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.
Apart from videos, Echo360 can also hold audio files, pdfs and PowerPoint files.
There a number of ways that Echo360 can be used with Canvas
Two of these uses are:
Use 1: Uploading and linking to Echo360 video content by staff
Use 2: Setting up Canvas so that students can submit video for their assignments.
Both of these will be described in detail below…
Use 1: Uploading and linking to Echo360 content by staff
The steps below cover the five main staff workflows for using Echo360 via Canvas.
These workflows are numbered 1.a to 1.e.
Detailed descriptions of these workflows are provided below - there are video and document versions of each.
WORKFLOW | HOW-TO DOCUMENT | HOW-TO VIDEO |
|---|---|---|
A. Adding content to Echo360 | ||
1.a. MyEcho360 Library: Uploading an Echo360 video DOC DONE | ||
1.b. MyEcho360 Library: Recording an Echo360 video DOC DONE | ||
1.c. MyEcho360 Library: Add an Echo360 video to a collection [mention this can be recordings or regular videos. Mention that collections can be private to the user or shared with others. Mention that you are able to access Echo360 content in any collection that you have created or to which you have been made a member. -AG] | ||
B. Linking to Echo360 content from Canvas | ||
1.d. Linking to an Echo360 video from Canvas (embedding vs linking) [cover both linking from personal library AND from a collection] [mention this can be recordings or regular videos, and from a collection or from a personal library -AG] | ||
C. Adding and linking content at the same time | ||
1.e. ‘Uploading an Echo360 video via Canvas' → ‘’Adding content to Echo360 while linking to it from Canvas’ [mention this can be recordings or regular videoss, 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 Echo360 content from Canvas’ workflow -AG] | ||
Use 2: Setting up Canvas so that students can submit video for their assignments
Video assignments follow the same three-step sequence as for any other assignment, ie setup, submission and grading.
The Echo-preferred workflow using the ‘Online + Website URL’ option is shown below.
An alternative version using the ‘Online + File upload’ is also provided.
STEP IN SEQUENCE | HOW-TO DOCUMENT |
|---|---|
Step 1: How staff can set up an Echo video Assignment activity in Canvas | ✍️ Echo-preferred setup (Online + Website URL) ✍️ Alternative setup (Online + File Upload) |
Step 2: How students can upload their submission to this Assignment activity | ✍️ Echo-preferred submission (Online + Website URL) ✍️ Alternative submission (Online + File Upload) |
Step 3: How staff can then grade these video submissions |