The video that covers the same steps as the below can be found here:
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[230121 YET TO BE RESOLVED
Not yet sure what the advantage is in adding videos to classes except to keep a record of which videos are related to the Canvas course that’s attached to the section that the classes are in. In other words, at the moment the only advantage appears to be that you can keep tabs on which videos are related to a given Canvas course, but this seems to provide no advantage in terms of making it easier to link to videos from Canvas
For this reason, since there appears to be no link between adding videos to classes and being able to then link the videos in these classes to a Canvas course, the only additional workflow steps I can add at this point is to describe an alternative method of creating simple links and embed codes for a video that the methods described in the other workflows. This alternative method is:
Go to the user’s Echo library via the ‘My Echo360 Library’ screen on any Canvas page. In the Library tab on this screen, open the Media dropdown if necessary so that the video thumbnails can be seen. Click on the three dots to the bottom right of a video and select Share then select the ‘Link’ tab to start sharing via a link. Then follow the options on the Link tab to create either a simple link or get embed code to paste into the Canvas page’s html]
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Notes specific to this workflow
Echo classes are the lowest and most specific level in Echo’s course-section-class hierarchy. Think of an Echo class as a folder that collects together resources on a given topic. Each of these class ‘folders’ can contain at maximum one Echo video, one pdf and one PowerPoint file.
You can thus use classes to collect related resources together within Echo. Since these resources are stored within Echo, the assumption is that these resources will most likely include Echo videos.
This workflow requires that you have already have access to the video in Echo.
This may be from someone sharing the video with you, or you having uploaded the video to Echo,
(To upload a video to Echo, see one of the following workflows to do this:After upload or sharing, this video will be located in your personal Echo library
Linking the video will require you to provide some information about the video. This information will be
the NIDA qualification (or failing this the general category that best describes the video) eg BFA Costume
the term where this applies (eg Semester 1 2021) or the nearest equivalent, and
the Canvas course (or relevant alternative) eg 2021 COS7201A,
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Scheduled class recordings (and livestreamed video if recorded) will be saved in a class in Echo.
This class will belong to an Echo section that is linked to a relevant course in Canvas
The scheduled and livestream recordings will also be added as videos to the Echo library of a given staff member, such as a course coordinator. This staff member can be chosen as part of scheduling the recording
Methods of linking from a video in an Echo class to Canvas are awkward and are likely to break when the Canvas course is rolled over for the next offering, so the easiest option to link to a scheduled recording is…
for the person who received the recording in their Echo library to create a link in Canvas, or
to find the name of the recording and ask a NIDA Echo admin to share this recording with others so they can do the linking, or
to ask the admin to do the linking for them)
This workflow thus simply shows you how to see a list of classes attached to your Canvas course so you know what name the recording has in order to advise a NIDA Echo admin
For a diagram of the course-section-class hierarchy, click this link
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WORKFLOW
1.Go to a Canvas course you have been enrolled in
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2. Go click on the link to the ‘My Echo360 Library’ screen
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3. Click on the Library tab if you are not already on this tab
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4. Search for the video in your personal Echo library. Matching videos will be shown in the ‘Media’ section below
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5. Click the 3 dots to the bottom right of the desired video and select the Share option
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6. Select the Class tab to begin sharing to an Echo class
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7. In the Course box, select the Echo course in the course-section-class hierarchy that the class should be added to. (You will only be shown Echo courses that you are involved with.)
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8. In the Term box, select the most appropriate term for the content that you are adding
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9. In the Section box, select the most appropriate Canvas course or nearest equivalent
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10. Click the New Class tab and in the Class Name field, type in a description of the video you are linking to
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11. (Optional) Select the availability for the class. If you want the class to only be available for a certain amount of time, select from the start date, start time and duration boxes
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12. (Optional) Type in a description for the video
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13. (Optional) Enter the availability for the video. Select when the video should become Available, and when it should become Unavailable
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14. Click on the Share button at the bottom. Your video has now been linked/shared to an Echo class.
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15. You can check this if you like by going to the ‘Echo360 Links’ screen
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16‘Echo360 Links’ screen. (If this is not shown then select to show it in the blue course menu by going to the course’s Settings screen, then selecting to enable the ‘Echo360 Links’ option in the Navigation tab)
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3. then selecting the 'Section home' option (l the other settings should already be selected for you)
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174. then clicking the Connect button. You are then shown a list of all the Echo classes linked to the Canvas course. The class you added should be in the list
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Now that you have added a video to the course-section-class hierarchy, link to this video from Canvas using the C.2. Linking to an Echo from Canvas workflowAn example class - including its name - is shown below
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