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 avenues 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	Mediasite	Panopto
External Login	Yes	Yes
Access via a Canvas Course	Yes	Yes
Access via Canvas Mobile App	Yes	Yes
Access via product mobile App	No	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, you may see a screen asking you to authorize access. Once you login you will see the Panopto interface display your My Folder. You can use the menu on left to navigate your account by videos you are subscribed to, that are shared with you, bookmarked videos or everything. videos. Use the Create button to start creating/uploading content.

Panopto account opens to your My Folder.

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Panopto | Getting Started

Access Panopto via a Canvas Course

Enable the "Panopto Recordings" link in your course(s) menu navigation where you wish to use Panopto, and/or locate and use the Panopto Recordings button or the All Apps button on Rich Content Editor toolbar areas across Canvas tools to embed or link Panopto video.

Clicking the Panopto Recordings link takes you to your Panopto Account course folder.

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Access Panopto via Canvas Mobile App

Faculty can download the Canvas Teacher app on their mobile device (iOS or Android) and if the Panopto Recordings link is enabled on course menu navigation, you will see the Panopto Recordings link on the course navigation within mobile view of course. Upon clicking link, your Panopto account opens on mobile device on the default mobile browser. Please note: Panopto account will go to the course folder for the Canvas Course from which the Panopto Recordings link was opened. You can view existing videos, upload video from mobile device, and edit details and settings within your course folder or go to your My Folder to view other videos.

Panopto Recording links displays in course navigation if enabled in course Panopto account opens course folder with available recordings

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Canvas Teacher App

Access Panopto via Product Mobile App

Unlike Mediasite, 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 edit contents in your My Folder, Canvas Course Video Folders, Record Video, Upload Media to your My Folder and more.

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	Mediasite	Panopto
Create Video on Mac or Windows Computer	Yes	Yes
Upload Existing Video from Computer or Mobile Device	Yes	Yes
Upload Existing Video through from within Canvas	Yes	Yes
Capture Video in Browser (screen recorder)	No	Yes
Create/Schedule a Webcast	No	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 will display either the Panopto for Mac or Panopto for Windows option whichever is compatible with your system.

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)

Use the "Create" button to Upload existing Media from your computer or Mobile device. Media formats supported include .mp4 video and .mp3 audio. See Supported Media for more details on media supported. Videos are automatically placed into your My Folder. Content in your My Folder are only visible to you unless you move these to Canvas Course folders or change their respective share settings.

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

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How to Upload Video Files

Upload Existing Video via Panopto Recordings page in Canvas Course

Click on the Panopto Recordings Link from course menu (must enable Panopto Recordings link first) and use the +Create button on Panopto dashboard and choose "Upload Media". Alternately, if working in a Canvas Tool (e.g. Pages, Assignments, Quizzes etc.) that has the Rich Content Editor RCE, use the apps button or Panopto button on toolbar to upload, link to/or embed Panopto Video content. Other options from the RCE Panopto button include create and record media.

Panopto Recordings link on Course Menu

Click the Panopto Recordings link from course menu to open panopto account in Canvas

Panopto Recordings Button in Rich Content Editor Areas

Click the Panopto Recordings button from RCE toolbar

Upon clicking Panopto Recordings button pick between embedding existing recordings, upload a video or record a video.

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How to Embed Panopto Video in a Canvas Course

Capture Video in Browser (Screen recorder)

Unlike Mediasite, with Panopto you don't have to download a separate application to record your screen, window, browser tab or application you wish to demo. Login to your Panopto account and 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 entire computer screen.

Choose the Panopto Capture option to record in browser

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Schedule a Webcast

Login to your Panopto Account and choose 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.

Select Webcast to prepare a Panopto webcast and share a link to it

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Video Organization

Video Organization Features Comparison
Feature/Action	Mediasite	Panopto
Personal Folder for Private Videos	No	Yes
Course Video Folders	No	Yes
Custom Folders	No	Yes
Table of Contents	Yes	Yes

Personal Folder for Private Videos

When you upload/record a new video from your Panopto account, your "My Folder" is the default folder selected to which you will record. 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, 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.

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

Your Canvas courses folders display for any Canvas courses you teach at Sac State and any videos you have recorded directly into that folder. Typically, you would login to your Canvas course and click the Panopto Recordings link on your course menu to record or upload media to a Canvas Course folder. Contents in these folders is visible to students enrolled in course unless share settings are changed for a video(s). You would also enable a video assignment folder from this location if you wish to set up a Panopto Assignment for your students in the Canvas course where you have enabled the Panopto Recordings link.

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

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Custom Folders

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 one of the custom folder that already exists in your My Folder is called "Zoom Recordings" 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 will automatically be added but can also be edited by you as needed. To get started, open your video in Edit view, play video or move slider at timeline location where you wish to add your first TOC entry and under the Contents panel enter your TOC title/name entry and press enter. Repeat steps as needed. Another related feature in Panopto are "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 Comparison
Action/Feature	Mediasite	Panopto
Built-in Video Editor	Yes	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 open your video in Edit mode. Video will take a few seconds to process and open in Edit Mode. Select video segments directly on video timeline to do cuts as needed and review cuts on Cuts panel. Use the + plus button on video timeline or under Contents panel click the icon for the element type you wish to add (webpage, YouTube video, stream etc) to video as needed. Apply changes to save your work. Elements added to your video will display listed by timestamp on the Contents panel both in Edit and Viewer mode.

