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Class Recording Policy

Class Recording Policy

Fall 2026 Recording Policy

 

Courses will not be recorded by default, except those held in the main lecture classrooms during the Add/Drop period and on religious holidays with work restrictions.

  • Instructors may opt to have their course(s) recorded for the semester by emailing av.law@yale.edu.

  • When opting into course recording, please provide guidance for student access to your course recordings (e.g., recordings available to all students, accessible only with permission on an individual case-by-case basis).

 

Add/Drop

The Fall 2026 Add/Drop period begins Monday, August 24, at 8:30 AM and concludes Thursday, September 3, at 4:30 PM.

During this period, courses (excluding clinical and first-term courses) taught in Sterling Law Building 120, 121, 122, 127, 128, 129, Levinson Auditorium, and Baker Hall 116 will be recorded by default.

  • Recordings will be posted to the Media Library of your Canvas course site and available for students to view until the end of the day, September 10.

  • Instructors may opt out of recording by emailing av.law@yale.edu.

Courses taught in Sterling Law Building 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 124 and Baker Hall 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 418, 419, and 420 will not be recorded by default.

  • Instructors may opt to have their course(s) recorded by emailing av.law@yale.edu.

  • When opting into course recording, please specify guidance for student access.

 

Religious Holidays

Religious holidays with work restrictions listed on the Yale University Chaplain’s Office calendar determine which holidays will be recorded.

 Courses (excluding clinical and first-term courses) taught in Sterling Law Building 120, 121, 122, 127, 128, 129, Levinson Auditorium, and Baker Hall 116 will be recorded by default on religious holidays listed on the Yale University Chaplain’s Office calendar unless you have opted out. Recordings will be available to all students via the Canvas Media Library.

 

Fall 2026 religious holidays with weekday work restrictions:

 Yom Kippur: Sunset Sunday, September 20, to nightfall Monday, September 21

If you have opted out of class recordings, please email  av.law@yale.edu to arrange for an individual class to be recorded on a specific religious holiday.

 

University Recording Policy

 The University Recording Policy prohibits surreptitious recording and outlines standards regarding recording participants in classes, meetings, and university events to foster trust and free exchange of ideas. The full policy is available here.

 

SAS Accommodations

 If a student in your course is approved for recordings as an accommodation by Student Accessibility Services (SAS), YLS Academic Affairs will contact you for recording approval. Pursuant to SAS guidance, you may only deny recordings for accommodated students if recording the course would fundamentally alter the nature of the course. Please note that if you allow recordings for students with excused absences during the semester, you must also grant approval for students with recording accommodations. For more information, please contact Marissa Cabrera (marissa.cabrera@yale.edu).

 

Support for Student Absences

Individual recording accommodations for students who are out sick can be requested by emailing av.law@yale.edu with the student’s name, course title, and date(s) of class. If you do not receive confirmation before your class, please call the YLS AV helpline at (203) 432-2277.

Please Note: Requests for synchronous student attendance of in-person classes via Zoom cannot be accommodated.

 

Classroom Technology and AV Support

For classroom technology support, please provide the AV team with as much notice as possible by submitting your requests early.

YLS now uses 25Live for all event and classroom technology scheduling. For help getting started with 25Live, please see our 25Live Guide. If you have any questions or need help submitting a request, contact the AV team at av.law@yale.edu or call the YLS AV Helpline at (203) 432-2277. Once your request is submitted, you will receive a confirmation within 48 business hours, verifying that it has been reviewed and scheduled. You can track the status of your requests in 25Live at any time.

For urgent or last-minute requests, or if you did not receive confirmation, please email av.law@yale.eduor call the YLS AV Helpline at (203) 432-2277.

 

Recording Retention Policy

All class recordings are retained for one full academic year after the year in which they were recorded. Each June, recordings from the previous academic year are deleted. Class recordings can be found on Canvas under the Media Library link in each course. For questions about this policy, please reach out to me at Stephen.Baraquin@yale.edu.