Accessing Your Account
Video Creation
Video Organization
Video Editing
Closed Captioning
Interactive Learning Tools
Video Sharing Options
Video Settings
Video Analytics

How to Access your Panopto Account

There are several ways for you to access your Panopto Account with the added bonus of a Mobile App that can be used for Panopto.

Accessing Video Hosting Service Account
Feature/Action	Panopto
External Login	Yes
Access via a Canvas Course	Yes
Access via Canvas Mobile App	Yes
Access via product mobile App	Yes

Access via Panopto Website

Login to your Panopto Account by copying and pasting the URL: https://csus.hosted.panopto.com and login with your Sac State credentials.
If this is your first time accessing your account, then you may see a screen where "Panopto is requesting access to your account". Click the "Authorize" button to finish logging into your account.
Once you login, the Panopto interface displays your Panopto Homepage. You can use the menu on the left to navigate your account by videos you are subscribed to, by videos that are shared with you, by bookmarked videos, or view everything.
If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.
If your instructor created a Panopto Assignment folder in one of the Canvas courses, then you have the ability to use the Create button to create/upload content to that assignment folder(s) only.

The Home page displays when you login to Panopto

Please Note Teacher Assistants:

If you are enrolled as a Teacher Assistant in a Canvas Course, then you are automatically given the creator role in Panopto and can create videos for a course's Panopto Recording folder. You would also see a personal "My Folder" that you can record videos to as well.

Access Panopto via a Canvas Course

If your instructor enabled the "Panopto Recordings" link in the course(s) menu navigation of a Canvas course where you are enrolled, then you can view videos that they post to this page and are visible to students. You may also view Panopto videos linked within Modules or embedded on Page content throughout the course as made available by our instructor.

If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Click the Panopto Recordings link on course menu to see videos made available to students for course

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How to View Panopto Video

Access Panopto via Canvas Mobile App

Students can download the Canvas Student App on their mobile device (iOS or Android) and if the Panopto Recordings link is enabled on the course menu navigation, you can view the Panopto Recordings link on the course navigation.

When you click the Panopto Recordings link, your Panopto account opens on a mobile device in the default mobile browser. Please note: Your Panopto account displays the course folder for the Canvas course from which the Panopto Recordings link was opened. You can view existing videos shared by your instructor. If your instructor enabled the assignment folder in the Canvas course, then you can upload video from your mobile device to the Panopto course assignment folder. You can also edit details and settings for videos you upload to the course folder.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Click Panopto Recordings Link from Course Menu Panopto Assignment Folder

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What is the Canvas Student App

Access Panopto via Product Mobile App

With Panopto, you can download and use the Panopto mobile application (iOS or Android) on your mobile device. Once downloaded, login with your Sac State Credentials. Depending on your role, you can view and/or upload video in the Canvas course video assignment folder(s).

Home screen on Panopto mobile app Create options on mobile app include record, upload or join a recording.

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How to use the Panopto Mobile App

Video Creation

Create video using built in screen recorder option, download Panopto application to record from your computer or upload videos from a mobile device.

Comparison for Options to Create Video
Feature/Action	Panopto
Create Video on Mac or Windows Computer	Yes (only when the instructor enables the assignment folder option in Panopto for a class)
Upload Existing Video from Computer or Mobile Device	Yes
Upload Existing Video through from within Canvas	Yes
Capture Video in Browser (screen recorder)	Yes
Create/Schedule a Webcast	Yes

Create Video on Mac or Windows Computer

Login to your Panopto Account and from the Create option choose the "Record in Application" option which enables you to download a Panopto recorder that is for use on a Windows or Mac computer. Panopto automatically detects the operating system on your computer and displays either the Panopto for Mac or Panopto for Windows option. Your video recording saves directly to the Canvas Panopto assignments folder that your instructor created for the course.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Click the Create button to get started From create menu choose the Record in Application option

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How to Record with Panopto for Mac
How to Record with Panopto for Windows

Upload Existing Video (External Login)

Login to your Panopto Account and from the "Create" button select the Upload Media option. (You can also login to your Canvas course and click on the Panopto Recordings link on course menu to access the Panopto page). Media formats supported include .mp4 video and .mp3 audio. See Supported Media for more details on media supported. Videos are automatically placed into the Canvas course video assignment folder that your instructor created. Contents in this folder are visible to you and your instructor by default unless they specified in the settings of this folder that videos can be visible to peers in the course.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

From create menu select Upload Media option to upload existing video from your device.

