Editing, uploading & managing media

Universal Capture (Personal) allows you to create recordings and publish them to your personal Library. The Library also contains other media that you own or have permission to access in EchoVideo.

The Scribe below demonstrates how to access recordings stored in your personal Library.

Once you have logged in, located and accessed your recordings, you may want to edit the content.

EchoVideo includes a built-in analytics that allows you to make basic changes to video and audio recordings directly within your web browser. You can use the editor to trim the beginning or end of a recording, remove unwanted sections such as confidential or copyrighted material, or create shorter clips from a longer recording.

The process for editing with the media editor is the same whether the recording was made using Lecture Capture or Universal Capture (Personal) and applies to video and audio files.

Analytics (videos containing embedded polling questions) cannot currently be edited in the same way as standard video content. While you can add, remove, or edit the embedded polls, you cannot edit the video itself. As a result, the Edit Media option is not available for Interactive Media.

The Scribes below demonstrate how to access the media editing tools for recordings stored in your Library and for module content accessed through Moodle and stored in the class list in EchoVideo.

For content associated with a course or module, you can control whether it is visible to students. Availability settings can only be changed for audio and video recordings, and presentations, if you are recognised as an Instructor for the module in EchoVideo.

If you have scheduled a lecture capture recording, or you are the registered course leader for a module with scheduled lecture captures, EchoVideo will automatically recognise you as the owner of that content.

If you are unsure whether you have ownership permissions, or if you need to make changes to content that you do not own, please contact your department's Academic Technology team or the Digital Learning team at for further guidance.

You can also schedule media to be come available or unavailable to students on a set date. Our Scribe below has step-by-step guidance on how to use the availability options and settings in EchoVideo.

If you need to provide access to recordings for specific students or groups, for example students with reasonable adjustments, visit our guidance on sharing direct recording links and sharing collections with selected users.

External media files can be uploaded to EchoVideo. This is seperate to recordings created through Lecture Capture or Universal Capture.

Thee are two ways to upload media:

1. Upload directly to a module/course if you already know where the content should be shared with students.
2. Upload to your Library, if you want to store, edit or manage the media before sharing it.

Upload media directly to a module/course

1. Access EchoVideo via Moodle by selecting the Lecture Capture block in the relevant module.
2. Select New Class at the top right of the page.
3. Enter a name for the class and select OK.
4. Select the + button and choose Add Video.
5. Choose to Upload a file or Import from your library.
6. Select Upload.
7. Monitor the upload progress using the progress bar displayed beneath the file.

Upload media to your Content Library

Your Library is a private area within EchoVideo where you can manage media that you own or have access to. Content uploaded to your Library is not automatically available to students and must be shared separately.

1. Access EchoVideo either directly (if you have an EchoVideo password) or through the Lecture Capture block in Moodle.
2. Select Create at the top of the page.
3. Select Upload Media.
4. Drag and drop a file, browse to a file on your device, or select content from a connected cloud storage service.
5. Select Upload.
6. Monitor the upload progress using the progress bar displayed beneath the file.

Once the upload is complete, the media will be added to your Course or Library. The file will then be processed; it may take a short time before it is available to view or edit.

You can also upload a to EchoVideo. Follow the steps above to add media to your Library, but at Step 3, select the Upload Spherical Video 360° option.

To create a 360° video, staff can borrow a Ricoh Theta Z1 camera from IDG AV Services by completing the Loan AV Equipment Booking Form.

Sharing uploaded content

Once your media has been uploaded, depending on your requirements, you may need to share your content by publishing it to a module, or sharing via a link or embed code. To find out more about sharing, visit our guide to sharing content (insert link to new guidance).

While EchoVideo allows you to delete media, it is recommended that you make recordings unavailable rather than deleting them wherever possible. Making media unavailable removes it from view while preserving the content, allowing it to be restored or reused in the future if needed.

You can permanently delete any media that you have uploaded directly or recorded using Universal Capture (Personal).

There is also an option to delete content from a class in the Class List by selecting the Delete icon . This removes the media from the class, but any content you own will remain available in your Library.

As deletion may permanently remove access to recordings and associated content, it is strongly recommended that you change the availability of the media instead, making it unavailable to students while retaining the recording for future use.

The option to delete any media recorded using the in-room lecture capture service is only available to system administrators. Once deleted, recordings are moved into a 'recycle bin' and can be retrieved if necessary.

This form can be used to request the deletion of one recording, all recordings for a module, or some or all of the recordings that you are listed as the presenter for.