Some Institutions use EchoVideo alongside an LMS (Learning Management System). EchoVideo supports integration with five main LMSs: Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, Desire2Learn/Brightspace, and Sakai. As long as the LMS supports the LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard, EchoVideo should work with any LMS that does.
Some institutions have the admins handle everything when it comes to linking EchoVideo to the LMS. Some institutions want the instructors to do everything (including creating courses and sections). Many institutions fall somewhere in the middle. Since we do not know which institution you belong to, we have tried to cover all the bases by documenting how to set up the LMS EchoVideo integration.
There are no instructions on this page; it is simply a starting point for more information on how to make EchoVideo and your LMS work together smoothly. Use the links below for detailed articles on what you want to do. For summaries of the basic instructor-based tasks, check out the sections at the bottom of this page.
Blackboard Integration Articles
- Configuring Blackboard with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding the EchoVideo Tool Link to Blackboard Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Blackboard
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Blackboard
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Canvas Integration Articles
- Configuring Canvas with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an EchoVideo Link to a Canvas Course
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Canvas
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Canvas
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Moodle Integration Articles
- Configuring Moodle with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an Activity Link to EchoVideo in Moodle Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Moodle
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and Moodle
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Desire2Learn / Brightspace Integration Articles
- Configuring Brightspace with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding the EchoVideo Tool Link to Brightspace Courses
- Embedding EchoVideo Videos into Brightspace Content Windows
- Adding a REST API Integration between EchoVideo and D2L Brightspace
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
Sakai Integration Articles
- Configuring Sakai with EchoVideo - Overview
- Adding an EchoVideo link to Sakai Course Sites
- Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections
- Linking from an LMS Course to an EchoVideo Classroom
- Unlinking EchoVideo Sections and Classes from the LMS
- Embedding Videos into LMS Content Windows (without a button)
If yours is an institution where Instructors create EchoVideo Courses / Sections to link into, refer to the information and instructions in Creating EchoVideo Courses or Sections through the LMS. You may also want to set up one-click course provisioning, where linking your LMS course to EchoVideo auto-creates the EchoVideo Course and Section.
Create a Link to Echo in your LMS Course
The primary thing most institutions do is to have a link in their LMS courses that directs users to an EchoVideo course/section. If this link is set up properly in the LMS, EchoVideo can export analytic data for students to the LMS Gradebook. Many instructors find this feature very handy.
The link into Echo can be a single link to the course Class List, allowing students to navigate into different classes from there. Instructors can also set up multiple links in Echo that lead directly to a specific classroom. Many instructors use a combination of both. That allows most students to simply view the EchoVideo recordings of class lectures as needed, while also providing additional focus on particular lectures that instructors may want to ensure students view and engage with.
Export Echo Analytics to the LMS Gradebook
The tricky part of having EchoVideo export student analytics data directly into the LMS / VLE gradebook is properly setting up the link in EchoVideo. It is tricky, in part, because each LMS / VLE has different requirements for making this work.
- The link(s) to EchoVideo must be created or placed so that they create a Gradebook column in the LMS/VLE.
- Each link to EchoVideo can generate only one Gradebook column.
- For grades to appear in the gradebook for an EchoVideo link, each student must go into Echo via the link at least once. This means that if there is a link to the main course page in EchoVideo AND a link directly into a class in the same course, for the students' data to be written into the gradebook for both links, the student MUST have followed both links into Echo at least once. After that, they can view the Echo content any way they like.
See Sending Student Analytics Data to the LMS Gradebook and How Gradebook Exported Analytic Data is Calculatedfor additional information on gradebook exports.
Embed EchoVideo Videos into your LMS
EchoVideo has created EchoVideo Embed Buttons for Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, and Sakai. These buttons, as the name suggests, let users select a video or interactive media from their EchoVideo library and embed it directly into a content window in the LMS. Basically, it is an Easy Button for embedding media. And these embeds are secure, meaning they authenticate the viewer and track viewing time, which is then provided in our media analytics data.
But these buttons do not appear by magic; EchoVideo admins must install and configure the plugins that make them possible. If your administrator hasn't done this, never fear. You can still embed Echo videos into LMS content windows. You just have to do it the long way. And these are public embeds, meaning your users may not be authenticated in Echo and therefore may not have their views specifically attributed to them in our analytics data.