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EchoVideo: Linking from an LMS Course to a Classroom

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If your institution has the one-click course provisioning for the LMS turned on, linking directly to a classroom is similar but different from the process noted here. See Simplified Course Provisioning Options for Instructors for instructions related to an auto-created course and section.

See the articles listed below if embedding media directly into a content window or page of your LMS / VLE course is more appropriate than linking into a course's classroom. This may be preferred if you have media to share with students outside of any linked EchoVideo course.

In addition to linking the LMS to the class list or home page for the section, EchoVideo also allows you to create one or more links that take students directly into a class for the section.

EchoVideo cannot restrict student access to sections. If you are linking a single LMS course or MS Team to multiple EchoVideo sections (and / or classes in multiple sections) and not all students should have access to all linked EchoVideo sections, you must be certain to configure the links in the LMS to restrict which students can access them. EchoVideo automatically enrolls any student who links into a section through an LMS link. Contact your administrator for assistance if necessary.

The instructions below assume the EchoVideo section already exists and that there are classes to choose from. An instructor or an administrator can perform the procedures below.

If the LTI External tool link was configured to open in a new window / tab, the first time you access it, you may need to select to allow pop-ups from the LMS site in your browser. This should only be necessary the first time.

To link an LMS course directly to EchoVideo section classes

You may need to complete linking to the section home before the section's classes can be listed. This is because you, as the user, must be enrolled as an instructor in the section before a class list can be generated to select for linking.

  1. Log into the LMS or MS Teams as an instructor or an admin.
  2. Open the LMS course / Team you want to link.
  3. If a link to the EchoVideo section does not exist, create one.
  4. Create a new link in the LMS for the direct-to-class link you are creating. Be sure to give each link a name that describes the class you are linking to (class name and date or other descriptor as appropriate). See the appropriate instructional page for your LMS:
  5. If there is one section linked to the LMS course, that section is selected by default. Select (or link) a different section if necessary.
  6. Below the course / section lists, enable to Link to a Classroom radio button.
    The window expands to list all classes in the section.
  7. Select the class you want to link to, then click CONNECT, as shown in the figure below.
    If you want to link to the section home (class list), follow the instructions in Linking LMS Courses to EchoVideo Sections.
    Page for selecting the EchoVideo section to link into with options as described

The EchoVideo link now points to the corresponding classroom. Users who click the link in their LMS are taken directly to that classroom to view the media.

As cited above, EchoVideo cannot restrict student access to sections. If you are linking a single LMS course to multiple EchoVideo sections (and / or classrooms in multiple sections) and not all students should have access to all linked EchoVideo sections, you must be certain to configure the links in the LMS to restrict which students can see or access them. EchoVideo will automatically enroll any student who links into a section through an LMS link. Contact your LMS administrator for assistance if necessary.

Repeat the above steps as often as necessary to create links to all the appropriate classrooms.

Even though students are directed into the classroom, they can still navigate through EchoVideo.

Admins who establish these links to EchoVideo are automatically enrolled as instructors in the EchoVideo section. After all the LMS links to Echo are established, they can be unenrolled later.