Embeddable EchoPlayer for Students

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Last updated: Sep 21, 2015Version comment
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In this section:

Embedding the EchoPlayer

If enabled by the System Administrator, EchoSystem provides an embeddable EchoPlayer link, allowing an EchoPlayer for a specific Echo to be embedded into an LMS, or instructor's webpage, or other external location. The embeddable link, called Embed Code is available as follows:

  • On the Info tab for the Echo in the EchoCenter, as shown below.


  • By clicking the Share button in the EchoPlayer, as shown below. 

The embeddable EchoPlayer link functions exactly as a YouTube embeddable link, only instead of the YouTube URL for a video, it contains the ESS URL for the specific Echo. Copying and pasting the Embed Code into an external location displays the selected Echo within the EchoPlayer on the webpage, providing the EchoPlayer experience for the user.

If you normally need to log in to see Echoes for the section, the embedded EchoPlayer frame will show a login screen. If you are already logged in through the LMS, you should not have to re-enter your credentials.

Limitations for Embedded EchoPlayer Playback

An embedded EchoPlayer will not play on a mobile device, instead, mobile users will receive a link to launch the full EchoPlayer.

If users are required to acknowledge the copyright for a section's Echoes, the Echoes cannot be played through an embedded EchoPlayer. Use the full EchoPlayer instead.

Features of the Embedded EchoPlayer

The embedded EchoPlayer looks and functions very similarly to the full EchoPlayer, but without having to launch the EchoPlayer in its own browser window or tab.

The below figure shows an embedded EchoPlayer in a web page, along with identifying some of the capabilities. These items are described in more detail below the figure.

The arrows in the above figure identify the following items in the embedded EchoPlayer:

  • Clicking the section title or launch arrow in the header opens the EchoCenter for the section to which the Echo belongs.
  • Clicking the Echo logo on the right side of the header will launch the full EchoPlayer in a new tab (just like launching the EchoPlayer from EchoCenter, with full functionality).
  • The standard playback controls appear at the bottom of the embedded EchoPlayer, allowing for play/pause, skip to next scene, skip to previous scene, variable speed playback (VSP), audio level, and "seek" with the playhead.

The embedded EchoPlayer also allows for the use of the following keyboard shortcuts:

  • P: Play/Pause (toggle)
  • F: View in Fullscreen
  • N: Skip to Next Scene
  • B: Go back to Previous Scene
  • U: Volume Up
  • D: Volume Down

The Embedded EchoPlayer has the following limitations:

  • Audio Only presentations will not be displayed.
  • Live streaming webcasts cannot be viewed in an embedded EchoPlayer.
  • For Echoes with two visual capture inputs (Audio/Display/Video, Audio/Display/Display, or Audio/Video/Video), only one of the two visual items will appear, as follows:
    • For A/D/V, users will see the Display input.
    • For A/D/D, users will see the Primary Display input. 
    • For A/V/V, users will see the Primary Video input.