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- Access materials. All materials (Echoes, media imports, and Personal Capture recordings) are grouped together by date and lecture.
- Access Lecture Tools to prepare and publish activities, polls, and quizzes for use in classroom lectures (if Lecture Tools has been integrated with EchoSystem).
- Guide student discussions. You can introduce a topic at the right teaching moment. See Discussions - What Did Students Learn?
- Gain insight into student learning. See Teaching Aids - What Did Students Watch? You can learn:
- What Echoes students watched and how closely they watched
- What was interesting, confusing, or notable
- What they ignored
- What they absorbed
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When the EchoSystem requires a login to authenticate users, you see an EchoCenter page that has panes for course statistics, discussions (called "Recent Activity"), and additional information for each Echo. There may also be links to a Lecture Tools system allowing you create polling questions or quizzes for use during class. The page looks something like the figure shown above.
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- Access a live webcast. During a live webcast, the Instructor might ask you to monitor chat and present questions for response. See Live Webcasting for Academic Staff.
- Assist with presenting Lecture Tools materials and polls, especially during Live webcasts. see Using Lecture Tools with EchoCenter.
- Monitor and guide student discussions. You can look at the Recent Activity pane to see the most recent discussion comments elicited by any Echo, or look at the discussion threads for a particular Echo. See Discussions - What Did Students Learn?
- Analyze data presented in the teaching aids, then prepare a high-level summary for the Instructor. See Teaching Aids - What Did Students Watch? Your Instructor might want to know:
- Which Echo received the most views
- Which Echo was viewed multiple times by the same student
- Which topic inspired the most discussion
- Which discussions revealed understanding
- Which discussions revealed confusion
- Analyze engagement data. You may want to identify students who are not participating and who may be falling behind. You may also want to include online activity in course assessment, giving active students credit for their participation. See Student Usage Reports - Are Students Engaged?
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- Access a Live webcast
- Access a particular Echo, media import, or Personal Capture recording
- Review discussions and participate in themAccess any lectures where Lecture Tools polls or questions have been added. Students MUST access the EchoPlayer through the EchoCenter to see these items.
- See the course bookmarks they have added to particular Echoes
The student EchoCenter page looks similar to the figure below:
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