Using Student Library
This guide covers the following topics, use these links for easier navigation.
- About the Library
- Uploading Content to your Library
- Supported Content Formats
- Sharing, Deleting and Downloading Content
About the Library
The media listed in the My content section of your Library page (Home Page) includes any content you have uploaded. You can edit this content or share it with another user.
The Shared With Me section of the page contains any media that another user has selected to share with you from their content library.
Hovering the cursor over an item in the My Content page exposes a menu icon 
(also called a "chevron") in the bottom 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.
Content from Shared with me has fewer options (download and/or delete).
Uploading Content to your Library
1. Go to VU Collaborate and navigate to the Space for your unit.
2. From the Echo360 widget, click on the Lecture Recordings & Presentations link which will open your Echo360 homepage in a new tab.
3. You should not have to login but if you do, use your usual MYVU portal username and password.
Tip: If it prompts you for email address, Use YourName @students.vu.edu.au email address instead of username.
4. Once you can see your homepage, click on the All Content, then Upload.
5. Upload the video by dragging or selecting a file.
6. Once it has uploaded, the video will then be processed.
7. The newly uploaded file appears in the My Content page, but is dimmed while it is processed. Once processing is finished, the menu changes to show the options for the content.
Supported Content Formats
You can upload content for slides and presentations to Echo360 both from your computer and from popular cloud options such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive, Box, and OneDrive.
The following content formats are accepted.
Sharing, Deleting and Downloading Content
The content contained in the My Content section of your Library page (Home Page) is yours to do with as you please. This includes the ability to share it with other users. You can share it directly with other Echo360 users, or you can generate a public link for your content and post it for a wider audience of users to view.
Sharing an item with another Echo360 user makes that item appear in the Shared with me section of their Home page. From here they can view it, download the original, or delete it as needed. For example, your instructor may want you to produce a video or presentation for a class. You can create the content, upload it to your My Content library, then share it with the instructor.
To share library content
1. Navigate to your My Content page.
2. Find the content you want to share, using the search box or filters across the top of the page as needed.
3. Hover over the item to expose the menu icon (called a "chevron") for the item.
4. Click the chevron and select Share.
5. In the Share with user dialog box, type in the email address of the user you want to share the content with. Click on the user from the dropdown menu to add. Repeat this step to add multiple users.
6. Click Done once you have finished adding users.
The recipients will not receive any notice that you have shared content with them, so you may want to let them know to look on their Shared With Me Library page for the item.
To Delete Library Content
You are effectively the "owner" of any content that appears in the My Content page of your Library. You can delete this content if it is no longer needed but remember that deleting is permanent.
Items appearing in the Shared with me page of your library are not associated with any other data; as such, deleting this content deletes only the media. Any other sharing or publishing done by the owner of this content is not affected.
1. Navigate to your My Content page.
2. Find the content you want to share, using the search box or filters across the top of the page as needed.
3. Hover over the item to expose the menu icon (chevron) for the item.
4. Click the chevron and select Delete. You may have to click More Actions to view Delete option.
5. A warning message appears, indicating that all data associated with the content will also be deleted.
6. Click OK to delete the content.
If the content was shared with other individuals, it is removed from the Shared with me page of their Library after deletion.
To Download Library Content
You can download content from your Echo360 library page if you need or want a local copy of the media. This also allows you to download a local copy of content that was shared with you, then upload the content so it appears as My Content in your Library. This provides additional functionality for that media.
When downloading presentations, the item downloaded is the original file that was uploaded. This means that:
- If the file has not been altered, you will get the same presentation you see in Echo360.
- If slides have been added, they will not appear in the downloaded file.
- If slides have been deleted, they do appear in the downloaded file.
- Interactive activity slides are not included in any download.
- If the file was created in Echo360, the Download original option is greyed out; these presentations do not have an originally uploaded file to download.
1. Click My Content on the Home Page.
2. Find the item you want to download, and hover over your mouse over it to show the menu icon (chevron) located on the top right corner of a content tile, or on the far right side of a content row if the page is shown in list-view.
3. Click the chevron then click Download from the options. You may have to click More Actions to view Download option.
4. Depending on your browser settings, you may be prompted to save the file to a specific location, or the browser may automatically save it to your Downloads folder.