Guided Tour of an EchoCenter Page
In this section:
Overview
Your EchoCenter page should look similar to the figure shown below. Each numbered item is described in the sections below.
ID Pane (1-3)
The class covered by this EchoCenter page. You may also see a notice of the next recording or live webcast, as shown below. A Join button appears shortly before the scheduled webcast time. See Live Webcasting for Students.
The Echo360 logo. Your school logo may appear on the left side of the window.
Link to online help.
Course Bookmarks Pane (4)
The pane:
Shows any course notes (bookmarks) you added recently to any Echo in the class. To see the course notes (bookmarks) you added for a specific Echo, select the Echo and click the course notes (bookmarks) tab. See Course Notes (Bookmarks) Tab.
Lets you jump to the course note (bookmark). Clicking on the course note (bookmark) opens the Echo at the relevant scene.
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:
Tag important parts of the Echo, allowing you to quickly navigate to a certain point
Serve as brief course notes, offering an overview of what was covered in a particular lecture
You see only the bookmarks you added.
Best Practice: Add Many Bookmarks
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.
Recent Activity Pane (5)
This pane:
Shows recent discussions that occurred in any Echo in the class. To see the discussions for a specific Echo, select the Echo and click the Discussions tab. See Discussions Tab.
Lets you join the discussion. Clicking on the discussion link opens the Echo at the relevant scene.
Why Aren't There Links to the Most Recent Echo Here?
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).
Echoes List (6)
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:
Echoes still being processed.
Scheduled recordings.
Echoes that are marked Not Available. If you are curious about an Echo marked Not Available, ask your Instructor or Teaching Assistant (TA). Echoes can be unavailable for a variety of reasons:
Your Instructor may have marked an Echo as unavailable while it is being reviewed or for another reason
A class meeting may not have been captured because of a power outage or other malfunction
An example of the Other list is shown below.
The Other list contains the following options and information:
Available/Other drop-down list. Allows for toggling between the Available Echoes and Other Echoes
Hide Unavailable/Show Unavailable drop-down list. This control shortens the list by hiding unavailable Echoes. Echoes can be unavailable for a variety of reasons:
The Instructor may have marked an Echo as unavailable
A class meeting may not have been captured because of a power outage or other malfunction
The number of Echoes in the list.
The status of any Echoes listed. This may show that the Echo is being processed or that the class meeting was not captured. Most class meetings are captured and become available as Echoes, so it is helpful to see this case explicitly noted.
Individual Echo Listed (7)
Select an Echo in the list to reveal additional details about that specific Echo.
Launch Echo Button (8)
Click this button to launch the Echo.
Tabs Selection (9)
Select a specific Echo from the Course Echoes list, then select one of the tabs to get further details about the Echo.
Information Tab
The Information tab is shown below.
From this tab you can:
See the date of the Echo
See the Presenters for the Echo
See the type of Echo (usually "Lecture")
See the duration of the Echo
Download Podcast or Vodcast versions
Read a description of the Echo if your Instructor included one
Access the Embed Code for the Echo. You can use this link, just like a YouTube link, to embed the Echo into a web page or share it via social media.
Discussions Tab
The Discussions tab is shown below.
From this tab, you can:
See discussions that have occurred for the specific Echo.
Join discussions. Click on the discussions link.