Instructors: How to create Echo360 links to insert into your Canvas course

Instructors can add links to videos and other media in their EchoVideo library to their Canvas course sections for access by students. H5P links are for interactive videos.

Applicable to

CSU Fort Collins, CSU Online, CSU Spur
faculty/instructors, staff

Prerequisites

Instructions

Hover over video thumbnail, click on the pink ellipsis icon (three dots ...), and click Share.
OR: Click the Course tab, click your course, then find the video, click the video symbol, select Details, and click Share.
Click the Links tab and click the Create Link button.
Click the Copy icon (two documents) to save to the clipboard.
Type a Description.
Toggle Public access to off (left) for Canvas use.
Click Done.
Paste the link into your Canvas course (for example, using the Rich Content Editor or Cidi Labs editor), or external course website.

Public and Private settings

Use Private links whenever possible.

Private links require login using CSU System NetID and password.
Private links track valuable analytics on individual student video usage.
Canvas linked courses use private links by default.

Use Public links if you wish to share with colleagues or anyone not affiliated with the University.

NetID login is not required. Anyone with the link can access the video.
No usage data is collected.