Center for Teaching and Learning
Faculty Panopto
Panopto offers a secure and robust media streaming solution that is perfectly suited for educational environments, functioning similarly to the familiar YouTube but with a critical advantage: seamless integration with Blackboard. This allows educators to effortlessly upload, manage, and share video content directly within their courses, enhancing student engagement and providing flexible learning opportunities. To help you get the most out of this powerful platform, a comprehensive set of tutorials is available. These resources are designed to guide you through every aspect of Panopto, from basic uploading to more advanced features, ensuring you can confidently leverage its capabilities.
It is important to be aware of Panopto’s video retention policy, which prioritizes accessibility while also managing storage efficiently. Videos remain on the Panopto platform as long as they continue to be viewed, ensuring that valuable content stays readily available. However, if a video receives no viewership for a period of 13 months, it will be archived. This archiving process allows for efficient storage while keeping the content accessible if needed. If a video remains unviewed for four years after being archived, it will be permanently removed from the platform. Understanding this policy will help you manage your video content effectively and ensure the longevity of important teaching materials.
Getting Started
Quickly learn how to begin using Panopto.
This tutorial will show you how to watch a video on Panopto by either signing in to Panopto or by integrating within a Blackboard course.
Open the How to View A Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to watch a video on Panopto.
Open the How to Record a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to edit a video on Panopto.
Open the How to Edit a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to share a video on Panopto. When you use the Panopto integration within Blackboard, the video is already shared with everyone in the Blackboard course. However, if you want to share the video outside of Blackboard (such as by email), you can adjust the share settings. We recommend using the “Public (unlisted)” share setting to allow access outside of the Blackboard course.
Open the How to Share a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This integration allows instructors to easily access Panopto within their courses and quickly record, upload, and manage videos. Students can automatically view content created by instructors.
Open the How to Add Panopto to Individual Courses in Blackboard web tutorial to learn more.
Panopto provides Blackboard users with an easy method for embedding Panopto recordings directly into their courses.
Open the How to Embed Videos into a Blackboard Course web tutorial to learn more.
Create
Create content, webcasting, capturing videoconferences, and more in Panopto.
Creating content is as easy as clicking a button. The Create button allows you to produce different types of content in Panopto. This documentation explains what each option enables you to create.
Open the Learn About the Create Button web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to upload video files to create new, individual Panopto videos using either drag-and-drop functionality or the Create button.
Open the How to Upload Video Files web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you you how to record your first video using Panopto Capture.
Open the How to Record a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to upload a PDF to a Panopto video. Viewers will be able to access the PDFs in the video player as a secondary stream.
Open the How to Upload a PDF Into a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to upload and create audio descriptions for your Panopto videos using the Panopto Editor. Audio descriptions provide visually impaired viewers with visual context for what is being presented in a Panopto video. These descriptions will be read aloud during the video’s playback.
Open the How to Add Audio Descriptions web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how you can edit or delete captions in the Panopto editor.
Open the How to Add a Quiz to a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you best practices for recording to ensure you create the highest-quality video possible using your equipment.
Open the Recording Best Practices web tutorial to learn more.
This article describes the video file types that can be uploaded to Panopto.
Open the Learn About Supported Media File Types for Uploading web tutorial to learn more.
Edit
Learn how to use Panopto's extensive editing features.
This tutorial will show you the basics of editing a video in Panopto.
Open the How to Edit a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to trim a video in the editor.
Open the How to Trim a Video in the Editor web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you you how to change the name of your video in the editor.
Open the How to Change the Name of a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to change a Panopto video's description using the Panopto editor.
Open the How to Change Video Descriptions in the Editor web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show how to change the preview image of your video in the editor or from its settings. The preview image is the thumbnail that represents your video in the video library.
Open the How to Change a Video's Thumbnail Image web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial shows the table of contents (TOC) that appears in the Contents tab of the Panopto viewer and helps viewers navigate the video. If your video includes a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation, a TOC is added automatically; however, you can also manually add or edit its entries by following the steps in this article.
Open the How to Add, Edit, and Delete Table of Contents Entries in a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to upload a PDF to a Panopto video. Viewers will be able to access the PDF(s) in the video player as a secondary stream.
Open the How to Edit or Delete Captions web tutorial to learn more.
Share
Learn how to share your content with Panopto's different sharing capabilities.
This tutorial will show you how to share a folder directly with other individuals or groups, with a wider audience, via a direct or embedded link, and through social media.
Open the How to Share a Folder web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to present videos within your Panopto site in a single, ordered list, even when those videos exist in different folders. When enabled, any user with Creator access to a folder will be able to create playlists within that folder.
Open the How to Create and Share a Playlist web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to share links with multiple Panopto users.
Open the How to Share a Video with Multiple Users web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to request access from the session creator(s).
Open the How to Request Access to View a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to better secure your Panopto site. Its purpose is to provide default secure settings that you can manually adjust if you want more public options.
Open the Learn about Securing Access to Panopto Videos and Downloads web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show users how to share a link to a Panopto video that begins at a specific timestamp.
