Echo360 ALP Instructor User Guide

190 Pages·2015·6.37 MB·English

by  Bronwyn Gagne

Instructor
User Guide

Active Learning Platform
December 2015
Table of Contents
Getting Instructors Started ........................................................................................................... 1
Typical Workflow for an Instructor ........................................................................................... 1
Understanding the Instructor's HOME Page .............................................................................. 2
Understanding the Instructor's Class List .................................................................................... 3
Understanding the Instructor's LIBRARY Page ........................................................................... 5
How does it get there?............................................................................................................. 5
Searching Across a Section ........................................................................................................ 7
Understanding Course and Student Analytics ....................................................................... 10
Connecting to your Courses through your LMS ..................................................................... 12
Linking to an existing section through the LMS ................................................................... 12
Creating a new course AND new section to link through LMS ........................................ 13
Creating a section for an existing course ........................................................................... 15
Logging in Under a Different Institution or Role ...................................................................... 17
Editing Course/Section Details.................................................................................................. 18
Disabling content download capability ............................................................................. 18
Inviting Instructors to a Course .................................................................................................. 20
Removing Instructors from a Course ........................................................................................ 22
Inviting Students to a Course .................................................................................................... 23
Adding Students via CSV Import .............................................................................................. 25
What's a CSV file? ................................................................................................................... 25
Creating and running an import to invite students ............................................................ 26
Removing Students from a Course .......................................................................................... 30
Working with Classes .................................................................................................................. 31
Preparing for a Class .................................................................................................................. 32
Adding a Class to a Course ...................................................................................................... 34
Editing Class Details .................................................................................................................... 36
Deleting a Class .......................................................................................................................... 38
Working with Class Content .................................................................................................. 39
Working with Class Content ...................................................................................................... 39
Adding a Presentation to a Class ............................................................................................ 40
Uploading a Presentation ...................................................................................................... 40
Importing a Presentation to a Class ..................................................................................... 42
Creating a New Presentation ............................................................................................... 44
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Adding a Video to a Class ........................................................................................................ 47
Supported Content Formats ..................................................................................................... 50
Making Content Available or Unavailable ............................................................................. 51
Getting a Video's Public Link .................................................................................................... 53
Editing Availability Settings for Published Content ................................................................. 55
Editing Content Details .............................................................................................................. 57
Removing Content from a Class .............................................................................................. 59
Downloading Content from a Class ........................................................................................ 60
Working with Slides .................................................................................................................. 62
Working with Slides and Presentations ..................................................................................... 62
Uploading a Slide to a Presentation ........................................................................................ 63
Importing a Slide to a Presentation .......................................................................................... 65
Creating a Media Slide .............................................................................................................. 67
Creating a Blank Slide ................................................................................................................ 69
Using the PowerPoint Ribbon Add-on ..................................................................................... 70
Installing the PowerPoint Ribbon Add-on ............................................................................... 72
Creating Activity Slides Using the PowerPoint Ribbon........................................................... 74
Multiple Choice Activities ...................................................................................................... 75
Image Quiz Activities .............................................................................................................. 76
Free Response Activities ......................................................................................................... 77
Media Slides ............................................................................................................................. 78
Editing Activity Slides Using the PowerPoint Ribbon .............................................................. 80
Multiple Choice Activities ...................................................................................................... 80
Image Quiz Activities .............................................................................................................. 81
Free Response Activities ......................................................................................................... 82
Media Slides ............................................................................................................................. 83
Publishing/Updating Presentations through PowerPoint....................................................... 84
Changing Publishing Info through PowerPoint ....................................................................... 87
Changing availability settings ............................................................................................... 87
Publish to a different section/class ....................................................................................... 88
Adding Interactive Slides to a Presentation ........................................................................... 92
SMS Response Instructions ..................................................................................................... 92
Creating a Numerical Activity .................................................................................................. 93
Creating an Ordered List Activity ............................................................................................. 95
Creating an Image Quiz Activity .............................................................................................. 97
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Creating a Short Answer Activity .............................................................................................. 99
Creating a Multiple Choice Activity ...................................................................................... 101
Showing Interactive Slide Results in Class .............................................................................. 103
Reviewing All Student Responses to Activities ...................................................................... 104
Click an answer to see who gave it ............................................................................... 105
Viewing Image Quiz Responses .......................................................................................... 105
Viewing Content in the Classroom (Instructors) ................................................................... 107
