Panopto Support & Resources

**This is a work in progress– additional resources are being added regularly.**

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Upcoming Panopto Workshops

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Panopto Folders

Panopto uses folders as a way to organize your videos. The permissions regarding who gets to watch or interact with your videos is based primarily on the permissions given to that folder. As an instructor once you access Panopto from within your Blackboard course a dedicated folder will be created for that course. All students in that course will have direct access to those videos.

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How to Create and Edit Videos

Panopto is a much more robust tool than VidGrid, with more options for customizing your recordings. Remember to click on the Panopto ‘Create’ button within your Blackboard course, not from the main Panopto site to ensure your students can access the videos. 

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Embedding Videos in Panopto (the right way)

When you embed a Panopto video via the Content Market, videos are automatically launched in the video player directly within Blackboard. This eliminates the need for multiple logins and changing share settings, creating a smoother and less disruptive learning flow for students. It also provides you with useful data about how and when your students are viewing the videos.

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How to Create Panopto Video Assignments for your Students

Panopto’s platform is built for robust video content management. For student assignments, this means:  

• Organization: Submissions are automatically placed into designated course assignment folders, keeping content tidy.
• Searchability: Panopto indexes spoken words and on-screen text in videos, making it easier for instructors to search within video content.
• Analytics: Instructors can see basic analytics on who has viewed the submitted videos, which can be useful for tracking engagement.

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Additional Resources