While the EchoVideo Mobile app now provides both video and presentation viewing capabilities and allows students and instructors to interact with the in-class activity slides, there are still some limitations to using the application. The mobile apps are not designed to replace the full capabilities of EchoVideo as provided through a browser (but we are getting closer).
Currently, the Mobile Apps do not:
- Allow you to view Live-streamed classes. You must use a mobile or desktop browser to view live streams. You can view the completed video through the Mobile app once it is published.
- Provide access to Collections.
- Provide viewing of public video links; they are viewed in the mobile browser, not through the Apps.
- Provide any administrator functionality; administrators, unless they are also instructors and / or students within a section, cannot log in to or use the mobile apps.
- Provide student view counts or percentages for Offline Mode viewing of class videos (this is the same as for browser-based interactions; we cannot track views of downloaded videos).
- Allow LMS users to log in until they establish a direct EchoVideo password.
The last bullet point about LMS users and the Mobile Apps is covered in Mobile Apps and LMS Users. If you are an LMS user (your institution accesses EchoVideo through a learning management system such as Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn, Moodle, or Sakai), you are strongly encouraged to review the information in that article.