Creating Collections
Completion requirements
A collection allows you to organise videos and share them with others across the institution or with specific individuals.
Terminology note: In this guidance, Q-Review refers to lecture capture and scheduled teaching recordings, while EchoVideo refers to the wider video platform, including the media management functions that replaced QMplus Media (Kaltura).
Collection
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Creating and Sharing a Collection (EchoVideo) [edit]
A collection allows you to organise videos and share them with others across the institution or with specific individuals.
Important: You must be signed in to QMplus or EchoVideo (Q-Review) with your QMUL email address to view this guidance video.
Step 1: Create a collection
- Log in to EchoVideo (Q-Review)
- Go to your Library
- Select Collections
- Click Create collection
- Enter a name for your collection
- You can also add a description (optional)
- Click Create
Step 2: Add videos to your collection
- Open your collection
- Click Add media
- Select one or more videos from your library
- Confirm to add them
Step 3: Share with people (QMUL users)
- Open the collection
- Click Share or People
- Search for users by name or email
- Choose a permission level (e.g. viewer or contributor)
- Save your changes
Key points:
- You can share with any QMUL staff or student
- Users do not need to be on the same QMplus course
Step 4: Share using a link
- Open the collection
- Click Share
- Enable link sharing
- Set access to Institutional
- Copy and share the link (e.g. email or QMplus)
Key points:
- Anyone logged in with a QMUL account can access the link
- Access is not limited to one course
- Useful for:
- Cross-course content
- Programme-level resources
- Staff-only materials
Important note
Collections do not control student access on their own.
To share recordings with students, use:
- Classes (Q-Review links), or
- Embed videos into QMplus
Further Information and Guidance
The software provider also offers guidance and support materials on collections which you may find helpful.