Camera setup for recording lectures

Sorry this is a bit OT... but I will be using iMovie and I figure there are plenty of folk here who know more about video than me! I'm fairly well up on SLRs and still cameras but not at all about video.
I work for a training company, running lecture-style day-long courses, usually with a single speaker and about 10-20 students. I'm looking to record the sessions - ultimately to possibly sell them but initially just to provide a sample on our site.
Can anyone offer any advice as to what I'd need to get set up? What features to look for in a camera and perhaps any specific recommendations? I probably don't need HD video final size but I guess if I record in HD it will enable me to crop/pan/zoom after the fact if I don't have anyone manning the camera all the time.
The camera will probably be about 5 metres or so from the speaker - assume I'll need an external microphone, are there decent wireless ones around?
My budget is whatever it needs to be, but I'd like to keep it tight at this stage as it's fairly exploratory at the moment. MTIA for any ideas!

my wife had a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and lost the use of her right side. She just got an iPad for Christmas and asked the same question so she could take pictures with her left hand. I scoured the internet and after coming up with nothing I found that if you go to: Settings-General choose the option 'use side switch' change it from mute to lock rotation. I don't know about you, but I never use the mute button, so it makes sense to leave it permanently selected. Then flip your iPad to take the picture. The only downside is the words by the button are upside down, but it works! The picture is stored as a normal image as well. I hope this helps you, I can't wait to go home today and show my wife. Good luck to you!

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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:11:06 -0700
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Subject: Work flow? How to link multi-cam sequences for DVD output?
please take my hand and help me!
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