Overview
Once your lecture or personal recording is in your Library. You can publish/share your content to your EchoVideo Course (also known as the Active Learning Platform.) Students can watch or participate in a recorded/Live Stream class and interact with the media helping them retain the content being shared with them. There is more to EchoVideo than Just Recording and Sharing Lectures.
Accessing your Classes in your Course
Supported Browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, and Edge, and Safari has limited support. Ensure your browser is updated to the latest version.
When you share media from your library, a class is created which is a container that holds media you are publishing for your students to access. The Classes List page (homepage for your EchoVideo course) provides all content (e.g., video, presentation, video with polls) you have published to a Class for students to watch or participate in, content can be made unavailable or set for specific dates if you desire.
NOTE: Class titles should be short and concise. Scheduled classroom recordings default to the course name, we recommend to rename your class so students can find what the recording to watch or participate in. In addition, if you are monitoring usage analytics, you will be able to identify student participation by the class. Learn more about renaming Classes in an EchoVideo course.
Below is a sample image of the Classes List page.
EchoVideo Course (Classes List page)
|
The above image shows a sample EchoVideo course. Your classes can be scheduled/Live Stream or pre-recorded or uploaded to your Library. You can organize related media in Class Group, or add supplemental material like a PowerPoint or a PDF. All viewing data is gathered by EchoVideo and can be
viewed through the Analytics tab in your course.
Class Media Icons/Definitions
The instructor will always be able to see content on the Class list page and can manage student availability. When you hover over a media icon you will see options for managing your published media.
Accessing Class Content
You can control the date availability of all or specific class content. Students (enrolled in your Canvas course) have access to all content (videos, interactive media, and presentations).
Student Enrollment in a EchoVideo course. Canvas enrolled students do not mean students are enrolled in the EchoVideo section, they are enrolled when they click on the EchoVideo tab in Canvas's course menu. View our
EchoVideo Student Guide.
Instructors can access content and their courses from echo360.org, the most recent term will always display first. Click Courses then your course name to open the Classes list page.
Create a New Class, Group your Classes, and Organize Them
The Classes page is the home page of the EchoVideo course. Listing all the classes you have available for your students, if you desire you can edit the availability of your class content, see this article - Course Overview for Instructors.
Foster Student Engagement
Within your EchoVideo course, you can create an inclusive learning environment, its up to you what you want to use in your teaching. The provided tools allow instructors to engage students while reinforcing their learning. You can upload supplemental material by adding a Presentation (PowerPoint or PDF) to your class.
When you use an EchoVideo course you have the capability to view student analytics and/or
export engagement scores to the Gradebook in Canvas. Instructors can foster student engagement for in-person, hybrid, and online classes with Discussion, Q&A, interactive polls, quizzes, and media slides.
Confusion Flags
- Ask students to flag content they find confusing so you will know if you need to re-teach a topic.
- All flags are time stamped and you can view the number of confusion flags in each class.
|
Q&A and Discussion
- Use Discussion and get students to collaborate on a topic. Students can ask a question and reference media locations in a video.
- Questions or responses can be posted anonymously by students. The instructor will always see who is the author of the post.
- A question or response can receive endorsements using the thumbs up icon and/or add attachments.
|
Analytics
- View a heatmap of the most watched portions of a video.
- Gain insight on class and/or student participation from the Analytics Dashboard.
- Instructors can set weighting metrics, and export data to Excel or to the Canvas Gradebook.
|
ASR Transcripts and Captions
- Students can view, search, or read along the synced transcript while watching a video. A screen reader can read the transcript or closed captions.
- Instructors can enable Closed Captions on compliant videos once they or others with edit permissions have ensured 99% accuracy.
|
Using Polls in EchoVideo
- Upload a Presentation as supplemental material:
- Add a PowerPoint/PDF to a scheduled/Live Stream class(es). Embed polling or media slides like YouTube, Venmo, and more.
- Manage, control student availability, and show correct results.
- Upload a Video with Embedded Polls:
- Embed polling questions in a video and gather feedback or check for student understanding.
- Students can only answer the poll once before they can continue watching.
|
Notes and Bookmarks
- Students can take Notes, they are time stamped to the location within the video or slide. All notes taken by the student will create a personal study guide inside of EchoVideo.
- Students can bookmark important material in a video or a presentation that they want to review, they are time stamped just like a Discussion, Q&A, Confusion flags, and Notes.
|
Quick Guide for Instructors
Explore more details and see the student experience - EchoVideo: Quick Guide for Instructors.
Back to top