Coursecast

I've been watching the Coursecast videos now since the term has begun and every time I watch one I feel as though I'm missing out on large parts of the class. I feel this way because every time a student asks a question or makes a comment I can't hear it. If I'm lucky the camera person will turn up some microphone about halfway through them speaking, but then I spend the next few minutes trying to piece together what they may have said before the microphone was turned up based on what I could hear them say. Sadly this is one of the faults of internet education that I would not have to deal with if I was in an in person program. It would be nice that if the camera operator remember to turn up the microphone halfway through or at all when someone is speaking, if the instructor could repeat the question before answering (sometimes I play Jeopardy, trying to guess the question based on the answer) or summarize the comment from the student. It may be a little repetitive for those physically in the class, but I feel it would go a long way to helping me get a lot more out of the class and actually make me feel like I was a part of the class.