All online lectures, as well as any other material posted by your teachers, are password protected and available only to current students of the School of Medicine.

You need Real's RealPlayer 10.

You can download just the player for free at their web site here.

We currently use two programs, both from Real, to record the lectures: Helix and Real Producer.

A DSL or Cable connection presents the lectures as normal video; these are the best methods for viewing them. Those students wanting to make the most out of the online experience should have such a broadband connection.

While the lectures can be viewed using a 56K modem, the presentation is more of a slide show. The viewer sees a series of images that do not flow smoothly. Useful when a faster connection is not available.

In either case the audio reception should be excellent.

We do not provide live streaming video of our lectures at this time. Only archives are provided.

We make every effort to post all Freshmen and Sophomore lectures by the end of the day. Occasionally, afternoon lectures are posted the next day.

We are aware that the online material is important to you.

All archived video files are accessed through the Online Schedule, where each week of the school year is reached through a cell in a horizontal bar graph. All the lectures are displayed for each day of the selected week.

When you click on a given lecture, you have access to any material your teacher may post there for you. You can see the archived video by clicking on the link "View video -- of --" shown along with the other information.

There may be several videos for a given lecture.

The videos are also available when you navigate to the Course Listings, where all material associated with a given course is aggregated for your convenience. If you select to view All Elements or Videos Only on the Course Listings page, for the course you wish to view, the videos will be listed when you click Go.

There can be several reasons for this:

There may have been a technical problem with the complicated process of recording, transferring, and archiving a file. In these cases the file is altogether lost or destroyed, and cannot be saved. This is rare by now, as our equipment and procedures are continually improved.

A human error was made in linking, displaying, or naming the file. This is not destructive and it is simply linked again.

We may have been requested by the teacher not to have the lecture recorded. This is beyond our control, but you may attempt speaking to the lecturer about it.

If it's a recent file, it may not have been posted yet. This is mostly due to a file that needs editing or added processing.

When you click on a particular lecture you will see one of the following:

Normally you will see a link that will display the recorded video for that lecture.

You will also see a note if the lecture's file was lost due to a problem, or the recording was not allowed by the teacher.

There may be a link but it doesn't work. The link is "broken" and, more than likely, an error was made in the posting of the file. In this case, we encourage you to let us know about it in person or with an email. This is easily corrected.

You cannot download any lecture video files to your personal computer. They may only be viewed using the streaming technology provided by the RealPlayer.

All the online lectures are copyrighted property of the University of Miami School of Medicine.

All online lectures will be available to you for your freshman and sophomore years. They also will be available online for an additional year to assist you in preparing for your board exams.

Your particular class will have access to the lectures it was given and will be able to review them.

We are happy to assist you in any way we can. If these FAQ's do not answer your questions, just email us.

For Freshman streamed video related questions, contact Zac Smith.

For Sophomore streamed video related question, contact Izzy Armenteros.