EchoVideo is now listed on the Webex Marketplace! Administrators can now integrate with Webex directly, without needing to set up a manual configuration.

Webex Marketplace Listing

The ability for users to upload spherical (360˚) video is out of beta! This feature is now Generally Available and can be enabled at the Institution-level.

Spherical (360˚) Video

A new look for the Users tab as well as user-specific bulk actions!

Administrator Bulk Actions for Users

Administrators are able grant permissions to individual users that allow them to send their content out to be transcribed and/or captioned. 

Manage Caption & Transcript Permissions

Instructors will have the ability to update the correct answer for polling questions after a session or assignment has been completed.

Edit Correct Answers After Polling

Administrators are getting more capture bulk actions than just the bulk delete function that exists today. Admins are now able to bulk change owners, reprocess media, and more!

Administrator Bulk Actions for Captures

Copyrights are here! We have introduced the ability for an Institution-wide copyright policy to be created, as well as the ability for a copyright to be applied to individual pieces of media.  

Introducing Video Copyrights

Institutions are no longer limited to one caption configuration! Unlimited configurations are now possible across one or more caption providers. These new caption configurations can also be set up for Organizations, Departments, and Sections so that published content is automatically sent out for captioning.

Multiple Caption Configurations

Building on the initial integration with Webex that was released in Q1, we are adding support for users to map their recurring Webex meetings to automatically be published into Sections within EchoVideo.

Webex Integration: Map meetings to Sections

We are rolling out the Recycle Bin for all users, allowing them to recover their own soft deleted content. If enabled by an admin, users will also be able to un-archive their content.

Content Management Policy Enhancements

New metrics are coming to the Reporting API for transcription, closed captioning, and copyright usage.

Digital Accessibility Reporting API Enhancements

Capture responses from participants using Echo360 clickers when delivering a live session with the PowerPoint add-in or Anywhere Polling in the EchoPoll Companion App. Use our existing receivers to capture RF-LCD or QT2 clicker responses from your learners. Choose exactly how you want your learners to join a live session—with clickers, by QR code, by join code, or any combination!

Capture Clicker Responses with EchoPoll

Build, edit, share, and post media playlists with your EchoVideo content. You will be able to curate them in EchoVideo first or make them on the fly from within your LMS. Set auto-play next and gating options that will prevent users from viewing the next video before they finish the previous one(s).

Playlists

Users will be able to add virtual backgrounds to their video input sources when capturing or editing content in EchoVideo.

Virtual Backgrounds

Add audio normalization to content within the media editor to manually adjust the audio levels.

Audio normalization

We are actively working with Anthology/Blackboard to determine and implement a migration path for customers who have legacy building block content prior to the end of support date on June 30, 2024.

Blackboard Building Block Removal Support

 version of the player, with the same interface and controls, everywhere you access it. It's the classroom player, the embedded media player, the media details player, the public link player, the player in the media editor, etc.

New Player

Capture, process, store, edit, and play media from multiple channels (up to 4) with EchoVideo's Universal Capture featuring QuadraVision. 

QuadraVision - Open Beta

The new Rasberry color theme is coming to more areas of EchoVideo!

Branding Updates

When adding equations to polling slides, instructors will have an additional tab for Chemistry functions, allowing instructors to create chemical formulas and equations within their Poll Decks.

Chemical Equation Support

Instructors will have the option to download a PDF file of the By Question report for any completed Session or Assignment.

Download By Question PDF

Download, extract, and install the EchoVideo Tiny MCE plugins for your Moodle 4.1 or higher instance. These plugins allow instructors or administrators to easily embed EchoVideo media directly into content windows in Moodle.

Moodle TinyMCE Support

When creating a Word Cloud or Short Answer questions, instructors can choose whether answers submitted by learners are checked for capitalization.

Case-Sensitive Setting for Open Response Questions

Instructors creating Multiple Choice, Multiple Select, or True / False questions in EchoPoll web or EchoPoll+ will be given an additional choice of “0, 1, 2” for their answer option labels. If they select this option, the first answer option will automatically be labeled as "0."

Answer Choice Display "0,1,2"

Now that we have a base feature for whether or not content has a copyright, we will be adding the ability for Institutions to configure specific licenses available for use. Media owners and admins will then be able to set which licenses apply to individual media.

Copyrights

Our new login page offers a smoother and redesigned user experience. The page will also be updated with our new branding with consistency across our other products in the Echosystem.

Updated Log In Experience

Instructors can optionally display the join information for the session on all slides of their PowerPoint presentation or Poll Deck. If instructors have enabled QR code display, they can also optimize the size of the QR code for their presentation screen.

Display Join Info on All Slides

Instructors will have additional options when creating a Hotspot Question. Choose the learner input icon, set different shapes for hotspot areas, and set alternate text to improve accessibility for learners.

Improved Hotspot Question

When creating a Poll Deck, instructors will have the option to use Echo.ai Assist to add interactive slides. Echo.ai Assist allows instructors to automatically generate multiple choice, multiple select, short answer, and true / false questions from their PowerPoint presentation. Echo.ai Assist uses instructor's content only - never additional online content - and never exposes instructor's content to others.

Echo.ai Assist for Poll Decks

Instructors will see slide types broken into distinct categories, allowing them to quickly find exactly what they need for each presentation.

Improved Slide Categories

Instructors can set any poll question to accept the first response only, preventing participants from changing their answer based on responses from their peers.

First Response Only

Instructors can add different points for different response options, allowing flexibility for participation and partial credit on polls.

Advanced Scoring

A new poll deck editor will be available for instructors in EchoPoll web, including improved accessibility, and intuitive functionality for instructors accustomed to standard presentation applications.

Enhanced Poll Deck Editor

Instructors will have the option to block cut, copy, and paste functionality during any exam. When selected, learners will not be able to use keyboard shortcuts, right-click menu options, or application menu options to cut or copy items from the exam to their clipboard, or to paste items from their clipboard into the exam. These functionalities will continue to be blocked for all browser lock exams.

Block Cut/ Copy/ Paste During an Exam

Instructors can quickly search for keywords or phrases throughout all questions in a test in order to update, edit, or replace them.

Find & Replace in the Test Editor

Updates are coming to Consolidated Analytics in EchoVideo, including updates to the Analytics page (pagination, updated cards, etc.) as well as the addition of a % viewed metric and the ability to download individual media data.

Improved Consolidated Analytics

Instructors will have the ability to adjust the correct answer for questions after an exam is complete, in order correct errored or confusing questions.

Edit Correct Answers After Exam

Instructors will have the ability to adjust a learner's overall score or score on a particular question after the exam has completed. Instructors can choose to apply bonus or penalty points to add to or subtract from the score.

Edit Learner Scores After Exam

As an instructor, I need to be able to allow for multiple correct answers in FITB (fill-in-the-blank) questions.

Multiple Correct Options for Fill in the Blank Questions

Browser lock functionality will be expanded by integrating with Respondus. Full support on MacOS and Windows devices, as well as advanced settings for allowed URLs and applications during a browser lock exam.

Integrate with Respondus

Instructors want to quickly see their at risk learners so that they can provide additional help and intervention as needed.

At Risk learners based on an exam score - shown in the Exam Summary Report

Flag At Risk Learners for Instructors

Exam Passwords

Instructors have the option to select specific metadata tags to measure learner performance in an exam. For each selected metadata tag, instructors will see the learner and roster performance across all questions associated with the metadata tag.

Performance by Metadata in Exam Report

Browser lock from Respondus will be expanded to include full support for iPadOS and Chromebook devices.

Chromebook and iPad support for Browser Lock

EchoSystem Product Roadmap

Roadmap

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