Features, Improvements, and Fixes

These Release Notes contain a summary of changes made for the June 25-26, 2025, release of EchoVideo. For changes made in previous deployments, visit the Deployment Notes section of our Knowledge Base or contact support@echo360.com.

Features

Study Cards powered by AskEcho

The Front side of an AskEcho Study Card The back (flipped) side of an AskEcho Study Card

We're excited to announce a brand-new feature: Study Cards generated by AskEcho! This innovative tool automatically creates interactive Study Cards from your content, making it easier than ever for viewers to review and reinforce their understanding of key principles, terminology, and theories.

Key Highlights:

Automatic Generation: AskEcho analyzes your content and generates concise, targeted Study Cards covering essential concepts, terms, and theories.
Interactive Learning: Viewers can test their knowledge directly within your content, helping them verify their understanding and retention.
Customizable Cards: Content creators have the flexibility to review, edit, and enhance generated Study Cards to best suit their audience’s needs.
Seamless Integration: Study Cards appear alongside your content, providing a smooth and engaging learning experience without disrupting the flow.

Empower your audience to learn more effectively and engage more deeply with your content—try Study Cards powered by AskEcho today!

Folders: Room details visible in Sessions

A Session in a folder with additional details as described

We’re pleased to announce a new enhancement to Folder Sessions in EchoVideo: room details are now included for all scheduled and ad-hoc recordings.

With this update, users can easily view the specific room or location where each recording is taking place, directly within the recording details.

Key Benefits:

Increased Transparency: Instantly see where each recording was captured, making it easier to manage resources and troubleshoot scheduling conflicts.
Improved Organization: Quickly identify recordings by location, helping with content management and reporting.
Streamlined Coordination: Facilitates better communication between instructors, support staff, and administrators by providing clear room information for every recording.

This new feature is available immediately for all recordings—scheduled or ad-hoc—helping you stay organized and informed at every step.

Folders: Public API Endpoint availability

We are pleased to announce the release of new Public API endpoints for Folders in EchoVideo.

With this update, users can now leverage APIs to perform the same actions on Folders as they currently do with Courses and Sections, including creating, editing, moving, and deleting Folders, as well as managing folder hierarchies and permissions.

This enhancement marks a significant step toward achieving feature parity between Folders and Sections. By opening up Folder management to API integrations, institutions and developers can streamline content organization, automate workflows, and better align folder structures with their unique needs.

We are committed to continuing this development path throughout the remainder of 2025, with ongoing improvements to ensure Folders reach full feature parity with Sections. Stay tuned for further updates as we expand API capabilities and enhance the EchoVideo platform experience.

Player: Responsive Embeds

Embed Code Options modal showing Responseive selected from the Player Size dropdown as described

We are excited to introduce a new responsive embed size option for EchoVideo, designed to maximize available screen space and enhance the viewing experience across all devices. With this update, users no longer need to specify fixed embed dimensions—your embedded EchoVideo content will now automatically adapt to the size of its container, ensuring seamless playback whether viewed on desktop, tablet, or mobile devices.

This enhancement streamlines the embedding process and ensures your content always looks its best, regardless of where it’s displayed. The responsive embed option is available directly within the embed configuration workflow, making it simple to implement for both new and existing content.

Enjoy a more flexible, modern, and user-friendly embedding experience with EchoVideo’s responsive embed size—helping you make the most of every pixel on every screen.

Recycle Bin: Policy Updates

We have updated our Content Policies to simplify and strengthen content management in EchoVideo. With this change, users will no longer be able to toggle the Deletion Policy on or off. The Deletion Policy is now always active to ensure consistent and reliable content lifecycle management.

What’s Changing:
Deletion Policy Always Active: The option to enable or disable the Deletion Policy has been removed. This ensures all content follows the same retention and deletion rules.
Customizable Recycle Bin Duration: Users can still select how long content remains in the recycle bin before permanent deletion, giving you control over retention periods to match your organizational needs.

This update helps maintain a clear and predictable content management process, supporting compliance and reducing the risk of accidental data retention or loss. If you have any questions about these changes, please consult our updated documentation or contact support.

Feature Spotlight: Updates

We are excited to announce that the following features in EchoVideo will now be enabled by default for all users. These enhancements are designed to improve usability, streamline workflows, and provide a more consistent and powerful experience across the platform:

Consolidated Player: The unified EchoVideo player will now be the default, offering a consistent interface and improved layout options across all media types and embed locations. This update ensures a seamless viewing experience for users, with additional layout styles to address previous display issues.
V2 Live Player: The redesigned Live Player is now the standard for all live sessions, delivering optimized views for both in-person and remote participants and enhancing the overall live streaming experience.
New Media Details Page: The updated Media Details Page, featuring a modernized and more intuitive user interface, is now the default. All key features remain, but navigation and management of media are now easier than ever.
Automatic Gradebook Sync (LTI 1.3): Automatic synchronization of grades between EchoVideo and your LMS (via LTI 1.3) will now be turned on by default, ensuring timely and accurate grade updates for instructors and students.

H5P: Now generally available

The H5P integration, previously available as a toggle in the Feature Spotlight, is now Generally Available. The toggle will be removed from Feature Spotlight, and Admin users can now manage H5P access directly from the Features area in Institution Settings. This change makes it easier for institutions to leverage interactive H5P content within EchoVideo workflows

Folders: Now an Institution Feature

The Folders feature, including recent enhancements such as AskEchoVideo, analytics, automatic provisioning, and improved search, will be removed from Feature Spotlight. Admin users can enable Folders from the Features area in Institution settings. This allows for better organization, management, and discovery of content within EchoVideo.

Want to see the latest features in action?

Click on the button below to be taken to our interactive demo of the features now available as part of the EchoVideo Orion release.

Improvements and Fixes

We are continuing our Accessibility improvements and have continued to work on improvements in this area.
We are further developing our newest iOS mobile application and would ask anyone who is interested to reach out to their CSM and ask to have access to the latest version available for testing.
We have updated the iconography used in Microsoft Teams for EchoVideo integrations. Functionality remains the same, but we have updated the Application icon. Guidance on performing the steps required locally can be found in the associated support page.
We have updated Universal Capture to address issues with Clock Sync.