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Louisiana State University Health Sciences

“I think I’m about to get another round of applause here.”
Kent Judkins
Media Specialist
LSU Health Sciences
Customer
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Louisiana State University is dedicated to changing lives through learning, research, and community engagement. The institution’s health sciences programs include majors in microbiology, biochemistry, athletic training, biological engineering, chemistry, and more: all allowing students to study the best academics while participating in cutting-edge research. At LSU, everyone is dedicated to helping their peers pursue their dreams and advance their careers.
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Higher Ed
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EchoVideo

EchoVideo Facilitates Learning By Working the Way Students and Instructors Do

Students study best when they can draw connections between instructional materials, but the average lecture doesn’t facilitate that. When a group of 150 LSU Health Sciences students was shown a demonstration of EchoVideo’s ASR capabilities and searchable transcripts, they literally burst into applause because they immediately identified how much easier the technology would make it to study. Just as importantly, the technology demonstration revealed an ease of use that isn’t present in competing software. Click below to see the students react to searchable transcripts:

Students study best when they can draw connections between instructional materials, but the average lecture doesn’t facilitate that. When a group of 150 LSU Health Sciences students was shown a demonstration of EchoVideo’s ASR capabilities and searchable transcripts, they literally burst into applause because they immediately identified how much easier the technology would make it to study. Just as importantly, the technology demonstration revealed an ease of use that isn’t present in competing software. Click below to see the students react to searchable transcripts:

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EchoVideo promotes multimodal learning by allowing students to read transcripts as they watch a video, improving information retention by engaging all of their senses.

Equity

All students are capable of learning but every student learns differently. Reading along with video content on EchoVideo allows visual learners attending LSU to more effectively retain information, promoting equity throughout the educational process.

Engagement

It can be frustrating for students to look for a specific piece of content in a video and many give up before finding whatever they needed a refresher on. LSU Health Sciences uses EchoVideo’s searchable transcripts to eliminate this frustration completely and help students focus on the content.

Evidence

EchoVideo provides admins with all of the metrics they need to identify who is watching assigned videos and how much information they’re retaining, giving instructors the evidence they need to intervene before a student falls too far behind their peers.

3 Key Takeaways

Universal Capture

EchoVideo allows LSU Health Sciences professors to schedule recordings, start and stop recording automatically, and troubleshoot any issues to make it as easy as possible to record live class meetings.

Embedded Quizzes

LSU Health Sciences instructors can embed quizzes into videos to verify comprehension and encourage class discussions around the questions asked, promoting student engagement and improving educational outcomes.

Equity for Asynchronous Learners

By linking video content to other aspects of the classroom, asynchronous learners studying health sciences at LSU receive the same comprehensive learning experience as their counterparts attending in-person classes. Classroom discussions can even be searched by time stamp to better facilitate learning.
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How to Create a Corporate Training Video to Make eLearning Easier on EchoVideo

Videos are not a new development in the corporate training industry. In fact, training video has been used since employers realized they have a strong incentive to help employees learn. Videos combine visuals and audio, engaging multiple senses to promote learning. They save time and money because a business doesn’t need to hire an instructor every time they want to hold a training seminar. Videos give employees more control over the training process, inspiring them to put forth their best efforts. All of these reasons why video is so effective have been known for years. 

 

The bigger question isn’t what makes video so effective but why creating a corporate training video has stagnated. Once upon a time, instructors would record live lectures on a camcorder and play the resulting VHS tape for a group of employees. DVDs and cloud storage have replaced VHS tapes, but many companies are still creating training videos by recording content to play back later with minimal quality control or editing options. They aren’t thinking of the unique needs of their learners, shy away from innovation, and assume that it’s somebody else’s responsibility to make training worthwhile for their team.

 

 

Blended Learning Paths

Every student has unique educational needs and EchoEngage gives instructors the tools they need to personalize their learning experiences. Teachers can give self-paced assignments to an entire class or a smaller group of students who need a refresher. Students can complete these assignments whenever and wherever they wish, giving them more control over the educational process. Naturally, students will attend scheduled class meetings as well to recreate the traditional classroom experience. Any great K-12 learning management system should deliver comparable flexibility.

 

Audience Participation

K-12 teachers know that audience participation drives educational outcomes, and a great K12 learning management system needs to facilitate that. With EchoEngage, teachers can incorporate real-time polling into lessons and allow students to respond with their choice of devices. Gamification elements appeal to a student’s competitive side, and a built-in virtual classroom supports breakout rooms for collaborative work. Students can even ask for help anonymously if they don’t understand something. Teachers frequently report more engagement using these tools than they did in their physical classrooms.

 

Fair Assessments

While grades aren’t the end goal of education, a great K12 learning management system has to help students pursue success. To that end, EchoExam allows instructors to easily create assessments with 14 different types of questions including bi-modal items and dynamic content that allows teachers to adjust the difficulty as needed. Teachers can also scramble question orders automatically to protect the integrity of exams. Most importantly, EchoExam makes it easy for teachers to review scores for individuals and the class and intervene as necessary. In short, you’ll always have the evidence you need to help students succeed. 

 

Unparalleled Accessibility

Don’t you hate that feeling where you know the information you’re looking for is there somewhere but you can’t seem to find it? K-12 students encounter that problem every day, but EchoVideo offers an innovative solution. Using Automatic Speech Recognition technology, captions can be added to any video to promote accessibility. Better yet, captions are added to a searchable index so students can quickly find whatever they need to review. A great K-12 learning management system should empower students in ways that cannot happen in a traditional classroom. 

 

Efficient Course Creation

Classroom instructors are busy people and a great K-12 learning management system should streamline as much of their workload as possible. EchoAuthor allows teachers to create courses with an intuitive interface offering dozens of block types and interactive templates. Individual course elements can also be saved outside of the course, allowing instructors to quickly add them to other courses where they would be relevant. Once courses are finished, they can be shared by embedding on an iFrame or downloading in xAPI or SCORM formats. That kind of flexibility is precisely what teachers need. 

 

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Question Types

With over 14 different question types, you can match the assessment to the material at hand. Use traditional test question types such as true/false, multiple-choice, multiple response, numeric response, matching, completion, short answer and essay to review, re-teach and reinforce learning.

Reporting & Analytics

Ensuring that learners understand the information presented and how it can impact their success is key. Assess, track and analyze learner performance. Get results immediately and view valuable reports at the individual level, or for the class or group as a whole. Provide results in real-time, or at a later time as preferred.

Dynamic Bimodal Versioning

With dynamic content, generate multiple iterations of exam questions to test the same concept. Use bimodal to toggle between multiple-choice and short answer question types, immediately changing the item difficulty level.

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