Yes! Forte has a built-in lesson recording feature, allowing the teacher or student to start and stop recording as much as you’d like.
Recording your lesson is a smart move. With a recorded lesson, you can watch it back afterwards to remind yourself of what you worked on in the lesson, exactly what your teacher said, and what to practice between lessons. We highly recommend it!
How to record a lesson
Click on the "Record" button during a lesson to start a lesson recording. Either the student or the teacher can start recording a lesson.
At the end of your lesson, Forte will automatically process the recording(s) and send an email to both the student and teacher containing a link to download the recording.
Recordings are processed so the video of the student and teacher are equal in size.
Note: Recordings can take between 15-60 minutes to process after the end of the lesson.
Tip: If you do not see your recording email in your inbox, please check your spam/junk folder, as your email provider may have accidentally mislabeled the email.
Do all students and teachers have the ability to record lessons?
While all students and teachers have the ability to record lessons, only students whose teachers have Basic, Pro, or Elite memberships can download and watch those lesson recordings.
- Basic Membership - 3 Download Tokens Per Month
- Teachers with a Basic membership and their student can download up to 3 total lesson recordings per month.
- Pro Membership - 15 Download Tokens Per Month
- Teachers with a Pro membership and their students can download up to 15 total lesson recordings per month.
- Elite Membership - Unlimited Download Tokens
- Teachers with an Elite membership and their students have unlimited lesson downloads.
Read more about membership types here: Forte teacher memberships
How do I watch a recorded lesson?
Lesson recordings must be downloaded to be watched.
Teachers: From the Students section of your Teaching Hub, click on the three vertical dots to the left of a student's name, and then click on "Lesson recordings" to access the full list of accessible recordings for lessons with that student.
Students: From your Learning Hub, click on the round avatar at the top right, and then click "Lesson Recordings."
What constitutes a lesson download?
When either a teacher or a student downloads a lesson recording, a Download Token is deducted.
The recording will remain unlocked and available for both the teacher and the student.
That downloaded lesson may be downloaded and viewed as many times as needed after initial download, without additionally counting toward the allowed download limit.
Download Tokens are refilled when your Forte membership renews each month.
How long are lesson recordings available on the Forte server for download?
Lesson recordings are available for 60 days after the lesson takes places. After 60 days, lesson recordings are deleted and are not able to be recovered.