Teaching Online at UTAS

A unit may have MyMedia Echo360 section associated with it. The section provides students with access to a list of all the recordings (known as classes) associated with the unit.

Many MyLO Units include a Recordings (or similar) folder in the Contents section, usually as part of generic Faculty Template. This folder may/may not already contain a link. You will need to ensure that the link will take students to the correct section. Here’s how.

Step 1

Navigate to the Content Module you wish to add the link to. In most College of Arts and Law units, there will be a Recordings (or equivalent) folder in the Content tool. Make sure the folder is selected in the Table of Contents (it will be highlighted in blue if selected).

You may/may not have a link in this folder. If you already have a link set up here, move to Step 4. If there is no link at all, move on to Step 2.

Step 2

First, you need to create the link to MyMedia Echo360. To do this, select the Existing Activities button, then select the External Learning Tools option.

Step 3

The Add Activity window will open. Select the MyMedia Recordings (ALP) option by clicking on it.

Step 4

You will now see a link appear in the Recordings folder. By default it will be named MyMedia Recordings (ALP).

Step 5

It is important to ensure that the link opens in a new window. To do this, select the black arrowhead that appears on the right side of the link, then select Edit Properties in Place from the menu.

Step 6

Check the box next to the Open as External Resource option. If you would like to change the name of the link, you can also do that in this view by clicking on the link and replacing the link text. Finally, click away (e.g. by selecting the Recordings folder from the Table of Contents again) to save your changes.

Step 7

The link will now need to be set up to send students to the correct section. Click on the link to open it (the page will open in a new window). You will need to select a Course, Term and Section. You can search for a course using a unit code.  The term refers to the semester offering. The section repeats the semester and year offering (e.g 2016_S5_ALL refers to Semester 5, 2016). If you cannot see the section you want, you may need to request the creation of a MyMedia Echo360 section for your unit (requires UTAS username and password).

Step 8

Once you have selected a section, you will see some options below. Select the Link to the Section Home button, then select the Link Content button. That’s it! You’re done.