Creating a More Immersive Learning Environment Using Transcription
If there was an affordable way to consistently create highly accurate transcripts of all classroom lectures and presentations, should students still take handwritten notes in class? That’s the provocative question posed by Echo360 CEO, Fred Singer, and University of Michigan Professor, Dr. Perry Samson, in a recent article published on Inside Higher Ed. They contend…
How to Get Started with Zoom Integration, IP Camera Support, and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
We recently delivered three of the most requested features that our clients have asked for via the Feedback link in the platform: Zoom integration, IP camera support and HLS (HTTP live streaming). We’re always listening, so if you have something you would like to see us implement, don’t hesitate to ask. The Feedback link can…
Exploring Smarter Video Transcription to Support Universal Design for Learning and Cost Savings
Higher education institutions share a goal of making learning more accessible to all students. To meet this goal many colleges and universities, including UMass Amherst, have adopted the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework in an effort to design curriculum to serve all learners, regardless of ability, disability, age, gender or background. Modern technologies often…
For the First Time, Instructors Can Create Secure Video Assignments through the LMS
While Echo360 has been integrated with the LMS assignment tool for some time now, our new Secure Video Assignments capability gives instructors more flexibility when creating student video assignments using the LMS, with an option to lock the video submission to editing. “Instructors have told us that the problem with leveraging student videos for LMS…
Over 120 Colleges and Universities Embrace Echo360’s Groundbreaking Video Capture Software
You asked for it and we delivered. With the release of Echo360 Universal Capture, we’ve made it easier than ever for instructors and students to create and share high-quality video content. Mac users? Windows users? It doesn’t matter. Universal Capture is the only video software solution that offers an identical experience on Mac and Windows…
21 Ways to Teach with Echo360 – 12) Deliver Interactive Classes Using the PowerPoint Ribbon
This is the thirteenth blog in our how-to series for educators and example 12 out of 21 ways to teach with Echo360. Read the introduction to this series here. Why should I deliver interactive classes using the PowerPoint Ribbon? The Echo360 PowerPoint Ribbon gives educators the freedom to prepare interactive presentations and then teach to their…
A Smarter Way to Caption Video
Closed Captioning greatly improves the accessibility of video, but it can be too expensive for many institutions. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) offers a good starting place for in-house closed captioning, which may be a more scalable option. Learn how to edit an ASR transcript into fully compliant closed captions with this short tutorial. You can…
3 Ways that Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Will Improve Your Echo360 Experience!
You may not realize it, but you’re probably already using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) in your daily life today. ASR is fast becoming a common consumer technology through services such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Hey Google, and it is now also a part of Echo360. Built on the same speech recognition engine that…
Echo360 Clients Reap Benefit of Modern Cloud Architecture
Back in 2015, Echo360 set out to build an entirely new video platform that combined a complete set of video learning tools with student engagement and instructor analytics, and we knew we needed to do this in the cloud. Given that we were already the leading vendor in lecture capture and had a large install…
The Future of Video Capture Just Got Smarter: Meet Echo360 Universal Capture
If you haven’t already heard about how Echo360 leapfrogged other video capture solutions with the launch of Echo360 Universal Capture, then you’re in for a treat. Or, maybe you just haven’t had time to check it out. Either way, this short video will show you how one software solution with a simple capture interface, consistent…