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How to Upload Video Files

Upload a Video via Panopto Recordings page in Canvas Course

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Login to a Canvas course where your instructor enabled the Panopto Recordings link on course menu. You can check with your instructor first to confirm if they have made this available.
Click on the Panopto Recordings Link from the course menu.
Click the green +Create button on Panopto dashboard and choose "Upload Media".
Select a folder from the "Add Files To" drop down. Choose the Course Assignments folder. This should be the only folder available for you to upload a video to unless you have been granted creator access to other folders or have been set up with a My Folder (personal folder).
Upload video from your computer or mobile device. Video may take a few minutes to upload depending on the size of the video file. Let video finish uploading. Do not leave page unless you see a message that it is OK to leave the page.
After the video is finished uploading, it may take a few additional minutes to process. You may leave the page at this time.
Your video displays for you and your instructor in the Panopto course assignments folder.

Upload Video to a Canvas Panopto Video Assignment

Alternately, if your instructor created a specific Canvas assignment for students to upload/record Panopto Video, then you can go to the Canvas Course Assignment directly and upload/record your Panopto video through that assignment. Please see Canvas Video Assignments with Panopto.

Capture Video in Browser (Screen recorder)

With Panopto you do not need to download a separate application to record your screen, window, browser tab or application. To create a video within the browser, login to your Panopto Account. Click the "Create" button and select "Panopto Capture: Record in Browser" option to start a screen recording session. Choose between recording from a browser window, application or the entire computer screen. Recordings are saved to the Panopto assignments folder in your Canvas course.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Click the Panopto Capture button to record contents

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Schedule a Webcast

Login to your Panopto Account and click the "Create" button. Select the "Webcast" option to create a webcast URL prior to a live broadcast and start your webcast in Panopto for Windows or Mac. The webcast URL can be shared with viewers, so they can access the live webcast.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Click the Webcast button to schedule a webcast session

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Video Organization

Video Organization Features
Feature/Action	Panopto
Personal Folder for Private Videos	By Request Only
Course Video Folders	Yes (If enabled by instructor for Canvas video assignments that use Panopto)
Custom Folders	TA's and other Creator roles that have higher level access to Panopto
Table of Contents	Yes

Personal Folder for Private Videos

If you created a personal folder in Panopto, then when you upload/record a new video from your Panopto account your "My Folder" is the default folder displayed. Contents in My Folder are only visible to the account owner unless they choose to edit the share settings for video to be visible by other user(s). If you wish to record to another folder, then simply select the Browse button on left menu to choose/create a folder in another location or edit the video location under Settings> Overview tab for that video. Please note that most students, if granted creator access via a Canvas Panopto video assignment, all recordings go to the video assignment folder created by the instructor of the Canvas course.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

My folder is the default location where videos will upload/record to

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How to Use My Folder

Canvas Courses Video Folders

If your instructor enabled the Panopto Recordings link on the Canvas course menu, then click the Panopto Recordings link from course menu. A Panopto page displays with a folder titled after the Canvas course name and the Panopto recordings from your instructor appear in that folder, unless they placed them in another location (a direct link should be provided by your instructor). You can also access the video assignment folder from this location, if your instructor created a Panopto assignment folder for students in the Canvas course.

Note: If you do not see the Create button, then you need to contact your instructor to enable the Assignments Folder option for your course in Panopto. This special option allows student to record and upload videos for the course in Panopto and via Canvas.

Canvas course folder display when you click on Panopto Recordings link from course menu

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Custom Folders

For TA's or students with a Creator account and Personal Folder only: Create custom folders within your My Folder to categorize video content as needed based on topic or audience. Edit share settings by folder or by video as needed. Please note that depending on your role, you may already see some existing custom folders such as the "Zoom Recordings" folder which is currently used to host any Zoom Cloud Recordings that you make (this is in addition to cloud space located in your Zoom account).

Select New folder from Create to make a new folder

Provide folder details on Create Folder window

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How to Create a New Folder

Table of Contents

You can add a table of contents (TOC) to your videos to make it easier for viewers to navigate content especially for longer video content. If you record a slide presentation with Panopto, a TOC is automatically added but can be edited by you as needed. To get started, open your video in Edit view, play video or move the slider to the timeline location where you wish to add your first TOC entry. Under the Contents panel, enter your TOC title/name entry and press Enter or Return. Repeat these steps as needed.

Another related feature in Panopto is "Smart Chapters" which are automatically generated by Panopto through optical character recognition to generate a Table of Contents. This is turned off by default but you can turn this feature on under the Contents panel and edit entries as needed.