Open the How to Share a Video Link that Starts at a Specific Time web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to share a video with users who do not have a Panopto account through an email invitation.
Open the How to Share a Video Via Email Invitation web tutorial to learn more.
View
Make the most out of your Panopto viewing experience.
This tutorial will show you how to search for and open a video in the Panopto Video Library.
Open the How to View a Video web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you the features of Panopto’s interactive viewer.
Open the Learn About the Features of the Video Viewer web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to navigate through the features in your Panopto video library.
Open the How to Navigate the Video Library web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to add, edit, delete, and reply to comments in the Discussion tab. Those with Creator access to a video will also learn how to moderate discussions.
Open the How to Use Discussions in Videos web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how you can add, view, and edit bookmarks. Panopto users can add time-stamped bookmarks to videos as way to easily return to sections of a video that they need to reference in the future.
Open the How to Create and Access Bookmarks web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to take a quiz in a Panopto video.
Open the How to Take a Quiz web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you accessibility features that allow users to easily navigate and read the Panopto web interface. The web interface supports screen readers for all available creator and viewer interfaces. It also supports keyboard access, allowing you to use the Tab key to access all available functions. All sessions fully support adding and displaying captions.
Open the Learn About Accessibility Features web tutorial to learn more.
Manage
Learn how to configure settings and manage your Panopto site.
This tutorial will show you how to utilize a Personal Folder. Personal Folders provide users with a private sandbox for creating and sharing videos.
Open the How to Use My Folder web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to create a folder. Folders are used to help organize sessions. Every session belongs to a folder, and only users assigned to a folder can create, record, view, or edit those sessions.
Open the How to Create a New Folder web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to create a playlist. Playlists allow videos within your Panopto site to be presented in a single, ordered list even if those videos exist in different folders. When enabled, any user with Creator access to a folder will have the ability to create playlists in that folder.
Open the How to Create and Share a Playlist web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to copy and move videos. Panopto allows you to copy and/or move a video to a new folder.
Open the How to Copy and Move Videos web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to merge videos. Panopto allows you to merge any two sessions together. Merging enables creators to take all content from one session and add it to a target session. This can be helpful if you have recorded your primary and secondary streams as separate sessions.
Open the How to Merge Videos web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to move and copy multiple Panopto videos at the same time.
Open the How to Batch Copy and Move Videos web tutorial to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to access these statistics and what information is included. Statistics are available to creators at the session and folder levels.
Open the Learn About Folder and Session Level Statistics web tutorial to learn more.
Panopto will implement mandatory client upgrades across all cloud environments throughout the evening of the third Thursday in July each year. This scheduled maintenance will include essential updates for Panopto for Windows, Panopto for Mac, and the Panopto Remote Recorder. The purpose of these regular upgrades is to ensure that all users operate on the most secure, stable, and feature-rich versions of the Panopto software, thereby enhancing the overall user experience and system integrity.
Open the Learn About the Client Application Upgrade Policy on Panopto Clouds to learn more.
Integrate
Access Panopto from inside Blackboard Learn courses and quickly record, upload, and manage videos
This integration allows instructors to easily access Panopto within their courses and quickly record, upload, and manage videos. Students can automatically view content created by instructors. The tutorials below outline special features offered in both the Original and Ultra Course View integrations.
Open the Learn About the Blackboard Integration web tutorial for Original or Ultra Course View to learn more.
Panopto's integration with Blackboard now allows users to add Panopto in Blackboard courses. This tutorial will provide users with directions on how to add Panopto to Blackboard and how to use content and folders with Panopto's Blackboard integration.
Open the How to Add Panopto to Your Blackboard Course web tutorial for Original or Course View Ultra to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to find and view Panopto recordings in Blackboard. When a Blackboard course has been provisioned to Panopto, the instructor(s) of the course are granted Creator access to Panopto, and students in the course are granted viewer access. Panopto recordings and webcasts automatically publish to the associated Blackboard course, and can be embedded directly into Blackboard by an instructor.
Open the How to Find and View Panopto Recordings in Blackboard web tutorial for Original or Ultra Course View to learn more.
Panopto provides Blackboard users with an easy method for embedding Panopto recordings directly into their courses. Recordings continue to stream from Panopto without using any storage space on Blackboard. This article provides instructions on how users can embed a video into their Blackboard courses.
Please note: You will only be able to embed videos and view folders for which you have Creator access in Panopto, regardless of their sharing settings.
Open the How to Embed Videos into a Blackboard Course web tutorial for Original or Ultra Course View to learn more.
This tutorial will show you how to create a student video assignment in a Blackboard course. Once created, students will be able to record a video in Panopto and submit the presentation to the instructor for a grade.
Open the How to Create a Video Assignment in Blackboard web tutorial for Original or Ultra Course View to learn more.
Some Blackboard servers and courses have a Student Preview mode, which allows instructors and administrator to view the course as a student. Since an administrator or instructor is still authorized on the Panopto server, they will see Panopto videos that are available to them. As such, this would include videos not available to students.
Open the Why Can I See Videos that Students Should Not See when Using Student Preview Mode in Blackboard? web tutorial to learn more.
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