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Echo360 Overview

What is Echo360?

Echo360 provides automated capture of lectures in selected lecture theatres, and delivers these recordings via MyLO to students. Recordings typically capture anything shown through the data projector( content) and audio from the venue. The Echo360 service  is also used by staff to deliver any supplementary audio visual materials including videos, interviews and materials made outside a traditional lecture to their students.

Recording Options at UTAS:

  • Full functionality capture venues - suitable for users who wish to record any combination of visual feeds (ie: laptop, house PC, document camera or video camera, depending on room capability) and audio from the venue audio system. These recordings can also be enabled for live webcasting.
  • House PC capture in an enabled venue using "Classroom Capture" software - suitable for users booked into smaller rooms. The software capture only records the screen of the supplied house PC and audio from the venue microphone (usually a desktop "boundary" microphone in these smaller spaces).
  • Your own computer using Echo360 Universal Capture - Personal software - manually installed on staff computers suitable for ad hoc and in-office recordings.  'Browser Capture' - Browser-based capture used from within the Echo360 platform.   Mic and optional web cam required.
  • Media import - the system provides functionality to upload your own video and audio files in common formats created in other programs, and deliver them in the standard UTAS format and environment.

What features does Echo360 have?

  • Automated recording and upload from a schedule in lecture theatres, including live webcasting
  • Ad hoc user initiated recording in lecture theatres
  • Universal Capture - Classroom software in small classrooms
  • Universal Capture - Personal software for Windows and Mac for staff and students
  • LiveStream using both Universal Capture - Personal and Classroom
  • Media upload
  • Online video editor
  • Seamless linking in MyLO
  • Streaming and download options

In-class presentation tools and engagement analytics

  • In class presentation tools, so lecturers can upload PPTX or PDF files to the cloud, and insert questions and tasks into the presentation.
  • When ALP is used to present students can type questions, flag content as confusing, write their own notes and make bookmarks.
  • Comprehensive student engagement analytics with customisable criteria for each unit.
  • Ability to insert interactive activities such as quizzes and polls into a presentation.

More ways to create media

In addition to the existing suite of lecture recording devices, desktop and classroom capture software, and file upload:

  • Android and iOS apps for video upload.
  • Upload video from various cloud storage locations (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box)
  • Ability for lecturers to store their presentation PPTX or PDF file with the recording, including a PowerPoint plug in to directly upload PPTX files.
  • Staff have a library, where they can view, edit, store, and share content from.

More options for students

  • New HTML5 playback environment works on almost any device.
  • Student's notes and video bookmarks are compiled into a central "study guide".
  • Students can search across a whole unit's worth of recordings for text that appears in the video or slides.
  • Students also have their own media library.

Staff step-by-step guides and videos can be found on the Staff Resources page.