Echo 360 Lecture Capturing

What is Echo360?

The Office of Information Technology Media Center maintains and administers a lecture capture system called Echo360.

Lecture Capture is a type of academic technology that enables instructors to record audio, course visuals, and optional video for student review in a digital format. While the term lecture capture implies recording of an actual class lecture, it also includes the creation of learning objects, review sessions, tutorials, and screen casts that augment classroom instruction.

Echo360 has the capability to capture, manage, and publish class lectures or content modules while integrating with existing teaching technologies.

Echo360 has the capability to capture the VGA output from a PC, Document Camera, and/or a Laptop as normally displayed and viewed on a projection screen. This provides your students/audience with a powerful tool that can be used for review, to further supplement material covered in class, or to provide instruction that is entirely web-based. Students will have the ability to jump ahead, jump back to particular segments of the captured session. The captures can be viewed via an Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari), and or downloaded to a computer, an iPod, iPhone, or other compatible mp3 player.

Location (Where can I use this tool?)

There is currently one Echo360 system available for use on the SJFC campus. It is located in Lavery Library-101 (L-101).

How do I use this tool?

Step 1: Complete the online form to Request an Echo360 Account.

Once you have an Echo360 account, use this form to add an Echo360 Course to your Account.

Step 2: Reserve L-101. To schedule this specific room, please contact Linda Seavy in the library at lseavy@sjfc.edu.

Step 3: To request training on the equipment in L-101, contact rschmid@sjfc.edu.

Documentation is available on the Echo 360 training page.

What is Echo Personal Capture?

Echo Personal Capture is an easy-to-use capture application built primarily for faculty and academic users. Echo Personal Capture supports audio, local screen and webcam video capture for all podcast and rich media package options. Faculty find it useful for capturing learning objects.

How do I use this tool?

Step 1: Complete the online form to Request an Echo360 Account, if you don't currently have an existing account.

Once you have an Echo360 account, use this form to add an Echo360 Course to your Account.

Step 2: Contact the OIT Help Desk to have the software (Personal Capture) installed on your office computer.

Step 3: To request training on the application, contact rschmid@sjfc.edu.

Documentation is available on the Echo 360 training page.