Echo360 is a platform used at NIDA to hold video content used to teach courses.
This content is then linked to from Canvas (aka ‘NIDA Learn’), which is NIDA’s learning management system.
Echo360 replaces Canvas' built-in video app called Studio.
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3. The collection method should be used for casual sharing of content, and can be useful for example to collect together materials on a topic of interest or as part of planning for a future course. The collection method is not easily tied to a specific Canvas course and should only be used for content that if lost would not affect the delivery of a course.
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ADDING CONTENT TO ECHO
Each user uploads videos into their own private Echo library, which is set up for them when their Echo account is created. Each user can then choose to either feed videos into any of the three methods so that others can access these videos, or simply hold on to videos in their library for personal future use.
STANDARD WORKFLOWS FOR USING ECHO WITH CANVAS
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GROUP | GOAL | USED BY | IMPORTANT NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
A | Staff need to upload video content to Echo | Staff | Group A Notes |
B | Staff need to set up Canvas so that students can submit video to Echo for their assignments | Staff and students | Group B Notes |
C | Staff need to link to Echo video content from Canvas | Staff | Group C Notes |
D | (Miscellaneous): Managing content and sharing videos individually or via collection | Staff and students | Group D Notes |
E | Deleting Echo content | Staff and students |
More detail on the workflows in these Groups is provided below, including links to the steps for each.
The main workflows are shown in red
Each workflow is given a code, eg A.3. is the third workflow in Group A
POSSIBLE WORKFLOW STAGES | COURSE-SECTION-CLASS METHOD | COLLECTION METHOD | STUDENT SUBMISSION METHOD |
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Stage 1. Preparing to upload content to Echo360 | B.1. Setting up Canvas assessments to allow for student video submissions Option 1: ✍️ Echo-preferred setup (Online + Website URL) LINK CHECKED Option 2: ✍️ Alternative setup (Online + File Upload) LINK CHECKED | ||
Stage 2. Uploading content to Echo360 | A.1. MyEcho360 Library: Uploading an Echo video ✍️ Adding to your library [LINK CHECKED] 🎞️ Adding to your library [NEED TO ADJUST THIS VIDEO ACCORDING TO BEC’S SUGGESTIONS] | B.2. Students make their video submissions via Canvas Option 2: ✍️ Alternative submission (Online + File Upload) LINK CHECKED | |
A.2. MyEcho360 Library: Recording an Echo video (ie a webcam session) [DONE EXCEPT FOR CHECKING/ADJUSTING THE INTRO TEXT IN THIS WORKFLOW AND ADJUSTING ONCE ALL OTHER WORKFLOWS ARE FINISHED] ✍️ Recording a video [LINK CHECKED] 🎞️ Recording a video [NEED TO ADJUST THIS VIDEO ACCORDING TO BEC’S SUGGESTIONS] | |||
Stage 3. Linking to and viewing Echo content from Canvas | C.3. Adding simple and embedded links to an Echo class from Canvas
| A.3./C.1. ‘Uploading an Echo video via Canvas' → [include both embedding vs linking steps] [make sure you include steps at the end where you check that the newly linked video can be viewed correctly] ‘’Adding a video to Echo while linking to it from Canvas’ [mention this can be recordings or regular videos, and that this can only be from the user’s personal library rather than from an Echo collection. If they want to link from a collection, it would be better to follow the ‘Linking to Echo content from Canvas’ workflow -AG] | B.3. Instructors view and optionally grade/provide feedback on student video submissions ✍️ Video submission grading LINK CHECKED |
C.2. Linking to an existing Echo video from Canvas [make sure you include steps at the end where you check that the newly linked video can be viewed correctly] [Mention this can be recordings or regular videos, and from a collection or from a personal library [cover BOTH linking from personal library AND from a collection]-AG] | |||
Stage 4. Managing and sharing content in Echo | D.1. Adding users to a section or class [Mention that this workflow is mainly used for adding staff to a section so that they can view and comanage the section and any classes under it] [Mention that students should automatically be added to all classes in an Echo section when that section is linked to an Echo course] | D.2. MyEcho360 Library: Add an Echo video to a collection [Mention that the Library view shows Collections + Media, but the Collections tab just shows Collections. | |
D.3. MyEcho360 Library: Sharing a collection with others | |||
D.3. Editing videos in Echo | |||
Stage 5. Deleting content from Echo | 230120 Content should not be deleted from Echo sections or classes in Canvas courses that have already been delivered to students. Instead the link to this content can be deleted in the Canvas course created for the next delivery of the Canvas course | 230120 E.1. Deleting content from a personal Echo library Content in a user’s personal Echo library can be deleted by the user as desired. It might no be possible for users to delete Echo content shared with others via collections depending on how the collections have been set up or shared; NIDA’s Echo admins can help in this case [Mention that if you delete a video in your personal library that has been added to a collection, it is removed from the collection, and that it’s thus important to consider adding videos to course collections using a non-personal Echo account? -AG] | 230120 E.2. Student deleting a video submission before instructor grading/feedback Video submissions by students should not be deleted from Echo unless the student has uploaded the wrong submission prior to grading/instructor feedback. Students should be able to do this themselves; if not, NIDA’s Echo admins can help |
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