The Echo 360 Classroom is a special setup in certain classrooms on campus that enable professors to record their classroom lectures and automatically upload them into Blackboard or iTunesU. The Echo 360 Classroom setup captures 3 things in the classroom; It records the activity on the computer screen, a microphone records the professor's voice as they lecture, and a video camera records the front of the classroom where the professor is standing.
The image above shows an example of what the end product looks like. Students click a link inside their professor's Blackboard course and then Internet Explorer will load and they can watch the lecture recording. The only thing the student needs to have to watch the recorded lectures is Internet Explorer. And the only thing the professor needs to do is simply walk into the classroom and teach like they always do. No technical expertise is needed by the professor, and there is no technical setup that the professor needs to do before the recording starts. It starts and stops automatically.
The Echo 360 Classroom setup is located in Gooch 228, Gooch 207, EPS 317, Brehm 258, Business Admin 220, Business Admin 36, the ITC Lab and Sociology 100.
Sometimes it is hard to schedule a recording in one of the Echo 360 classrooms because the classrooms are so busy, and some people don't want to schedule a recurring classroom recording but would rather make a one-time recording. Luckily, we have a solution for you. If you would like to create Echo 360 recordings using your computer instead of using one of the classrooms, you can use Echo 360 Personal Capture. We have a site license here at UTM so that anyone can use Echo 360 Personal Capture who wants to use it.
Only UTM personnel may use this Personal Capture software. After you download and install this software please call the ITC at 731-881-7877 to obtain your username and password.
Through some preliminary testing, we've been able to determine that EchoCapture Personal does not function with the latest released version of MAC Operating System (Lion or 10.7). Our Development team is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. Until a fix is confirmed, our recommendation is to NOT update any systems where EchoCapture Personal is installed to this new MAC Operating System (Lion or 10.7) until such time as the issues are fully resolved.
As information is available, we will post updates in this location.
