Adding an EchoVideo Recording to Canvas


Instructors can add EchoVideo recordings to their Canvas courses for students to watch and interact with. This documentation explains how to link an entire EchoVideo course or individual recordings within a Canvas course, including steps to embed individual EchoVideo recordings directly into Canvas.

Note: Except for the embedding option, all other methods of linking an EchoVideo course or individual recordings in a Canvas course require instructors to set up the links again for each new semester’s Canvas course. 

Table of Contents

Link an EchoVideo course to a Canvas course

  1. Navigate to the Canvas course, open the course page.
  2. Locate the Echo360 link on the left side course navigation menu, if it doesn’t exist, select Settings. The Settings page will open.
  3. Select the Navigation tab on the top, the Navigation page will open.
  4. Locate the Echo360 option, click the 3 vertical dots, and select Enable.
  5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the Save button to save the changes, the Echo360 link will then appear on the left side course navigation menu.
  6. From the left side course navigation menu, select Echo360. The Connect your Echo360 Content page will open.
  7. On the Connect your Echo360 Content page, select the correct Term, Course, and Section from the drop-down menus.
  8. Click on the CONNECT button to complete. 

Add individual EchoVideo recordings to a module within a Canvas course

  1. Navigate to the Canvas course, open the course page.
  2. Select Modules from the left side course navigation menu.
  3. Select + (Add item) in the Module where you want to add the recording, the Add item window will pop up.
  4. Select External Tool in the drop down menu.
  5. Select EchoVideo from the external tool list.
  6. Input a descriptive name for the link in the Page Name field.
  7. Select Add. The link you created will appear in the module.
  8. Select the link you just added. The Connect your Echo360 Content page will open.
  9. On the Connect your Echo360 Content page, select the correct Term, Course, and Section from the drop-down menus.
  10. Click on the CONNECT button to complete.

Embed individual EchoVideo recordings within a Canvas course

Instructors can also embed an EchoVideo recording anywhere within a Canvas course that supports the rich content editor, such as on a Page or in the Description area of an Assignment, or in a Discussion post.

  1. Open the Canvas Page or an activity which you would like to embed the EchoVideo recording.
  2. Select the round blue play button (Echo360) icon on the tool menu within the rich content editor. The Echo360 window will pop up.
  3. Select the Launch Media Picker link in the Choose existing Content section, the Media picker window will open.
  4. Select the recording that you want to embed. Configure the settings as needed.
  5. Once finished configuring the settings, select the Embed button.