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echoVideo for Students: How to Submit a video assignment

7. How to share a public link

You may be required by your Teacher to share a public link to your video. This request could arise if you are:

  • Collaborating with your entire class or a group of learners.
  • Needing to submit or share your work with individuals outside the university, such as prospective employers.

From your echoVideo Library

To create a link from your echoVideo Library

  1. Use the Filters and/or Search box to find the item you want to create a link for.
  2. Hover over the video and click the Menu button.
  3. Select Share from the media options menu, as shown in the below figure.
    Content tile with menu button identified and Share option shown for steps as described
  4. The Individual tab appears by default. Click the Links tab in the side panel to open the Links creation screen.
    The Links tab only lets you create new links, to see and manage existing links, open the Media Details Page.
    Share settings modal with Links tab shown and the Create Link button identified for selection as described
  5. Click the Create Link button.
  6. A new link is immediately generated, and has fields and configurable options as follows:
    • Copy: Use the Copy button to copy the link URL for pasting into your desired location.
    • Description: Enter a description for the link. This is useful for identifying the purpose of the link or the location to which it is to be posted. The description is for your purposes only and does not appear outside of EchoVideo.
    • Start At: This allows you to set a 'starting location' for the media. Users can view the entirety of it, but by default, it begins playing at the location you set.
    • Public access slider: When enabled (default), any person with the URL can view the media. 
      Share Modal with the Links tab shown and a newly generated link with all of the configurable options as described
  7. When finished generating a link to the content, click Done at the bottom.

When you no longer need a public link to the media, open the Media Details Page to Delete that link. Deleting a link is permanent. Remember that you can deactivate a link by disabling the Active slider when you do not want to delete it. Deactivation retains the relationship between the link and the media but makes the media inaccessible via the link.