Echo360 (Apreso Anystream)
July 8, 2008 by Eric · Leave a Comment
Formerly Apreso Anystream, back in August of 2007, the company acquired a software called Lectopia from the University of Western Australia. In October, Apreso changed their name to Echo360. The lecture capture technology offered by Echo360 includes software only (for laptops), support for dedicated classroom PC’s, and a dedicated hardware appliance.
The unique aspect of Echo360 is that it is completely hands-off if desired. That is, the system can be linked to a campus classroom scheduling program to automatically start and stop the recording based on the instructors’ schedule. That is, the instructor doesn’t have to do anything to have their class recorded. The system starts and stops recording automatically.
Echo360 can publish to iTunes U and a wide array of streaming playback formats. A Blackboard Building Block is also available to provide a seamless and automated way for students to access course recordings.
