Overview
Creating Adhoc Recordings in a Appliance Room
This guide is for faculty who want to control their classroom recording allowing them to start, stop, or pause a class recording. If you have not filled out our
Lecture Capture Request Form you will need to do that first so we know your building and room location. We have over 75+ EchoVideo Appliances installed on campus, view our guide:
technology installed in each classroom. If you are in a Pod or Pro room you will need a room link to create adhoc recordings.
A room with an Appliance installed will record, your projected screen content from your computer, audio, and you teaching at the podium computer. The room link(s) are provided to you in your ticket, you will need to open the link each time you want to record your class.
Table of Contents
Recording Sensitive Information
While recording your class lectures, do not check grades, email, or anything confidential which violates FERPA policy. All content is recorded and will be available to students whether scheduled to start automatically or started and stopped manually.
Need to trim or cut out sensitive information? You can edit your video directly in your browser, view a library of help articles on
using the Media Editor in EchoVideo.
Before Class - Add a Presentation to your Scheduled Capture
Faculty can enrich their scheduled classroom recording(s) by uploading a PowerPoint or PDF to match their in-class instruction. This makes the recording more interactive and accessible for students. Presentations can include embedded links, images, and polls. You can control when your students see specific slides.
To add a presentation:
- Open your Canvas course.
- Click the EchoVideo tab in the menu.
- Next to scheduled class, click the pink icon.
- Click “Add Presentation” and choose how you are adding your file.
Need help? View this quick guide: Add an Interactive Presentation
Each Class (things to do and check)
- Turn on the podium computer, then log in.
- Always check that the microphone is at the podium and plugged in.
Important Note: If there is no microphone (see sample image above) or its not plugged in, audio will not be recorded. Make sure the microphone is facing toward you.
Room Link and Screen Content
Everything displayed on the projected screen is recorded and visible to students (in-person or during a Live Stream) this includes PowerPoint, PDFs, web pages, and more. You can simultaneously record different screens.
- Room link and camera: Paste the room link into your web browser. If you appear in the Echo preview window, students will see you. Adjust camera angles as needed.
- Document camera: Turn it on and select it from the touch panel if you're using it.
- Just teach: Deliver your lesson as usual.
Need help? View this quick guide: Appliance: Controlling a Classroom Recording
Student Engagement in your Course
With an EchoVideo course you have lecture tools for both the instructors and students. You have tools to engage them in various ways example(s): Q&A and Discussion, Interactive Presenations, Polling slides, and media slides (share video clips from YouTube, Vimeo, TedTalk, Khan Academy etc.), you can even seen video heatmaps of where content has been watched the most by your students.
Interactive Presentation
Discussion and Q&A in your Class
Analytics in your Course