The video that covers the same steps as the below can be found here:
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For important notes related to all Group C workflows, click here
[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]
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,
If you don’t see relevant options for the video you’re linking to, contact NIDA’s Echo admins about which option to pick or getting you set up so you can.
For a diagram of the course-section-class hierarchy, click this link
WORKFLOW
1.Go to a Canvas course you have been enrolled in
2. Go to the ‘My Echo360 Library’ screen
3. Click on the Library tab if you are not already on this tab
4. Search for the video in your personal Echo library. Matching videos will be shown in the ‘Media’ section below
5. Click the 3 dots to the bottom right of the desired video and select the Share option
6. Select the Class tab to begin sharing to an Echo class
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.)
8. In the Term box, select the most appropriate term for the content that you are adding
9. In the Section box, select the most appropriate Canvas course or nearest equivalent
10. Click the New Class tab and in the Class Name field, type in a description of the video you are linking to
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
12. (Optional) Type in a description for the video
13. (Optional) Enter the availability for the video. Select when the video should become Available, and when it should become Unavailable
14. Click on the Share button at the bottom. Your video has now been linked/shared to an Echo class.
15. You can check this if you like by going to the ‘Echo360 Links’ screen
16. then selecting the 'Section home' option (l the other settings should already be selected for you)
17. 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
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 workflow