This article contains additional notes and things users (both Admins and Instructors) should know about the Microsoft (MS) Teams integration with EchoVideo.
Private Channels vs. Public Channels
Using the EchoVideo app in a tab in a channel allows you to link into an EchoVideo course section. Whether that is an existing section that you select from a list OR one that is auto-created for you depends on the institution setup and whether Simplified Provisioning is turned on for your institution.
If you link one of your Teams channels into an EchoVideo section, then create another Public channel in the Team, when you add the EchoVideo tab into the new channel, you are given the options to link again into the same section, link into a class in the linked section, or link into a different section / create a new section (for labs or fieldwork for example).
If you create a Private channel in that team, the only option is to have a new course and section created (for simplified provisioning) or link / re-link into an EchoVideo section. Private channels in MS Teams are designed to be fully self-enclosed, and this includes not providing EchoVideo with information regarding any other channels in this particular Team.
If you create a SECOND EchoVideo tab within the same Private channel, you WILL have the option to link into a class, into a different section, or create a new section within the same EchoVideo course (for simplified provisioning).
Just keep this in mind when creating additional channels in your Teams, if you plan to link those channels into EchoVideo.
Using your EchoVideo Library
If the MS Teams administrator has Pinned it for you, you may have an EchoVideo app already resident in your left navigation. You can also click Apps there and add it if you want. This EchoVideo app links you into your EchoVideo media library.
The Library is where you can access all of your media, and all of your EchoVideo recordings (if you have any). It allows you to review the media, or edit it, or transform your videos into Interactive Media.
If your Teams recordings live in One Drive, you can also transfer those into your EchoVideo Library for use and re-use. Click the Create button and select Upload Media. From there, you can select One Drive and find the recordings you want.
See Your Media Library as well as Embedded Polling and Interactive Media Overview, Working with Slides and Presentations, and Uploading Media into EchoVideo to get a feel for the kinds of things you can do.
Using the MS Teams Desktop App
Generally speaking, viewing EchoVideo sections and classes through the MS Teams Desktop App works as expected. However, when viewing a class that contains Interactive Media, you may encounter a few issues with the buttons and links located below the main player area.
Specifically, the Expand and Discussions links do not appear to work. Both of these are designed to open the player in a new tab, expanding it so that you can see the player in full width, or see the player along with the Discussions panel. However, when viewing through the MS Teams app, there is no "new browser tab" to open, and the link / button does nothing.
The Download button (if present) should function to download the original video from which the interactive media was created. The Details button will open a new browser window, but forces to user to the EchoVideo login page. This is because the user session from the App is not shared with the browser, so the browser requests that the user log in. Refer to Viewing Content in the New Player for more information about the tools available.
Unlinking MS Teams from EchoVideo Sections
If you have used the EchoVideo tab app to link your MS Teams channel into an existing EchoVideo course section (not using simplified provisioning), you may notice two buttons at the top of the section class list: Reset LMS Link and Unlink LMS Course.
These can be used to remove the linkage between the Channel and the EchoVideo course. But we want to make it clear that this occurs only on a "per-channel" basis - if you have multiple channels in your team linked into an EchoVideo course and / or its classes, you must un-link those channels separately. There is no method to unlink the Team as a whole from the EchoVideo section(s) you may be linked into.