Embedding Echo360

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EMBED AN ECHO360 RECORDING
INTO A COURSE
ECHO 360 allows you to capture everything that is on your screen with a voice over. Record
short lessons for your student to review on their own time.
You will need to get ECHO 360 installed on your computer. To do this, contact Ed Media:
http://www.help.pace.edu PLV: 914 773 3338 NYC: 212 346 1583
1. Click the Start menu and search for Echo360. The following window will be displayed.
2. Click Start Capture twice.
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3. ECHO360 will countdown to the beginning of the capture.
4. The recording may be paused and resumed by using the Pause Capture button (or Alt/F3 key
combination). When finished recording, click on Stop Capture (or Alt/F2).
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5. Prior to publishing the recording, you may play the video and it may be edited by cutting out
unwanted sections. To cut out an unwanted section, click and drag the orange sliders so that an
unwanted section is isolated. Then click the scissors button.
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6. Click Apply Edits. If you have made a mistake, you may use the Clear Cuts button to remove
your edits. When finished editing, click the Publish Recording button.
7. Enter your Pace credentials and click Login.
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8. A list of the courses that are linked to Echo360 videos is displayed. Select the desired course and
click Next. Continue to click Next through the prompts.
9. When prompted, enter a title for your video and click Publish.
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10. Your video will be at the bottom of the video list, and at this point it will be Published, but not
yet linked to your course.
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11. When the video processing is complete, an email will be sent. You can use the Rich Media link
to share your video.
12. An announcement is displayed in the Blackboard course when the video is available.
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13. Navigate to the Course Documents content area of the course. The video will be at the bottom
of the list of documents.
14. If you want to move the video to another content area, use the context arrow next to the video
title by hovering the mouse over the title. Select Move.
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15. Click Browse to reveal the content area locations.
16. Select the desired content area.
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17. The desired content area is now in the Destination Folder textbox. Click Submit.
18. Blackboard will display a message if the process is successful. The video is now in the new
content area.
My Notes:
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