QUICK GUIDES. Student Guide to Echo360 Lecture Recordings. Accessing Echo360 lecture recordings.

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1 QUICK GUIDES Student Guide to Echo60 Lecture Recordings Students can access lecture recordings via the Echo60 EchoCenter page in ilearn. The Echo60 EchoCenter is linked through the Echo60 block. Accessing Echo60 lecture recordings. Locate the Echo60 block and click on the Launch EchoCenter... link.. The EchoCenter page will appear.. Use the View Fewer Weeks/View More Weeks to expand or contract the list of recordings.. Click on the Blue plus button to show the details of a particular recording and all the playback options. We welcome constructive feedback on this resource. Please send your feedback to ilearn@mq.edu.au

2 5. Hover the mouse over Download to show all downloadable versions of the recording. 5 Audio podcast is a link to an MP file of the recording. Video podcast is a link to an MV file. Click Launch Echo to open a video/display recording in the EchoPlayer. This option is not available for audio-only recordings. Podcast links are displayed at the bottom of the EchoCenter. The URL of these links can be used to subscribe to the RSS feed of the unit s recordings EchoPlayer. Click on the Blue plus button to show the details of a particular recording and all the playback options. Click Launch Echo.. Select EchoPlayer settings and click Launch EchoPlayer. Configuration options available are: Broadband - Is the highest quality playback available. Will also playback the secondary video window if the video is of a display + video type. Dial In - Plays the video in a lower quality setting optimised for lower bandwidth connection. Screen Reader - An accessible audio-only version of the recording optimised for screen reader programs.

3 . The recording will start playing. Navigating the recording You can navigate through the recording using the timeline and player controls along the bottom of the EchoPlayer. You can also control volume and visibility of the video window/s and the APPS window. APPS The APPS (Applications) menu extends the functionality of the EchoPlayer allowing you to go to a scene, bookmark scenes, search for keywords within a recording, and display information. To access the APPS menu click on the APPS button. A listing of all the different applications will appear. Scenes Scenes displays a list of thumbnails, which represent a point in the video where the image content has changed. It is most useful for PowerPoint type recordings where a static image changes when the slides are progressed.. Click Scenes in APPS.. Scroll down the list of thumbnails and click on the scene you would like to view.. Click Applications to return to the APPS menu.

4 Info. Click Info in APPS.. This lists information regarding the recording.. Click Applications to return to the APPS menu. Help. Click Help in APPS.. This lists the University s IT HelpDesk information and keyboard shortcuts.. Click Applications to return to the APPS menu. Bookmarks. Click Bookmarks in APPS.. Enter a description of the bookmark and click Submit.. Bookmarks can be used to return to an exact location in the recording. The EchoPlayer remembers all your bookmarks, so when you return you can review bookmarks.. Click Applications to return to the APPS menu. N.B. Only you can see the bookmarks you create.

5 Search. Click Search in APPS.. Enter a search term and click Submit.. Links to scenes, which contain that term, are displayed. Click on the thumbnail of a scene to go to that point in the recording.. Click Applications to return to the APPS menu. Search works by examining text throughout the video. Success in searching can vary depending on the size and font of the text presented throughout the video. Search will only pick up on text. As a result, a search may return no results even though the lecturer mentioned the searched term at some point in the recording. LTC-A-00 7 February 0