In the event of a campus closure or if you just need to reach students who cannot come to campus, Instructors may want to live stream their class. By streaming classes with EchoVideo, students can participate fully in live classes, and even ask questions and answer polls. The new live attendance feature will let users know who is participating remotely and remote student engagement will show up in instructor analytics, just as it does for students who attend in person.

Review Live Streaming Options

Below is a list of steps an EchoVideo Administrator should perform to review your Institution setup for remote teaching and Live Streaming.

1. Review the documentation on Configuration Requirements for Live Streaming.
2. Review the documentation on Live Streaming with Universal Capture for information about live streaming from within Universal Capture for ad hoc captures.
3. If instructors will be using the in-classroom appliances for doing Live Streaming of ad hoc captures, be sure to distribute the Universal Capture URL for each room needed to the appropriate instructors. See Universal Capture for Admins, specifically the Universal Capture Online section of the article.
4. Review the additional information in the Network and Bandwidth topic for Admins (optional).

Scheduling a Live Class

To create a scheduled capture

1. Use one of the following methods to open the Capture dialog box.
   • From the Admin Captures page, select NEW CAPTURE.
   • From the Courses page, find the course / section for the capture, click the Schedule icon then select NEW CAPTURE.
     If you select this method, the Publish section of the dialog box automatically lists the section you came from. In addition, this is the ONLY method available to Scheduler-role users.
     

     The capture dialog box appears as shown in the below figure.

     
2. Fill out the capture details as desired.
3. Click the Live toggle to enable live streaming.
4. Click SAVE.

Captures must be published to one or more sections to be live-streamed; if no sections are selected, the Live stream toggle is unavailable.

Editing Existing Schedules to be Live

To edit a scheduled capture

1. Use one of the following methods to open the Capture dialog box.
   • From the Admin Captures page, select Scheduled from the capture status filters across the top of the page. Use the filters on the left to further filter the list as necessary.
     When found, click on the capture row to open the capture schedule dialog box for editing.
   • From the Courses page, find the course / section for the capture and click the Schedule icon to open the schedules page for the section. From the list, click on the capture schedule you want to edit to expand it.
     

     The capture dialog box appears as shown in the below figure.

     
2. Click the Live toggle to enable live streaming.
3. Change the Start Date and / or Time to NOT be in the past; (you cannot save capture schedules with a date / time prior to "now".) Choose a date after today, and / or a time later than "now".
4. Click SAVE.

Captures must be published to one or more sections to be live-streamed; if no sections are selected, the Live stream toggle is unavailable.