The following are the instructions for installing the Echo360 Personal Capture client for Mac in your office or on your personal computer.
Download software. Navigate to echo360.uic.edu, where it will ask for your netID and password. Click the Downloads tab. Choose Installer for EchoSystem Personal Capture (Mac OS X) to download the software. Note: Pay attention to the download location. Install. Double click the downloaded file to begin the installation. You will be prompted to accept a license. Instructions to install Echo 360- Universal Capture from inside Echo360 within Blackboard (Windows and Mac): Enter Echo360- Universal Capture using the instructions above. If you followed those instructions, you should be at this point: Locate Echo360 in Blackboard; Click the Settings icon in the top right corner. It looks like a gear. Follow the instructions on the Publish a Recording from Personal Capture for Mac Echo360 Support page to log in to Personal Capture UMass NetID and password. Note: Early in the login process, you will be prompted to enter the email address associated with your Echo360 account. In most cases, this is the email address that you use for Moodle. Video, Recording & Streaming application compatible for both Mac and PC. Works for both scheduled and on-demand recordings. Echo360 Community Conferences Join us at an Echo360 Community Conference near you to network with your peers, share video capture and active learning best practices, learn about new product capabilities and roadmap items, and discuss research and initiatives for the year ahead.
Login to http://lecturecapture.georgetown.edu using a web browser and type in your NetID and NetID Password.
Once logged in, click on the Downloads tab at the top of the page.
Once the Downloads tab loads, click on the Installer for EchoSystem Personal Capture (Mac OS X) link under the File column.
The installer file will start downloading. A window will be displayed asking you to Save the File. Click OK to save the file.
The installer file will be saved in the default downloads location (usually the Downloads folder). Navigate to the installer file and double click to open it.
The system may ask you to confirm that you would like to open an executable file. Click OK to confirm.
The installation window will open. Drag and drop the Echo360 Personal Capture icon into the Applications folder.
Double click on the Applications folder to navigate to the Echo360 Personal Capture client icon in your Applications folder.
Double click on the Echo360 Personal Capture icon in the Applications folder to start the program.
Optional: You can Drag and drop the Echo360 Personal Capture Icon from the Applications folder into the Dock to create a shortcut.
The Echo360 Personal Capture program will load with the Start Recording button and Go to My Recordings button. For instructions on how to create a recording, please access the instructions for Echo360 Personal Capture Record, Edit, Publish (Mac)
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Universal Capture: Personal is a stand-alone application designed to be used by Instructors on their personal computers to generate video recordings outside of the classroom environment. This section provides information and links to Echo360's instructions for configuring and using Universal Capture software.
Note: Echo360 Universal Capture has replaced the older Echo360 Personal Capture software. Echo360 no longer supports the use of Personal Capture sofyware. If you have Personal Capture software installed on your computer, you should uninstall it and install Echo360 Universal Capture.
Echo360 will remove access to Personal Capture in Fall of 2019. If you have any questions, please contact the Instructional Media Lab at 413-545-2823 or [email protected].
Download the Universal Capture Software
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To download the Echo360 Universal Capture software:
Navigate to echo360.umass.edu and log in with your NetID and password. The Echo360 Library page will open.
On the Echo360 Library page, select Settings (the gear icon) and then select choose Download,
On the Downloads page, select the version of the software for your computer (Mac or Windows). For detailed instructions on downloading the software, including minimum system requirements, see Echo360's support page Installing the Universal Capture Desktop Application.
Logging in to Universal Capture
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Universal Capture users can log in to make recordings with Echo360 Universal Capture: Personal.
Open the Universal Capture program.
In Universal Capture, select Click here to login. You will be directed to a login page in your browser.
On the login page, enter your UMass email address. You will be directed to the UMass login page.
On the UMass login page, enter your NetID and password. A prompt will ask if you would like to open Echo360. Select Open Echo360 capture.
After you have logged in, you will be able to begin making recordings on your machine.
Use Universal Capture
The Echo360 Universal Capture software interface is designed to be intuitive and user friendly. Once you make a recording with Echo360 Universal Capture, it will upload to the Echo360 system. You can specify whether a recording is published immediately to a course for students to access, or if it is unpublished so you can review and/or edit it before making it available.
To begin making a capture:
In Universal Capture, on the Preview page, select Edit capture details. The Capture Details window will open.
In the Title field, to enter a name for your recording
In the Publish to drop-down, select where you would like to recording to go. The default location is to your Echo360 Library.
Click Save.
In the Preview window, select your display and microphone inputs. The selected inputs will appear in the preview windows.
Click Record to being recording. A 5 second countdown will begin, and the software will minizmie itself when it begins recording.
To pause, finish, or cancel, return to the Universal Capture software.
To pause a recording, select the Pause button.
To resume a paused recording, select the Record button.
To finish a recording, select the Stop button.
To cancel the recording, select the Cancel button.
Your recording will automatically upload to the destination you selected. You may close the software or begin another recording.
For links to instructions on creating a capture, see Echo360's support page Create a Capture.