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 Comparison
Feature/Action	Mediasite	Panopto
Automatic Captions	No	Yes
Uploading a Caption File	Yes	Yes
Editing Captions	Yes	Yes
Request Captions from Vendor	Yes	Yes
Audio Description	No	Yes

Automatic Captions (Closed Captions)

Upon recording or uploading a video to your Panopto account, Panopto will automatically caption the spoken content in your video and present the information as closed captions on video that can be toggled on or off by viewer. Closed Captions are the textual representation of a video’s soundtrack which can meet the needs of students who are multilingual, can assist in comprehension, can help students learn content-relevant vocabulary for a course more easily and in general 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 automatic captions language under video settings as needed. A CC button will display next to your video and on play-bar once the captions have been processed and can be viewed on the Captions panel in edit or view mode.

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

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How to Add ASR Automatic Speech Recognition Captions to a Video

Uploading a Caption File

If you have created your own caption file or obtained it from a captioning vendor 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 would 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 have already been removed, 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, locate your video and click on the Edit button to go into Edit Mode. Once in Edit mode, you will be able to select the Captions tab and edit captions as needed by use of the captions panel on left of page. You can edit captions directly as needed or replace with a caption file as needed.

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How to Edit or Delete Captions

Request Captions from Vendor

Sac State currently partners with the Captioning Vendor Automatic Sync Technologies/CaptionSync to obtain accurate transcription and captioning for videos used in courses where a Deaf or Hard or Hearing student is enrolled. CaptionSync is currently integrated within the Panopto system which means that video owners can request professional and accurate captions through our CaptionSync vendor directly from within their Panopto account. In order to request captions, video owner will need to navigate to the Video's Settings area and under Captions first remove the automatic captions that Panopto created and then proceed to request captions from "AutomaticSync Captions (AST CaptionSync)”. Captions can be requested currently in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, or German.

Please only request closed captions through your Panopto Account from Automatic Sync Technologies vendor or through the Video Captioning Request form, (for YouTube/Vimeo content) if you have been alerted by the SSWD office that a student enrolled in your course will require closed captions. Emails are sent out by SSWD well before the beginning of every semester so be sure to check your Sac State email for any alerts. In all other contexts, you can upload your videos to your Panopto account and use the automatic captions that are already available once you upload your videos. Panopto automatic captions are not 100% accurate but you can edit these captions as needed under the captions tab in Panopto when viewing video in edit mode.

Delete machine captions and then request AutomaticSync Captions

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How to Request ADA 100% Compliant Captions through Panopto

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. Requesting Audio Description is available as a separate service via our third party Captioning Vendor CaptionSync or you can upload a .vtt file with audio description to your video by going to video's settings under Audio Descriptions. Audio descriptions are read aloud to viewer of video. See Panopto Audio Description

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How to Add Audio Descriptions

Additional Resources:

Accessible Video For All: Closed Captioning Resources at Sac State

Interactive Learning Tools

Interactive Learning Tools Comparison
Feature/Action	Mediasite	Panopto
Quizzing	Yes	Yes
Discussions	No	Yes
Annotations/Notes	No	Yes
Bookmarks	No	Yes

Quizzing

Panopto enables video owners to build and integrate quizzes within their video content. Quizzes can be placed at beginning or end of 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 have finished adding all questions to a quiz.

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

Instructor 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 video section you are watching when you type these. They can be made public or remain private to user 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 a bookmark or "pin" at that time interval which they can 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 Comparison
Feature/Action	Mediasite	Panopto
Share video with Students via Canvas	Yes	Yes
Share video with a Specific User	Yes	Yes

Share video in Canvas

Share your Panopto recordings with your students either by sharing the link to the video in a module, embedding the video in a Canvas page or by enabling the Panopto recordings link on your Canvas course menu. Please note that video content that you record from the Panopto Recordings page in a Canvas Course will be visible to your students by default.

Panopto Recordings page displays videos that your students can access/view

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Panopto Getting Started

Share video with a Specific User

By default anything that you record to your My Folder will only be visible to you and has the share setting of "Restricted". If you wish to share a video located in your My Folder you can edit the Share settings to share 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 Comparison
Feature/Action	Mediasite	Panopto
Delete Video	Yes	Yes
Copy Video	Yes	Yes
Move Video	No	Yes
Recover Video	No	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 video and upon hovering with your mouse over video, click the Delete trash can button to delete. Please note that if your video is associated to another Panopto video (e.g. inserted it as a stream for another video) you will see an error message and would not be able to 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 video's settings, choose the folder location for your video. Please note that the video's share settings will inherit the new folders share settings.

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How to Move a Video

Recover Deleted Video

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

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How to Restore Video From the Recycle Bin

Video Analytics

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