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Your EchoCenter page should look similar to the figure shown below. Each numbered item is described in the sections below.
Link to online help.
The pane:
To make course notes (bookmarks) appear in this pane, add a bookmark to an Echo while you are watching it in the EchoPlayer. Click the Bookmarks button (shown below).
Bookmarks help you:
You see only the bookmarks you added.
Add bookmarks liberally as you review an Echo. When you are studying for an exam, you'll find the bookmarks a handy index to the Echo and to the class. You might want to use a key phrase (such as "EXAM QUESTION") if an Instructor has indicated that a particular concept is important. |
This pane:
The Recent Activity section lists the most recent discussions that occurred in any Echo for this class. If the most recent Echo did not elicit any discussion, no discussion link is listed. Discussions sometimes occur as you and your classmates review the Echo. As you submit discussions topics, they are listed in this pane. |
Discussions appear in this pane, when you, the Instructor, or another class member adds a discussion topic while watching an Echo. Click the Discussions button (shown below).
As the school year progresses, the list of Echoes can become long and unwieldy. The Available/Other and Most Recent/Least Recent drop-down lists help you organize the list of Echoes.
Select the Available option to see a list of Echoes that have been processed. Sort the list with the Most Recent/Least Recent drop-down list.
Select the Other option to see a list of:
An example of the Other list is shown below.
The Other list contains the following options and information:
Select an Echo in the list to reveal additional details about that specific Echo.
Click this button to launch the Echo.
Select a specific Echo from the Course Echoes list, then select one of the tabs to get further details about the Echo.
The Information tab is shown below.
From this tab you can:
The Discussions tab is shown below.
From this tab, you can:
The Course Bookmarks tab is shown below.
From this tab you can:
The date below the bookmark is the date you added the bookmark to the Echo. It is not the date of the class.
When you click an Echo icon on the EchoCenter page, you want to jump right into the Echo. You don't want to be bothered with technical specifications. However, the EchoPlayer needs to know certain details in order to display the Echo in the best way for you.
Click the Preferences button to configure your preferred bandwidth and theme. These specifications will be used for every Echo you launch.
Follow these steps:
The display name is the name other students and your Instructor see when you are chatting and asking questions in the EchoPlayer. To change your display name, follow these steps:
Select your preferred connection speed. The connection speed that can be supported depends on the quality of your network. We recommend choosing the default, Auto-Select.
The theme and connections settings affect the appearance and performance of the EchoPlayer but have no effect on the EchoCenter. |
In order to see Lecture Tools polling and quiz materials, you MUST access the EchoPlayer through the course EchoCenter and NOT through a direct link to the lecture. If you do not have the link to the course EchoCenter, ask the instructor to provide one for you. |
If your instructor has created a poll or quiz in Lecture Tools and is using them during class, you will see a Polling button in the Tools pane of the EchoPlayer.
If you click the Polling button, you will see the question or topic for which the instructor requires a response. For Live webcasts, these will likely be shown individually as the topic is discussed. Using the response buttons or text field provided, you can return an answer that the instructor will see in Lecture Tools. An example is shown in the below figure.
If the instructor includes polling questions with an Echo (a previously recorded class) or with a Personal Capture presentation, you will see all of the questions at once, in the Polling list, instead of one at a time in the context of the portion of the lecture to which each applies. Your instructor may provide further information for using these types of polls or questions.
If you need to access Lecture Tools for any reason, click the View Course Tools link on the EchoCenter page, shown in the below figure. You can ignore this button if you are not familiar with Lecture Tools and are not directly instructed to use it.
If you are accessing Lecture Tools for the first time, you may be prompted to configure a password for Lecture Tools.
If you need assistance in using Lecture Tools, or you are not seeing the access button or other items described here, please discuss this with your instructor or contact your institution's help desk for assistance.
When the EchoSystem is not configured to authenticate users, you still see an EchoCenter page, but it is missing the Course Bookmarks and Discussions panes. It looks similar to the figure below:
If your EchoCenter page looks like this, take a screenshot and show it to your Instructor or Teaching Assistant. The System Administrator may be able to make adjustments so you can see the missing panes.