In this section: |
Although you probably use the EchoSystem primarily to record class lectures, you might also want to use it to preserve and distribute other materials.
If you are an Academic Staff member, as the Instructor for a section you might want to:
If you are a System Administrator, you might be asked to:
You can upload any of these materials to the EchoSystem then edit and manage them as you would an Echo.
EchoSystem calls these materials "other media" because they are not captured by the EchoSystem. Instead, you upload them yourself. The process of uploading an external file is called "media import".
You can:
Echo360 supports the file types listed below. These have been tested.
Echo360 will add support for additional tools and formats. If you use a format not listed here, you can attempt to ingest it. Other formats may work although they have not been tested.
If the format you use fails to process correctly, especially in the case of video files, it is likely that the video file format is not fully compatible with our encoding software. We suggest you attempt to re-encode the video into one of the supported formats (listed below) via a 3rd party video encoding software, and then use that as the source file for another media import attempt. Alternately you can enter a support request to suggest we add support for the format you are using.
Media import does not support multi-channel audio. |
The following table lists the currently tested and supported combination audio and video file types.
Video File Format | Video Codec | Audio Codec |
---|---|---|
AVI | CVID, TSCC | PCM |
FLV | VP6F | MP3 |
M4V | H.264 | AAC |
MP4 | H.264, AVC1 | AAC |
MOV | H.264, MPEG-4 (mp4v), DV | AAC, MPEG-4 (mp4a) |
WMV | WMV9 | WMA |
MOV | H.264, MPEG-4 | AAC |
MP4 | H.264, MPEG-4 | AAC |
M4V | H.264 | AAC |
M4V | H.264 | AAC |
AVI | DV | PCM |
MOV | H.264, CVID | AAC, PCM |
WMV | WMV9, VC1 | WMA9 |
MP4 | H.264 | AAC |
WMV | WMV2 | WMA2 |
AVI | CVID | PCM |
The following table lists the currently tested and supported audio only file types.
>Audio File Format | Audio Codec |
---|---|
MP3 | MP3 |
WMA | WMA2 |
Use the drop-down lists to select the Term, Course, and Section to which you want to publish the uploaded item.
Start Date and Start Time can be used to identify a particular date and time to which the uploaded media item applies, such as a particular class lecture or a guest lecture event. By default, these are set at the current date/time (the time and date that the item is uploaded).
Enter a Title that identifies the item for students.
Enter a Description for the item to advise students what the media import is and its purpose, or other relevant information to provide context for the item.
Select a Media Type. This selection determines the type of output that will be produced from the uploaded file. Your options include:
Once the file is uploaded and the fields are filled in, click Next.