Instructors at WPI are being asked to be agile in order to accommodate students who may not be able to attend in-classroom lectures. If you’re an instructor who is not accustomed to lecture capture, this blog post will guide help you initiate a lecture stream using Echo360 or Zoom. Echo360 Zoom Planning Echo360 At…Continue Reading Lecture Capture Contingency Planning
Share Studio Video with a Link
If you have a video in Canvas Studio that you want to share with a link, follow these steps. First, find your video in My Library. Click the three-dot column on the bottom right of the video thumbnail. This releases a pop up menu. Click “Share Media”. From here, you have the choice of whether…Continue Reading Share Studio Video with a Link
Feature Comparison: Echo360 and Studio
Feature Access Via cloud platform (https://echo360.org) or Canvas. Via enrollment in an active Canvas course site, only. Organization Course section (i.e., folder); user library; collection Course folder; user library; collection Storage Cloud platform Cloud associated with Canvas Captioning Yes Yes Quizzes Yes. Question types: multiple choice, ordered list, short answer, numeric activity, image quiz, T/F. …Continue Reading Feature Comparison: Echo360 and Studio
Editing Your Thumbnail with Echo360
Like a manicure, a good thumbnail will do wonders for your video’s appearance. What is a thumbnail? A thumbnail is small image hyperlinked to the playback of your video. It should communicate the gist of your video. But sometimes it doesn’t. This blog post will show you how to remedy that situation in Echo360. First…Continue Reading Editing Your Thumbnail with Echo360
Insert Editing with Echo360
Did you know that you can now insert clips into an existing Echo360 video? To do this, you need to have both the clip you want to insert as well as the one that is going to get added to in your Echo360 library. With that as your starting point, you can chose to edit…Continue Reading Insert Editing with Echo360
Edit Your Closed Captions on Echo360
Closed captions are the text version of what is being spoken during a video, displayed in short, readable segments. All Echo360 videos have a closed caption track. This means that should a viewer want to turn on the closed captioning for a course video, they will have that option. This post provides more information about…Continue Reading Edit Your Closed Captions on Echo360
Echo360 Announces Grant Opportunity
Echo360, the video content management and creation platform in use at WPI, has announced a call for proposals for its E3 grants. E3 stands for Equity, Engagement and Evidence. Each grant recipient, if selected, will receive a $2000 cash award. These grants are designed to support the work of instructors and researchers who use Echo360…Continue Reading Echo360 Announces Grant Opportunity
Introducing Perusall
The perennial quest for engagement may have a boost with Perusall, a social annotation platform that can be incorporated into your Canvas course sites as an external tool. Built by a team of academics from Harvard and the University of Texas, Perusall aims to increase pre-class reading. Students can login to Perusall through Canvas (more…Continue Reading Introducing Perusall
Setting Up Zoom for Echo360
Updated 1/9/2024 Did you know you can set up your Zoom cloud recordings to automatically transfer to your Echo360 Library? Since Zoom cloud recordings are deleted after 100 days, Echo360 is the preferred storage solution. To set up your course to record with Zoom and be stored in Echo360, follow these steps. Go to https://wpi.zoom.us…Continue Reading Setting Up Zoom for Echo360
Creating a Video Assignment or Discussion Post
Creating a video assignment or discussion post is a great way to get students thinking outside the text-box, so to speak, and tapping into their creativity. It’s also a great way for students to see each other and practice presentation skills. This post covers how to create assignments and discussions that involve a video submission….Continue Reading Creating a Video Assignment or Discussion Post