Viewing Live Classes (Instructors) ........................................................................................... 109
Using Classroom Tools .............................................................................................................. 111
Monitoring Q&A Discussion from within a Classroom .......................................................... 112
Using the Capture Control Light ......................................................................................... 116
Device Monitor/Capture Control Light - Instructors ............................................................ 116
Understanding and Using the Device Monitor/Capture Control Light ............................. 117
Capture Status Indicators .................................................................................................... 117
Controlling Captures ............................................................................................................ 118
Device Configuration Defaults ............................................................................................... 120
Device Monitor Adhoc Capture and Settings ..................................................................... 122
Launch the Device Monitor .................................................................................................... 124
Reviewing a Past Class ............................................................................................................ 125
Monitoring Course Q&A Discussions ...................................................................................... 126
Deleting a Q&A entry ........................................................................................................... 126
Asking Students Questions ....................................................................................................... 128
Editing posted questions ...................................................................................................... 130
Viewing and Responding to Student Questions .................................................................. 131
Editing posted responses ..................................................................................................... 132
Endorsing Student Questions and Answers ........................................................................... 134
Viewing Course/Section Analytics ......................................................................................... 135
Viewing Student Analytic Data .............................................................................................. 137
Downloading Student Analytic Data .................................................................................... 138
Defining Engagement Scores ................................................................................................. 140
Understanding engagement presets ................................................................................. 141
Understanding Course and Student Analytics ..................................................................... 142
Engagement and Analytics Metrics Defined ....................................................................... 144
Attendance ........................................................................................................................... 144
Video Views ........................................................................................................................... 145
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Video views for all classes in the section ....................................................................... 145
Video views for a specific class ....................................................................................... 146
Video views by students ................................................................................................... 146
Video views by student for a class.................................................................................. 147
Presentation Views ................................................................................................................ 147
Questions/Q&A ..................................................................................................................... 148
Notes ....................................................................................................................................... 149
Activities ................................................................................................................................. 149
Defining Engagement Scores ................................................................................................. 152
Understanding engagement presets ................................................................................. 153
Viewing Course/Section Analytics ......................................................................................... 154
Viewing Student Analytic Data .............................................................................................. 156
Downloading Student Analytic Data .................................................................................... 157
Sending Analytics to your LMS Gradebook .......................................................................... 159
What do the Exported Metrics Actually Show? ................................................................... 161
Engagement percentage (%) ............................................................................................ 161
Activity participation/score percentages (%) .................................................................. 161
Video views percentage (%) .............................................................................................. 162
Presentation views ................................................................................................................ 162
Working with Library Content (Instructors) ............................................................................ 163
Uploading Content to your Library ........................................................................................ 164
Supported Content Formats ................................................................................................... 166
Viewing Instructor Library Content Details ............................................................................ 167
Editing Content Details ............................................................................................................ 169
Publishing Content to a Course or Individual ....................................................................... 171
Editing Videos ............................................................................................................................ 174
Using the video editing tools ............................................................................................... 175
Review/Playback the video ............................................................................................ 175
Cutting segments from the video ................................................................................... 176
Editing a Presentation .............................................................................................................. 178
Downloading Content from your Library .............................................................................. 181
Getting a Video's Public Link .................................................................................................. 182
Deleting Content from the Instructor's Library ...................................................................... 184
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Instructor User Guide
Getting Instructors Started
This guide helps you use the Active Learning Platform to enhance the learning moment
whether it happens before, during, or after class.
To get started, your administrator must create an Active Learning Platform user account
for you. Complete your registration by following the link in the email you receive.
When you log in to the Active Learning Platform, you see the HOME page and can start
working with your course material and engaging your students.
REMINDER: Instructors and students may already be populated in your courses based on
LMS integration. Or you may create and/or link your ALP courses to your LMS yourself.
If you're not sure, contact your administrator for more information about the LMS
integration at your institution.
When you first set up a course in the Active Learning Platform, your administrator must
add you to the course. You can then add students to the course.
Typical Workflow for an Instructor
Here is a high-level summary of how to start using the Active Learning Platform as an
instructor:
 Check out your HOME page and see what courses you are assigned to.
 Review the Class List page for each of your courses.
 Invite students and other instructors to a course (if they are not already assigned
by your administrator).
 Edit your course details, including course description or course features.
 Prepare for an upcoming class by adding content or editing class details (name
and description).
 Create a class to hold additional materials.
 Present content in class.
 Make class content available or unavailable for students to view.
 Post questions or discussion points for students in the course.
 Monitor classroom activity
 Review classroom and student analytics

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Understanding the Instructor's HOME Page
The HOME page contains a snapshot of the status of each of the instructor's sections.
The HOME page appears by default when you log in. Otherwise you can click HOME
from the main menu to return to it.