Editing Table of Contents

Viewing a Table of Contents

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Video Editing

Video Editing Features
Action/Feature	Panopto
Built-in Video Editor	Yes

Built-In Video Editor

Panopto offers a built in video editor that you can use to make cuts to video content, add content such as video clips, YouTube video, edit audio (normalize audio only), insert a quiz, video stream or a link to a webpage. To get started, login to your Panopto Account and open your video in Edit mode. The video takes a few seconds to process and open in Edit Mode. Select video segments directly on the video timeline to do cuts as needed and review cuts on the Cuts panel. Use the plus (+) button on the video timeline or under Contents panel. Click the icon for the element type you wish to add (webpage, YouTube video, stream etc) to your video as needed. Apply changes to save your work. Elements added to your video display by timestamp on the Contents panel both in Edit and Viewer modes.

Video Tip: If you don't want to make changes to original video, create a copy of video first and make changes on video copy.

Video Cuts in Panopto

Use timeline to select content to cut from video and review in cuts panel

Adding Content to Video

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Closed Captioning

Video Captioning Features
Feature/Action	Panopto
Automatic Captions	Yes
Uploading a Caption File	Yes (for videos you create)
Editing Captions	Yes (for videos you create)
Audio Description	Yes (for videos you create)

Automatic Captions (Closed Captions)

Upon recording or uploading a video to your Panopto account, Panopto automatically captions the spoken content in your video and presents the information as closed captions. Closed Captions are the textual representation of a video’s soundtrack which can meet the needs of students who are multilingual, assist in comprehension, help students learn content-relevant vocabulary and assist students who are multimodal learners. Please note that Automatic Captions are "machine generated", which means that they are not 100% accurate and may need to be edited by you to be accurate. Automatic captions in Panopto are available in many spoken languages including: English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and more. See full list of supported languages for automatic captions. Edit the automatic captions language under video settings as needed. A CC button displays next to your video and on play-bar once the captions are processed.

Captions Panel

Captions display on Captions panel and can be toggled on or off by clicking on the CC button

Caption Settings

Captions settings area display machine captions and their language

Learn How

How to Add ASR Automatic Speech Recognition Captions to a Video

Uploading a Caption File

If you created your own caption file or obtained it from a captioning vendor, then you can upload caption files that are in a .srt or .webvtt file format to your video in Panopto. Please note that because Panopto automatically captions any video that is uploaded/recorded into the system, you need to delete the caption file generated by Panopto first and then upload the new .srt or .webvtt file via Settings option for video under the captions tab. Alternately, if the automatic captions were already removed, then you can open your video in Edit mode and use the Captions menu option to upload or request captions.

Under Upload Captions area select choose file to upload your .srt or .webvtt caption file.

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How to Upload a Caption File for a Video

Editing Captions

Captions can be edited as needed in Panopto. If you notice that your closed captions are not accurate, then locate your video and click the Edit button to go into Edit Mode. Once in Edit mode, you can select the Captions tab and edit captions as needed by use of the captions panel on the left side of the page.

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How to Edit or Delete Captions

Audio Description

Audio description is an additional audio track that provides a description of the visual elements of a video, TV broadcast or performance. Unlike closed captions, which are becoming widespread across the web, audio described videos are rarely available online. Audio Description provides access to users who are blind or low vision. You can upload a .vtt file with audio description to your video from the video's settings under Audio Descriptions or enter them yourself. Audio descriptions are read aloud to viewer of video. See Panopto Audio Description

Additional Resources:

Accessible Video For All: Closed Captioning Resources at Sac State

Interactive Learning Tools

Interactive Learning Tools
Feature/Action	Panopto
Quizzing	Yes
Discussions	Yes
Annotations/Notes	Yes
Bookmarks	Yes

Quizzing

Panopto enables video owners to build and integrate quizzes within their video content. Quizzes can be placed at the start or end of a video or at specific intervals of time for knowledge check activities for students. To get started, login to your Panopto account and once in Edit mode for a video, click the Quizzes tab to begin building your quizzes. Choose between Multiple Choice, True and False, Multiple Select, or Fill in the Blank Questions. Specify quiz settings once you finish adding all questions to a quiz. If you are taking a quiz on a Panopto video, then the quiz questions automatically display for you. Answer each question as needed and be sure to click the Continue button when you have completed the quiz for the video. Depending on the quiz settings established by instructor, you may be able to retake quizzes or review results.

