If your Instructor has posted an Assignment in Blackboard and requested you submit an Echo360 video as a response, use the below instructions to select and submit a video from your Echo360 library. 

The steps for embedding media for an assignment are the same as embedding any media into Blackboard, but this time it is done as a part of submitting an Assignment. Once you submit a video for a Blackboard assignment, it is locked and cannot be edited or deleted. You can create a copy of the video or download it. An Echo360 administrator can delete the video if necessary.

HOW you get to the Echo360 media selection page differs depending on whether you are in a Learn or Original view Blackboard course, or an Ultra-enabled course. Which are you in? Scan the sections below to see which looks most familiar. Both sets of instructions are included in this page. Once the Echo360 media page is open, you can select media already in your library, upload a media file to use, or (if available) use Universal Capture to create a new recording to submit.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND that the Blackboard instructions on this page are provided as a guide, and your Blackboard interface may differ. Refer to your Blackboard documentation if you need further assistance.

Helpful Tip: You MAY find the easiest way to create video content is through the Echo360 Mobile Apps. Specifically, the Mobile Apps allow you to Upload a video from your phone or tablet into your library. If you are not already a Mobile App user, you may need to create an Echo360 password to use with them first (Settings icon > Account Settings > Create Password).  

Submitting Echo360 media for a Learn assignment

The below procedure shows you how to add content to a content window in Blackboard Learn/Original view course assignments, and what option to select to submit media from your Echo360 library. If you need instructions for using the Upload Existing Media or Create New Media options, see Embedding Echo360 Media into Blackboard Learn or Original View Courses. 

To submit Echo360 library media for a Blackboard Learn assignment

1. Log in to Blackboard as a student then navigate into a course.
2. Click Content on the left.
3. Find and select the Assignment you want to respond to.
4. In the Assignment Submission page, click Write Submission identified in the below figure.
   

   This opens a Text Submission box for the assignment.

   
5. In the Text Submission box, click the Add Content button as identified in the below figure. If you do not SEE this button, click the button with three dots to expand the content window toolbar. 
   
6. From the Add Content tool list, select Echo360 Video Library as shown below.
   
   

   A dialog box appears with the Choose From My Home tab active, listing your videos from your Echo360 library. 

7. Scroll through the list, or use the Search text box or Filter options to find the media you want to embed. 
8. Select the media you want to embed. This expands the entry. 
9. Click Insert to submit this video for the assignment.
   
10. The Text Submission box changes and shows a placeholder for the embedded media. If you see an error message, refer to the Troubleshooting section at the bottom of the page. You can still click Submit and your media will be submitted. 
    
11. Enter any comments, attach other files, or include text with the video in the Text Submission box, if appropriate to complete the assignment request. 
12. If you wish to CHANGE the video submitted, select the video and delete it and then repeat the above embedding steps.
13. When finished, click Submit.
14. If you do not enter any text or attachments along with the embedded video, you will see the following warning message; click OK to submit the video without additional items.
    

You will see a confirmation of your assignment submission along with a confirmation number on the Blackboard page. Note that number if necessary. 

IMPORTANT: Once a video is submitted for an assignment, it is locked in Echo360; you cannot edit or delete the video in Echo360. You can make a copy of it if you need an editable version.

The next time you open the Assignment page, you should see your submitted video along with any additional text, comments, or attachments you may have provided. IF YOU DO NOT see your video, refer to the Troubleshooting section at the bottom of the page. Your administrator may need to configure the system to allow students to embed Echo360 media.

Submitting Echo360 media for an Ultra-enabled course assignment

The below procedure shows you how to add Echo360 content to an Assignment in an Ultra-enabled Blackboard course. If you need instructions for using the Upload Existing Media or Create New Media options, see Embedding Echo360 Media into an Ultra-enabled Course. 

To submit Echo360 media to an Ultra-enabled course assignment

1. Log in to Blackboard as a student then navigate into your course.
2. Find the Assignment in your course listing.
3. Click Add Content for the Assignment.
   
4. On the Content window that appears, click the Insert Content (plus sign) icon as shown below.
   
5. Select the Insert/edit LTI Item option. 
6. From the Content Market, shown in the below figure, find and select the tool labeled for embedding Echo360 media. It should be clearly labeled.
   
   

   A dialog box appears with the Choose From My Home tab active, listing the videos you own, that appear in your Echo360 Library. 

7. Scroll through the list, or use the Search text box or Filter options to find the media you want to embed. 
8. Select the media you want to embed. This expands the entry. 
9. Click Insert to submit this video for the assignment.
   
10. Enter the Display Name (title) you want to give your submission and click Insert.
    
11. Click Submit to complete your submission.

You should be able to return to the Assignment and view your submission in the course. 

IMPORTANT: Once a video is submitted for an assignment it is locked in Echo360; you cannot edit or delete the video in Echo360. You can make a copy of it if you need an editable version.

Troubleshooting

If you are having problems submitting videos, here are a few of the things you may be encountering and why they are happening.

1) If you are in an Ultra-enabled course and you get to the Content Marketplace but can't find the Echo360 Embed tool to select, your Administrator may need to add the tool OR may need need to enable student access for the tool link.

2) If you are in a Learn or Original View enabled course but do not see the Echo360 Video Library option for adding content, this likely means that the Blackboard Administrator has not installed the Echo360 video library building block for Blackboard. See also #3.

3) The Echo360 Student Library must be enabled. If it isn't, you don't have any Echo360 media to embed, and you will not see the Echo360 Video Library option for adding content.

4) If you submit media for an assignment but do NOT see the media in the assignment submission after you are done, this typically means that the Blackboard administrator must also configure the system to allow Students to embed Echo360 videos.

5) If you encounter an error like that shown below, you can still click Submit and your video will be submitted. The error simply means that your Administrator needs to upgrade to the newest building block version, and indicates that there is no preview or placeholder for the item.