not able to connect to CoE VALT even when connected to UT VPN and you are in the Sanchez or Belmont buildings?
Submit an ITO help request to troubleshoot your wired network port configuration.

Connecting to CoE VALT off-campus requires that you first connect to the UT VPN service.

Create a Duo two-factor authentication (2FA) account at the Duo Self Registration Portal.

When you manage your 2FA account, you can choose what type of device you want to register to do your second factor authentication.

Recordings are started and stopped from the VALT web interface.
It is your responsibility to stop a recording that you have started.

Log into VALT. See Connecting to COE VALT section above.

Select the Observe tab () from the left-hand side navigation menu.

Select a room from the list where you want to start a recording.

Click the red Record button above the camera view area.

Give your recording a name on the Information page.

Optionally, enter a note to further describe the recording.

Optionally, share the live recording with your instructor, supervisor, classmates, or team members. See the Share Recordings section below.

Click the Start Recording button.

(Remember to close the room door; otherwise, your conversation could be heard on the microphones in adjacent rooms.)

Stop, Pause, and Mark buttons display above the camera view area.

Elapsed time is displayed next to the room name.

Past recordings are accessed via the VALT web interface.

Log into VALT. See Connecting to COE VALT section above.

Select the Review tab () from the left-hand side navigation menu to see your past recordings.

Note: Recordings remain accessible on the VALT server for 180 days from the date of recording.

CoE VALT allows recordings to be shared with other users of the system such as your instructor, supervisor, classmates, or team members.

It is the user's responsibility to share the recording only with specific users who should have access.

Each person with whom you want to share a recording must have logged into CoE VALT at least once; otherwise, you will not be able to select that person from user listings. See Requesting Access to CoE VALT section above to learn how to gain access to the system.

Markers allow users to insert searchable information into a specific point within the recording. Markers also act as index points within the recording allowing users to easily navigate to that point during review. Markers can be added during the live recording or when reviewing a recording.

TIP: Pin the marker menu so it does not auto-collapse after a marker is added (after you click Save). This is useful if you intend to insert multiple markers while doing live observation.

Clips are used for featuring a segment of your video for future use. Redactions, on the other hand, are best used for removing unusable pieces of the video such as time spent taking breaks during a recording.

Log into VALT. See Connecting to COE VALT section above.

Select the Review tab () from the left-hand side navigation menu to see your previous recordings.

Clips and redactions cannot be created during live video recording.

Select a video to bring it up in the VALT player.  

Click the Tools button above the video.

Define the area you would like to isolate by adjusting the yellow triangle sliders in the video play bar.  You may need to click Play for the yellow sliders to appear.

Select either the Create Clip or Redact button.

Find your clip or redaction video on the Review tab. The new video file name will include the word Clip or Redact for easy identification.

NOTE: The original video will still be available intact. A new video file will be made containing either just the clip or the video minus the redacted area.