This refers to Moodle 4.3 .4 from September 2018 onwardfrom August 2024 onwards
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The Echo360 link automatically provides a list of video capture recordings of lectures related to your module |
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Note that these instructions refer only to modules which are SATURN modules. If yours is not a SATURN/CAMPUS module, please refer to the instructions for non-saturn/non-campus modules.
Note for our colleagues in China - You are currently still using the old Echo360 system, so only the first part of these instructions will apply (adding the external tool link, choosing 'Echo360 UNNC Lecture Capture' from the list ) until the new Echo360 Engage service is rolled out at UNNC. First, provide a link to all of the videos attached to your module. You can also add individual videos wherever appropriate in the module page.
NEW from September 2018: You can now link to individual Echo360 Engage content
Preconfigured tool: Select Echo360 Cloud for UK and Malaysia modules, or Echo360 UNNC Lecture Capture for China.
IMPORTANT - Do not enter anything in the Tool URL field below. Leave it blank.
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1. Go to your Moodle page and click on the 'Edit mode' slider in the top right corner to enable editing.
2. In the topic where you want to add the recordings, click on Add an activity or resource.
3. In the pop-up window, in Activities, click on the 'Echo360 Cloud'
4. This will open a new page. Give the activity a name, (e.g. Lecture Recordings) and 'Save and display’.
5. This will open a new page where you will need to click on the ‘Open in new window’ link.
6. This will then open Echo360 where you can select the recording/s that you want to add. You will often find that your
Click on the Save and display button.
If you have already recorded lectures to your modules in the past, you should find that the module is already linked correctly to the new Echo360 Engage system by default.
If you find that your module is not linked (sometimes this can happen) or you are a new user, please follow the instructions below to link moodle to Echo360 Engage:
Add the link as above. When you click on the link you will see a screen asking you to choose a section.
Type in your module code, select the Term and Section then choose Link Content:
If you want to link from moodle to the content of an individual Engage 'class' in addition to a list of all of the content:
Follow the instructions above, but select 'Link to a Classroom'.
Click on the title to highlight the content you would like to link to from moodle, and click 'LINK CONTENT'.
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If not use the dropdowns to find the 'Term', 'Course' and 'Section'.
New users need to make sure you have been set up in the Engage system (email engage@nottingham.ac.uk)
7. To add a link to ALL the recordings for that module, ensure ‘Link to the Section Home’ is selected (as in the screenshot below) and click on 'Connect'.
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To add a link to a single video, e.g., an introduction or the video for a particular topic, click on 'Link to a classroom', select the video and then click on 'Connect'.
8. You can then return to your Moodle page and find the link to the Echo360 activity.
9. When you have finished editing, click on the 'Edit mode' slider in the top right corner.
You can also add individual Echo360 videos into your Moodle page. Please embed them in Pages, or Books if possible, rather than labels.
If you embed videos in this way it is not connected to the module. Any analytics will only show anonymous views.
Avoid Labels where possible, as too many videos embedded on the front page of a module can slow down the loading of the page by up to a minute.
The following other resources are also relevant to this topic:
There is a very helpful Moodle module Introduction to Engage for Staff with lots of useful information
There is also a helpful Xerte toolkit on Engaging and Monitoring Students Using Echo360
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