Adding a Quiz

Add quiz questions to video at different locations throughout video.

Editing Quiz Settings

Specify quiz settings after adding all questions to a quiz.

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Discussions

Instructors and students can post a message regarding video content and generate discussion with instructor (if posted privately) or with other class members if posted publicly.

Discussion Panel in Panopto displays any public discussion posts made by viewers

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How to Use Discussions in Video

Notes

When watching a Panopto video recording, viewers (Students and Faculty) can add Notes via the Notes panel. Notes are synchronized to the video section you are viewing. Notes can be made public or remain private to yourself only and can be downloaded. Use Notes to help with your studying and/or review of materials process.

Type notes under the Notes panel when viewing Panopto video

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How to Take Notes

Bookmarks

When watching a Panopto video recording, viewers (Students and Faculty) can add keywords/phrases at specific time intervals of video. These keywords serve as bookmarks or "pins" at the time intervals to revisit as needed. Bookmarks not only serve as a way to look back but can also address learning process for students who want to bookmark key video content areas for studying.

Type and view your bookmarks under the Bookmarks panel

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How to Create and Access Bookmarks

Video Sharing Options

Video Sharing Options
Feature/Action	Panopto
Share video with Instructor	Yes
Share video with a Specific User	Yes

Share video in Canvas

If your instructor enabled a Panopto assignment folder and created a Panopto video assignment in the Canvas course, then you can most likely share your videos with your instructor by embedding a video into a Canvas assignment submission. Check with your instructor for the steps to submit/share your videos in Canvas.

From Panopto Assignment, click the Panopto recordings button to get started

After selecting the assignment folder, choose a video, upload or record

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Share video with a Specific User

By default anything you upload to a Panopto assignment folder in a Canvas course is visible to you and the instructor only. The instructor can establish settings to allow for content uploaded to the Panopto Assignments page to be visible to peers.

If you created a personal folder or are a TA for a course, you can view the "My Folder" area for your Panopto account. Content that you upload or record to a My Folder is only visible to you and has the share setting of "Restricted". If you wish to share a video located in your My Folder, then edit the Share settings to share the video with a specific user or change the access from Restricted to one of the following:

Your Organization (unlisted): anyone at Sac State with link to video can access
Your Organization: anyone at Sac State can access videos
Public (unlisted): anyone Sac State affiliated or Not affiliated can access with link

Choose who can view video from Panopto share settings tab

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Video Settings

Video Settings
Feature/Action	Panopto
Delete Video	Yes
Copy Video	Yes
Move Video	Yes
Recover Video	Yes

Delete Video

You can delete your Panopto videos at any time. Be sure to verify that you are deleting the intended video before proceeding with deletion. Login to your account, locate the video and place your mouse over the video, click the Delete trash can button to delete. Please note that if your video is associated with another Panopto video (e.g., inserted a stream for another video), then an error message appears and you cannot delete the video until you have removed it from other associated video content.

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Copy Video

Creating a copy of your video may be helpful if you wish to repurpose it in another course or if you wish to make edits to content without affecting the original video. You can choose between creating a full copy or reference copy of your videos. Reference copies are best for sharing videos with distinct audiences. Full copies allow independent editing and are best for making new versions of videos. Access this feature from the video's settings Manage tab.

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Move Video

You have the option of moving video to other folders in your Panopto account. From the Overview tab on the video's settings, choose the folder location for your video. Please note that the video's share settings inherit the new folders share settings.

Learn How

How to Move a Video

Recover Deleted Video

Please submit a ticket to the IRT Service Desk to request video recovery. Videos are recoverable up to 90 days.

Learn How

How to Restore Video From the Recycle Bin

Video Analytics

Video Analytics
Feature/Action	Panopto
Access Video Views	Yes
Download Reports	Yes

Access Video Views and Downloads

Access statistics by folder or session by clicking on the Stats button that displays next to each video in Panopto or from top right corner of page when viewing a folder. This dashboard presents data analytics information for number of views, downloads, average completion, minutes delivered, and user engagement. View data by video or by folder (e.g. My Folder).

Click the Stats button to view session or folder statistics

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Download Reports

Download session and folder reports by clicking on download buttons located next to each chart presented on page or by scrolling to the bottom of page and clicking on a report below the "Download Reports" header. Choose to download reports for:

Views and Downloads by Day
Viewer Engagement
Top Viewers

Click the download options to download reports for session or folders

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Learn about Folder and Session Level Statistics

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