What is Lecture Capture? Lecture capturing is a service offered through the Academic Technology Center at WPI. When you “capture” a lecture, you are recording and/or live streaming your lecture for students to view. Lecture capturing can be done in a WPI classroom or remotely, via software on your own computer. This blog post covers…Continue Reading Lecture capture in WPI classrooms
Video Collections with Studio
Instead of sharing your whole oeurve with an audience, you might just want to share certain videos that pertain to a topic. Good news – this kind of selective sharing is now possible in Canvas Studio! This blog post will walk you through how to create a collection of videos in Canvas Studio and share…Continue Reading Video Collections with Studio
Embedding Videos with the New Rich Text Editor
Canvas recently upgraded its rich text editor. What this means for you is that if you are embedding Echo36 or Studio videos in pages, the look and workflow has changed slightly. Here’s what the row of buttons at the top of the rich text editor looks like. You’re going to click on the…Continue Reading Embedding Videos with the New Rich Text Editor
Sharing Studio Videos in a Page
This post will walk you through how to embed your Studio videos into a Canvas page. The first step is to create a new page in Canvas. Once you’ve done that, you’ll notice a rich content editor with a bar of buttons. This row has buttons pertaining to formatting and items that you can…Continue Reading Sharing Studio Videos in a Page
Sharing Echo360 Videos as a Course-Relevant Collection
How do Echo360 videos integrate with your Canvas course? One easy way is through the Echo360 button on your left side course menu. When you share a video to your course, they are accessible via this button, and appear as a list. From here, students can download the videos they want….Continue Reading Sharing Echo360 Videos as a Course-Relevant Collection
Uploading Videos to Echo360 and Sharing
This blog shows you how to use Echo360 to upload and then share your videos. First we’ll cover how to upload a video. Then we’ll show you the different ways of sharing your video once it’s in Echo360. Uploading a Video File Sharing the Video Uploading a Video File You don’t need to use Echo360’s…Continue Reading Uploading Videos to Echo360 and Sharing
Embedding Video in Canvas Pages
If you want to embed your course videos into a Canvas page, you have three options. WPI currently uses Echo360 and Canvas Studio as video storage and creation solutions, and each offers different benefits. This post shows how to use each of those tools to embed video in a Canvas page. We will start with…Continue Reading Embedding Video in Canvas Pages
Student Projects with Universal Capture
This post explains how to use download Echo360 Universal Capture, how to record with it, and how to share a link to the recording. Downloading Universal Capture The first step is to click Echo360 on the left side menu-bar of the Canvas site. Once you do this, you’ll see a gear wheel on the…Continue Reading Student Projects with Universal Capture
Creating a Video Assignment with Canvas Studio
In this post, we’ll go over how to create an assignment that accepts a video from Canvas Studio, Canvas’s video recording and storage platform. Studio is an application that can be added to your Canvas menu on the left. To create the assignment, first click on Assignments on the left side menu. Then click…Continue Reading Creating a Video Assignment with Canvas Studio
Creating an Ad-Hoc Capture with Echo360 Universal Capture
This post was updated 8/15/2023. The Echo360 Universal Capture platform is identical whether you use it from your personal computer or if you use it in the classroom. These instructions will show you how to start and stop your own lecture captures in a WPI classroom. If you would like to schedule automatic captures for…Continue Reading Creating an Ad-Hoc Capture with Echo360 Universal Capture