The steps below cover one of five main staff workflows for using Echo360 via Canvas, ie recording a webcam session at the same time as adding it via Canvas' text editor
The video that covers the same steps as the below can be found here:
Recording an Echo360 video via Canvas
General notes
In addition to videos, you can upload presentation files (such as PowerPoint) and pdfs to Echo
Whenever you upload content to Echo, it’s added to your personal Echo library:
You can view and manage your Echo library from within Canvas.
Zoom recordings and classroom captures organized by the AV department should also appear in your Echo library.
There are three places you can link to Echo videos from within a Canvas course page:
the text editor
the Modules screen, and
the course’s blue navigation menu.
Of these, linking via the the text editor is recommended. Using the Modules screen or navigation menu is not preferred because both require using Echo's old section and class system, which is likely to be phased out.
Notes specific to this workflow
This video shows you how to record a webcam session using Echo360’s browser-based capture tool
Once your session has been captured using the tool and has been sucessfully uploaded to Echo360 as a video, this video is like any other Echo360 video and can be added to Echo360 collections, linked to from Canvas, etc.
For this reason, this workflow only covers the steps up until the session video is successfully added to Echo360. See other workflows for how to then add this video to a collection or link to it from Canvas.
WORKFLOW
PART 1. RECORD A WEBCAM SESSION AND LINK TO IT FROM CANVAS
1. Go to the Canvas course you want to add the webcam session to. Navigate to a screen in this course that offers the text editor
2. In this example, a Page is used. Click the 'Edit' button for the Page
3. In the text editor screen, place the cursor where you want to add the webcam session video
4. Click on the blue 'Echo360' icon in the editor's toolbar
If you don't see this icon, click on down arrow to the right of the plug icon, then select the 'View All' option. In the popup that then appears, click on the 'Echo360' video link
5. In the popup that then appears, click on the 'Create New Media' tab
6. Click on 'Launch Browser Capture'
7. A new tab should then open in your browser with a webcam capture screen. If you would like to capture a screen on your device at the same time as the webcam, click on the 'Add Screen' button and select the desired screen.
You can select either the whole screen on your device/computer, or an individual window
8. Type in a title for this webcam session
You will be able to search on this title to find your webcam recording once it's finished
9 Test the microphone is working by seeing if the sound meter under 'Microphone' moves when there is noise
10. You now should be ready to begin.
11. Click on the 'REC' button to start the recording process. A countdown will show when recording will begin
12. Depending on how you have selected the windows or desktop, you may be able to control the window/screen from within the capture window
13. To pause and restart your recording, click on the double bar icon. To cancel your recording, click on the cross icon. To stop and save your recording, click on the square icon
14. Once you have clicked on the square icon to end your recording, an 'Upload complete' message will display. Click to close this capture tab and return to the main Canvas tab
15. Back in the Canvas tab, click on the 'Library' option in the popup
16. Your webcam capture should appear towards the top of the list of videos. If not, you can search for it by title
Searching only works if you start typing from the beginning of the title. Echo won't find your video if you start with the middle or end of the title.
17. If you just wanted to record the webcam session with the intention to optionally link to it from Canvas later, you can stop at this point
If you can see your webcam session listed under the 'Library' tab in the pop-up, then it's been successfully saved in your personal Echo library...
18. To continue and link to this webcam capture from Canvas, select the session capture
19. Then click on the 'Save' button at the bottom right
20. Once back on the main editor screen, test your recording by clicking the Play button.
(If you see the ‘Not Yet Ready’ message, you will need to wait for Echo to process the video before it becomes playable. You can check if the processing has finished by refreshing the browser tab (hit the F5 key).)
PART 2. CHECK YOUR NEW LINKED CONTENT
21. Click on the 'Play' button at bottom left, or on the large play button in the centre of the video
Check that the video runs properly
22. Optionally view any video streams that are available either separately or side by side...
23. Also optionally click on the Full Screen option to view the video more easily
Hit the Esc key to return to the normal view
