Using Panopto

Newer Features

• You can have Zoom recordings automatically uploaded to Panopto

• Smart Chapters- helps automatically add table of contents to your videos

• Panopto LTI  and How to Use Panopto with Moodle

Alternatively watch recording of Basics Webinar, which briefly covers many of the above topics in 30-45 minutes.

Panopto is an inclusive video suite (like Microsoft office suit.  It's main functions include

• Video Library- like a Cornell-specific Youtube portal

• Folder for every Moodle course that you provision (directions below)

• Recording software

• Online video player

• Online video editor

This page is meant to serve as a reference of Panopto's main functions and collection of directions to get set up Panopto in your Moodle pages.  Panopto’s support site provides extensive help documentation and can be searched directly if your needs are not covered below.  You can also watch a recording Panopto Basic Webinar, which briefly covers many of the below topics in 30-45 minutes. 

Panopto and Moodle

Adding Panopto Block and provisioning Moodle course:

• Open a Moodle course page

• Make sure editing is turned on

• Scroll to the very bottom of the left-hand menu, and click on “Add a block”

• Click on “Panopto” in the popup window

• The block will be added to the right-hand column of your course page (or bottom of the page if your screen/window is narrow)

• Click on the “Provision Course” link (This is what creates a connection between Moodle and Panopto for your course, and gives you and your students access to Panopto.)

• Click on the “Course Settings” link, and close the popup window

  • You can continue to click on the “Course Settings” link to enter the Panopto page without needing to login

  • If you go directly to our Panopto site (https://cornellcollege.hosted.panopto.com/), you will need to click on the CAS button on the Moodle login page.

• Panopto’s instructions for adding Blocks

Video Library

• Tour of Video Library(with brief coverage of Create Menu)

  • Each Moodle Course can be connected to Panopto and will have its own folder in the Video Library (see “Adding Panopto Block...” above on how to connect Panopto to your Moodle Course)

  • Assignment folder- Turning this feature on allows students to record/create Panopto videos.

• Viewing a Video

  • Search within a Video

  • Viewing Video Captions

• Upload already recorded videos to Panopto

Zoom Panopto Integration

• Once you have have a Panopto account established (provisioning the Panopto Block once is enough), Zoom cloud recordings will automatically be added to your My Folder in Panopto

  • See instructions linked above for more details instructions for what to do in Zoom or how to customize which folder in Panopto the videos are uploaded to.

Recording Videos in Panopto

• How to install Panopto Software

  • If you have a Cornell PC (if off campus, log into the GlobalProtect VPN)

    • Click on the search icon in the Taskbar

    • Search for “Software Center”

    • Under “Applications,” select “Panopto Recording Client” (if it isn’t in the list, restart your computer)

    • Follow any other prompts to install

  • If you have a Cornell Mac, you will need to contact IT to have the software installed.

  • If you want to install the software onto your own computer

    • There are download links in the Panopto Moodle Block and a few places within the Panopto Video library.

• Recording Videos in Panopto

  • Recording with Panopto for Windows

  • Recording with Panopto for Mac

  • How to Create a Video Using Panopto Capture- Panopto’s browser-based video recorder

• Video Settings

  • Automatically inherits permissions from folder

  • Share

    • Sharing settings similar to options you would have within Google

    • Videos with a folder for a course will automatically be shared with your students

    • You can use the Panopto LTI, under “Add an Activity or Resource”  in Moodle or copy the Share link to place individual videos within your Moodle page as a Moodle URL Resource

  • Hiding videos from students within a course folder: Settings>Overview>Availability (This lets you work on videos within a course folder and not have them available to students until you are done or want them to view them)

  • Deleting a video: Settings>Manage>Delete

  • Copying & Moving Video

  • Batch Moving Videos

• Editing Videos

  • How to Trim a Video in the Editor

  • How to Add Automatic Captions to a Video 

    • Select the “Import automatic captions” option.  

    • To make the captions most useful, proofread

  • How to Add a Table of Contents

    • Smart Chapters- helps automatically add table of contents to your videos

  • How to Add a Quiz to a Video

• Panopto in Moodle

  • Panopto LTI- a Moodle Activity will allow you to:

  • Embed or link to Panopto Videos within Moodle