For each course listed on this page, the instructor can:
 Quickly access the Last Class that occurred, or prepare for the next class.
 See if the Next class will be streamed live (a gray LIVE badge appears with the
class date).
 Find out if students or other instructors have posted any new questions
 Notice how many students are struggling (falling below 60% of engagement as
instructor has defined it)
 Review the last class and prepare for the next class
 See how the engagement of the whole student roster of that section has
changed over the semester, plus see the average engagement score
 Sort the view of this data by term
From the HOME page, click ALL CLASSES to open the class list page for the section.

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Understanding the Instructor's Class List
When you navigate to a particular course, the Classes tab for the course appears by
default. This is typically referred to as the class list page, and logically, lists all of the
classes for that course/section.
To open the Class List page:
 From your HOME page, click ALL CLASSES for a course.
 From the main menu, click COURSES and select a course from the drop-down list.
The course appears with the Classes tab active (see the image at the bottom of this
page). The class list provides access to the class-related functionality described here.
Click on a class row from the list. The left side of the page changes to show a preview
of any content that currently exists in the class, along with buttons that let you:
 GO TO CLASSROOM - allows you to present your class content to students,
viewing the class content the way a student would view it.
 EDIT DETAILS - allows you to change the details about the class, such as the class
title, description, or date/time entered for the class.
 DELETE CLASS - allows you to delete the class from the course.
NOTE: Deleting a class also deletes all student notes, bookmarks, Q&A and
analytic data for the class. The media contained in the class still resides in your
LIBRARY page but will need to be published again for students to view it.

See which classes will be streamed LIVE. If your classes will be streamed live and in real-
time, a LIVE badge appears next to the Class Name.
 A gray LIVE badge ( ) indicates a future class that will be streamed live.
 A green LIVE badge ( ) indicates that this class is currently being captured
and streamed.
Not all classes are live streamed; a class that is happening RIGHT NOW will also appear
in green with a green dot to the left of the class in the Class List. Only classes with a LIVE
badge will be captured and streamed in real-time to class participants.
Click a Content Icon to open a menu with commands for that media, such as view,
edit presentation, edit availability settings, remove, etc. See Working with Class Content
for additional topics and information.
 A grey presentation ( ) or video icon indicates that this content is not
available to students.
To make it available, click the icon, then select Make Available from the menu
that appears.
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 A green video icon ( ) or presentation icon ( ) indicates that the content
is available to students.
To make it unavailable, click the icon then select Make Unavailable from the
menu.
To set date-based availability, click the content icon and select Availability
settings from the menu.
Click a PLUS icon ( ) to add content to the class. You can add ONE video and/or
ONE presentation to each class. If you have additional content you want to publish to
the course, create a new class to hold the content.
Click the Conversation Bubble icon ( ) to open the Q&A tab and view the
questions and responses posted for the class.

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Understanding the Instructor's LIBRARY Page
The LIBRARY page is the repository for all of your content, whether or not it is currently
published to a class or is available to students. This topic provides an overview of this
page. For more details, see Working with Library Content.
How does it get there?
There are four ways content gets added to an instructor's Library page:
 You Upload content to your library.
 You are the primary instructor for a class.
Captures created for the class automatically appear in your library. Furthermore,
they remain there, even if removed from the class.
 You create or upload a presentation or video directly to a class.
If a secondary instructor adds content to a class, it appears in their library but not
in the primary instructor's library. If you are a primary instructor and want this
content in your library, request the other instructor share it with you, or you can
download it from the Class list page and then upload it to your library.
 Someone shares content with you. These appear in the Shared with me section
of the Library page.

Hovering over an item in the Library page exposes a menu arrow (also called a
"chevron") in the top right corner of the tile, or on the right side of a row if viewing the
page in List view.
Click the chevron to see a menu of options, which differ slightly, depending on the type
of content selected.
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