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Create and Edit Videos in Echo360

We are pleased to announce that UVic has a new video-platform, Echo360 , for in-person, online, blended and multi-access learning and teaching. Echo360 will be the primary video platform for creating class recordings and media.

Echo360 Student Guide

• Find Echo360 in Brightspace
• Navigating Echo360
• Accessing Echo360 Groups
• Participating in class discussions
• Participate in class polls
• Joining a livestreamed class
• Create and edit videos

This article explains how students can use Echo360 to create and edit media. This is useful in editing and submitting video assignments and projects.

Create media

Echo360 allows students to record high quality videos and upload existing files to existing assignments and quizzes. This includes, video tutorials, powerpoint presentations, and other media files.

How to upload media to Echo360

Existing media might include recordings made in Zoom or teams, previously recorded video tutorial files, powerpoint presentations, etc. 

In Brightspace, navigate to your Echo360 Library by selecting Course Tools  and then selecting  Echo360 Library  from the dropdown menu.  

To upload a file to your Library  

• Click  Create .  
• Click  Upload Media .  
• At the following screen, select the file(s) that you want to upload. You may select one or multiple files for upload.
• Cick Upload . 

The upload window changes to provide an upload progress bar. When finished, the window disappears. IMPORTANT: DO NOT close the upload window before the upload(s) completes. This will cancel the upload.  

The newly uploaded file appears in your Library but is dimmed while it is processed. You may need to refresh the page to see the newly uploaded file.

Limitations for uploaded content

How to record in Echo360

From the Brightspace homepage, click on Echo 360 Media , or click Echo 360 Media in Course Tools and choose “Create” and “New Capture.” This will prompt you to  download the Universal Capture software for Mac  or  PC . Once this has finished downloading:  

• Give your capture a title, description and tag.   
• Choose the quality of the capture  
• Choose the inputs (audio, video etc.)  
• Click record  

Echo360 provides a basic, easy to use video editor for trimming and making cuts in your video content. When you edit a video, you can choose to publish changes to the original video or save the revised version as a new video. Please note that there is often a delay between when a video is uploaded / recorded and when the video and transcript are available for editing. 

How to edit in Echo360

To edit a video:  

The video editor can be launched from your from your personal library.

• From your personal library :  locate the video you wish to edit. Click on the ellipsis in the bottom right corner of the tile, and choose Edit media 

Options for editing your video

Once the editor is open,  the following basics are available:

• playback controls
• Zoom in/out
• Top and Tail buttons to trim the video
• Delete button
• Trim Handles to edit segmants of the video
• Redo/Undo  

Use the buttons across the top to complete your editing and process the video with your changes ( editing functionality descriptions in full ).  

When you have finished editing, save your video:

• SAVE – Applies the changes you’ve made to this video. After Save, the changes are applied to all published (and shared) versions of this  video. Once processed, the edited version replaces the original version in all locations. 
• SAVE AS  – Creates a NEW VERSION of the video based on your edits. In addition, you are now the owner of the video, regardless of whether you were the owner of the original video. You also have the option to save a course copy which allows you to select a publishing location for the new video.  
• RESTORE  – Reverts all changes  ever made to the video  and restores the  original  video file. This option is only active if you open a video that had previous edits applied to it.
• To exit without saving any changes, click the  back arrow  in the top left corner of the video editing screen. Any work in progress will be saved within the Editor, but not yet applied to the published media.  

Processing Occurs Immediately:  After selecting to Save, Save As, or Restore, the processing of your changes begins immediately, however processing may take some time to finish, depending on the video length and the number of edits. This means two things:  

• Students or other users will not see the edited version until processing is complete.  
• You should not try to re-edit the video until the initial changes are processed.

Additional tips on  Editor Shortcuts,  cutting segments, trimming ends of recordings, editing segments can be found in this  Editing Videos resource .  

How to edit captions and automatic transcriptions in Echo360

Echo360’s automatic speech recognition (ASR)  improves accessibility by creating searchable transcripts of recorded (and uploaded) videos so that learners can listen to and read course content, and re-listen and re-read content as well. Transcripts are editable and can be published as closed captions as well. For more information see: How to edit transcripts and captions in Echo360

Technology Guides for Students

• Technology Requirements
• Managing Your Moodle Preferences
• Assignments and Turnitin
• Checklists and Completion Tracking
• Discussion Forums
• Hypothes.is
• Course Evaluations

Echo360 (video recording and storage) for Students

• General Options and How-Tos
• How to Share Presentations in Moodle
• Saving Documents
• Starfish Connect
• Student Planning
• Vitnet Self-Service This link opens in a new window

Students can use Echo360 to upload, create, edit, and share videos as well as submit videos for Moodle activities.

• How to Use the Echo360 Mobile App The Echo360 mobile app allows users to record video with their phone or tablet and upload the recording to their Echo360 libraries from which it can be shared, submitted to Moodle, etc.
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Publish and Share Echo360 Media in your Course

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 This article explains how to share media with learners in Brightspace and beyond.

Share in Brightspace 

There are three main ways to share Echo360 media within Brightspace. With these three approaches, students cannot download media and they cannot edit media.

Note: The ability to download can be enabled, by the instructor, within an individual Echo course.

Add an Echo360 Course Link (Recommended)

The recommended way to use Echo360 in Brightspace is to create an Echo360 course link. This link can direct students to one specific video or collection of media for the course.

Add Echo360 course link to your site content

• Navigate to a Brightspace course and go to Content .
• Add or go to a topic/module (many instructors place Echo360 in the first topic).
• Select  Existing Activity to the module (or  Add Existing in the new content experience).
• Select  External Learning Tools from the list of options.
• Choose  Add Echo360 Course from options available.
• Click on the Add Echo360 link created in the step above (you will likely want to rename it).
• Choose the course term when prompted. This connects your Bright course to your Echo360 class home page.

