Features, Improvement, and Fixes
These Release Notes contain a summary of changes made for the June 15-16 2023 release of EchoVideo. For changes made in previous deployments, see the other Deployment Notes articles located in this Topic group, or support@echo360.com.
New Features
New Look and Feel for Participant Section Pages
We’re aglow with excitement for EchoExperience2023. To celebrate, our participant (student-facing) Sections pages will feature an update with the fresh, vibrant colors featured in our new UI. We can’t wait for you to experience this preview of the enhanced look and feel of EchoVideo.
What has Changed
Functionally, nothing has changed about any of the Section pages or tools. We have updated the colors, changed some text fonts, and in some cases, replaced the icons. In most cases, the new icons are just updated versions of the previous ones (e.g., the Q&A icon still looks like a chat bubble, the edit icon is still a pencil, etc.), however, a few of the icons are brand new. See below for a mapping of the old icons to the brand-new ones as well as behavior descriptions:
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For Students, Raspberry Icons indicate you have not yet entered this class or viewed this media. The left "Media button" icon is for video/audio media. The right "Presentation screen" icon is for presentations/slides. |
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For Students, Black Icons indicate you have entered this class to view the media. For Instructors, the content icons are always black. |
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The box with the lightning bolt indicates interactive media. This is media that has polling questions embedded into it. These questions will appear during viewing and require you to respond in order to continue viewing the video. As with the other media icons, raspberry indicates you have not entered this class to view the media; black indicates you have entered the class. |
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If you see a class with one raspberry and one black icon, that indicates that you entered the class when one of the two items was available to view, but the other media was added later. This is common if you enter a class during class time to view a presentation, but the video of the class isn't posted until later. |
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For Instructors, a Black Media Icon can also indicate a "placeholder" for an upcoming scheduled recording. Since the capture schedule needs to have this spot to put the completed recording, you cannot use this slot for any other video. After the recording is done, you may be able to remove or replace the video. A Raspberry Plus Icon allows you to add media to this class. When shown WITH a media icon, the blue plus enables you to add a presentation to the class, to accompany the future recording. If shown alone for a class, you can add a video, a presentation, or a piece of interactive media. |
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The LIVE badge indicates that this class is or will be streamed live for viewing in real time. If the badge is raspberry, that means the class is happening right now, and if you enter the classroom, you can view the live stream. The gray badge for a future class that is scheduled to be streamed live has not changed. |