The Legacy EchoVideo PowerPoint Ribbon add-on is a previous plug-in that can no longer be downloaded. If you happen to have the add-on, you can still use it. The Legacy EchoVideo PowerPoint Ribbon add-on is no longer supported and critical bugs or security issues will not be patched.
The Legacy EchoVideo PowerPoint Ribbon add-on is a Windows-only add-on for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016. It can also be used with Office 365.
Once installed, the Legacy EchoVideo PowerPoint add-on appears as a new tab in your PowerPoint ribbon and provides EchoVideo-related functionality for your slide decks.
Click Sign In, located on the far left side of the ribbon. This establishes a link between you, your PowerPoint installation, and your sections in EchoVideo.
If you access EchoVideo through an LMS or other authentication system you will need to establish a separate EchoVideo password. Click the Settings icon and select Account Settings. Then click CREATE PASSWORD. Your EchoVideo password can be the same or different from your LMS or Institution password and is used exclusively for direct login to EchoVideo. A direct EchoVideo login is required by the PowerPoint add-on.
The Log in dialog box, shown below, allows you to select your region, and enter your EchoVideo Username and Password.
Added Benefit to the Ribbon: If you use a PowerPoint plug-in (such as ChemDraw) to generate equations, molecular drawings, or other items for your PowerPoint presentation, you may find these being stripped or otherwise altered when you upload the file through the EchoVideo UI. Publishing through the PowerPoint Ribbon add-on retains plug-in content in the presentation. Alternatively, you can convert the PPT to PDF and upload the PDF instead.
Once logged in, open a presentation. The features of the ribbon are now available to you. These are described in more detail below.
From left to right, the PowerPoint ribbon information and commands are:
- Sign In/Sign Out - Used to sign in/out of your EchoVideo account as described above, to enable the ribbon functionality. To change institutions, you must also Sign Out/Sign In; this action provides the institution selection dialog box.
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Publish/Update - Used to publish the currently open presentation to a section.
- Once the presentation has been published, the button changes to Update, and the Class Status section is populated. If you make edits to the presentation, Update allows you update the published version with your changes.
- Once the presentation has been published, the button changes to Update, and the Class Status section is populated. If you make edits to the presentation, Update allows you update the published version with your changes.
- Class Status - Shows the section to which the currently open presentation has been most recently published.
- Publish Info - Opens a dialog box that shows the class to which this presentation has been published and allows you to change the availability settings of the presentation if needed. You can also use this option to publish the presentation to a different section or class.
- Add Interactivity - Provides the ability to add a new activity slide or to edit an existing activity slide in the deck.
- Support - Opens an informational dialog box which also provides a link to this help page.