You can now upload videos to the Echo360 class home page (from your Echo360 Library or other sources) following these instructions . Students can access this page from the link you created in the steps above.

Link a specific video to your content (after you have completed the steps above)

• Repeat steps 1 to 7 above.
• Click on the link you just created and, under Connect your Content , select either:
• Link to Existing Section Content to choose the specific piece of media you want to link to that has already been uploaded to your class home page OR
• Link to Existing Section Home Page if you want to create a link where learners can see all media for the course in one place ( Class home page ).

When you add Echo360 to your Brightspace in this way, you are able to access the full range of features should you choose to use them.  These include:

• Managing video settings for the class (e.g., Q&A, prevent download)
• Automatically publishing class recordings (if desired)  
• Adding polls/activities to your Brightspace gradebook
• Allowing learners to use personalized notes, bookmarks, etc.
• Limiting the audience to those in your course
• Easily keeping track of class engagement, confusion flags, etc. 
• Providing access to other instructors/Super TAs automatically 

When a student passes through the link from Brightspace into Echo360, they are automatically added as a student ( Note : Inform students they must click on the Echo link in your site before they can participate in class polls via the Echo360 app).

Embed video in text (Insert Stuff)

In Brightspace you (and learners) can embed Echo360 videos anywhere there is an HTML editor ( e.g.,  in a page, assignment instructions, discussion post, etc.). This is a good option if you want multiple videos on a page surrounded by other content, such as text or images.   

• Go to your page or post (any place with a HTML editor).  
• If you are adding a video to a page, begin editing the page.  
• Click  the  “Insert stuff” media icon in the editor bar. (This icon will look square with an arrow/shapes).  
• Choose “Add Echo360 Media” .  
• Select the video you wish to add (if you have already uploaded) or go to “ Add New ” to upload.  

More information: Embedding Echo360 media in Brightspace

Share a link as a "Topic" in Brightspace

If you do not want to add an “Echo course link”  (as explained above), you can still add a link to video to a topic using this method. 

Once you have uploaded your video to your library:

• Go to Content in the Nav Bar.  
• Click on the module where you would like to add the video.  
• Click “Existing Activities” or  “Add Existing” button (the text on the button will vary depending on if you are using Classic or New Content Experience).  
• Select  “Single Echo360 Video Link” .  
• Select the video you wish to add. 

Note: This method does not provide the opportunity to automatically grant access to TAs or prevent downloads.

Additional options

There are a number of additional ways to share video links with others. While these do not provide the full capabilities of Echo360 in Brightspace, they may suit your needs in some cases:

Share with specific individuals or groups

Share Echo360 media (videos, polls, presentations) with specific people or groups using the share icon.

• Share media with any UVic Echo360 user. For example, this might be an individual learner in a course for feedback or a custom assignment, a TA to have them assist with editing polls or transcripts, or other.
• Students cannot edit media and cannot download media
• Students can edit the transcript
• Students can copy media
• Create folder-like groups so that you can share a collection of media from your Library with others (e.g., learner group projects, a make-up activity, alternate content to support an accommodation)  
• Can manually enrol individual UVic users, or
• Can create a self-enrol link that is shareable, default permissions are ‘Reviewer’ (watch only)
• Can customize permissions for any member of the Collection

More about creating links to share media

Share with a public or private link

Use links when you need to share your content beyond the classroom or in a different environment (e.g., a class chorus or orchestra performance, adding a welcome video to a course WordPress (OAC) website).  

• Can share with UVic and non-UVic users
• Can disable the link at any time (prevent viewing)
• User cannot download media
• User can download transcript file

How to create a private link (UVic-only) or public link (anyone)

Student Engagement in Echo360 Workshop

Learn how to support students  to participate in video classes and assignments in Echo360:

Echo360 Help Guide

• About Echo360
• Getting started with Echo360
• Record in-person classes
• Create and edit videos
• Publish and share videos
• Video assignments & feedback
• Automatically upload Zoom recordings to Echo360
• Engaging Students with Echo360
• Echo360 workshops

Additional Support

• Email LTSI Support
• Daily live help (in Zoom)
• Book a consultation 
• Attend a workshop

What's next?

Video-based assessments provide opportunities for learners to practice and develop communication, presentation and critical thinking skills while engaging with class materials, concepts and ideas in meaningful and academically rigorous ways. Echo360 allows instructors to provide personalized time-stamped feedback for learners directly within their video.

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Echo360 video server

• Library services
• Learn.UQ (Blackboard) help
• Learn.UQ assessment
• Blackboard assignments

What is Echo360?

Echo360 is a desktop recording software that allows you to create a video of all of the computer screen (including webcams) and audio activity on your computer. Desktop recording can also be used to produce Voice-over-PowerPoint (VOP) presentations.

Echo360 videos are private and cannot be viewed by the public. The media can be submitted as part of a Blackboard assignment or shared with other students through a Discussion board as required by your instructor.

Work with Echo360

• Access Echo360
• Record a video in Echo360
• Edit an Echo360 video
• Managing my media in Echo360
• Share your Echo360 video in Learn.UQ Discussion board
• Submit a video assignment with EchoVideo (Original) ​
• Submit a video assignment with EchoVideo (Ultra) ​
• Submit a video journal entry with EchoVideo (Ultra)
• Transcripts and captions in Echo360 (by Echo)
• Assignment submission instructions
• Edit an Echo360 Video
• Recording Video Assignments with Zoom
• Submit a video assignment with EchoVideo (Original)
• View and download your results