Screen recording with Panopto

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Slides: http://go.middlebury.edu/panopto101

Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry [DLINQ]

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Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry [DLINQ]

What we’ll cover

Working with Panopto

• Documentation & Accessing Panopto
• Creating class folders to manage videos and sharing
• Desktop recording and uploading
• Sharing (embedding) videos in Canvas

Other possible workflows

• Screen recording with other tools > uploading to Panopto

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HUMANIZE��Make a Welcome Video or Record mini-lessons with video/voice over Powerpoint slides to supplement readings

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PROVIDE FEEDBACK

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Students creating presentations with slides or screen recordings of work to submit to the instructor feedback or for class discussion

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INTERACT��Embed videos into a Canvas discussion board to promote asynchronous interaction with text and media.

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Video for remote teaching

What is Panopto?

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• A cloud-based video storage and sharing platform like Youtube or Vimeo except for Middlebury only
• A cross-platform desktop recording tool with basic web-based editing features
• A learning tool integration (LTI) for embedding videos in Canvas pages, assignments and discussions
• A learning and feedback tool with advanced features for interactive quizzes, annotations, text and slide indexing, captioning*

• Find this slide deck under “RESOURCES from ESSENTIALS of ONLINE TEACHING WORKSHOPS” at: https://dlinq.middcreate.net/essentials-of-online-teaching-workshop-resources/
• Inspiration from Mike Wesch - Make Super Simple Videos for Teaching Online
• Helpful FAQ explainer blog posts (Heather Stafford, DLINQ instructional designer):
• Embedding Panopto Lecture Videos into Your Canvas Site
• Helping Your Students to Share Pre-recorded Presentations
• Video & Audio for Remote Teaching: https://dlinq.middcreate.net/video-recording-editing/
• Panopto Login: http://go.middlebury.edu/panopto
• Panopto Support Guides (text with images)
• Panopto Support Videos

QUICK LINKS: Panopto Documentation & Access

Before recording, set up a shared folder that you and your students will access together once videos are uploaded

1. Sign in to Course Hub: http://courses.middlebury.edu�
2. Click + Resource > “Panopto Resource”
1. course folder, so instructor can upload videos to the cloud and share in Canvas or link out to students.
2. **Note, content in a class folder is visible to students from Hub

See: Video Walkthrough by Heather Stafford

Create Panopto class folders for video hosting

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Quicklink login to Course Hub

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Use Course Hub to Create class folder

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Navigating Panopto Web Portal (detail on next slide)

• My Folder - only owner can view videos unless sharing settings changed
• Browse - Search for folders or videos you have access to
• Folder Name - Course Hub named folder with course ID
• Create - new project, folder, upload
• Folder Settings - Manage and troubleshoot access to videos in a folder. All videos in a folder will inherit the sharing settings of the “parent” folder

Navigating Panopto Web Portal

Link to video

Folder settings detail

Look up username or group to add to folder*

• Manage class videos within main class folder
• Permissions extend to sub-folders
• “Assignment Folder” - �An assignment folder is a special subfolder that allows users that can view the course folder to create and submit sessions privately. As a creator for this folder, you can see and control all content submitted to the assignment folder.

Create additional folders

QUESTIONS? navigating Panopto web tools

• If not already logged in, sign in at http://go.middlebury.edu/panopto �with @middlebury.edu username / password�

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Setting up Desktop recording

• CREATE button items in red most important�
• Record a new session to install / launch the desktop recorder and uploader�
• Upload media to add video or audio files recorded with other tools to one of your folders

Setting up Desktop recording

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Click if you have installed Panopto already

Click to install the correct version�Of desktop recorder for your computer

Record a new Session

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Desktop Recorder (Mac view)

Click for: Video walkthrough by Heather Stafford

Record a new Session (detail)

1. Choose Folder - where video will be uploaded when completed
2. Session Name - Video title (can be changed later)
3. Primary Source - Activate / Deactivate video and audio sources
4. Slides - check* if recording with slides to index them
5. Secondary Source - activate if recording animations, embedded videos, demonstrations on screen
6. Record - start your recording

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Record a new Session (detail)

* not recommended if internet bandwidth is poor, or if a long recording, slides can be added later

WINDOWS - hotkeys guide (pdf)

Start: F8

Pause: F9

Stop: F10

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MAC - hotkeys guide (web)

Start: Option + Command + R

Pause: Option + Command + P

Stop: Option + Command + S

Record a new Session (hotkeys)

According to Panopto documentation, there are a series of “hotkeys” that help with functions like pausing, starting, and stopping recorder while in another window.

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• Ok to build in Google Slides and screen record your browser
• Powerpoint or Keynote for demo videos
• Use slide headings - these can be indexed for search with the “Record PPT” or Record “Keynote” option turned on
• Make fonts size 24 or higher to improve legibility on different devices
• Use large images if possible. Details difficult read with small images.
• Choose minimally-styled graphics to account for small screen viewing
• Use high contrast templates

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Some recommendations for preparing slide content

1. Open Powerpoint presentation file
2. Ensure you are signed into Panopto
3. Click “Create New Recording”
4. Check your Panopto recorder settings
5. Primary source: video (optional), audio (required)
6. Secondary 1 source: Built-in-Display (will record entire screen)
7. When ready, click RECORD, then put presentation into “Present mode” full screen and start speaking.
8. Use “hotkeys”, or press ESCAPE to return to the recorder, press PAUSE or STOP
9. After clicking STOP, Panopto recorder will start processing the video for upload to designated folder

Demonstration of Recorder with Powerpoint

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• Instructor visible in video
• Contents - indexed slides
• Slides imported
• Discussion - add annotations
• Notes - private or can make�public

Demonstration of Recorder with Powerpoint

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1. Login to Canvas
2. Select location for embedding�Video (discussion, �page) wherever you�Have a rich content editor (RCE)
3. Click the V “more external�Tools” button then “Panopto Editor” to access tools

See: Video Walk through by Heather Stafford

Embedding Panopto videos in Canvas (old rich content editor)

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• Login to Canvas
• Select location for embedding�Video (discussion, �page) wherever you�Have a rich content editor (RCE)
• Click the plugin icon “more external�Tools” button then “Panopto Editor” to access tools

See: Video Walk through by Heather Stafford

Canvas Guide on new RCE: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-18587-679521220559

Embedding Panopto videos in Canvas (new rich text editor)

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3 access points

1. Choose pre-recorded / uploaded video
2. Upload other videos from desktop
3. Record video - this will launch the Panopto Desktop recorder

Embedding Panopto videos from within Canvas

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• From Panopto “external tool”, select the Panopto folder where your content is located - this is likely the course folder you created; videos should be in a folder that your students have access to
• Select video to embed
• Click INSERT

Embedding pre-uploaded videos in Canvas - CHOOSE

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• Student�View ->

Embedding videos in Canvas

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Other workflows

Screen recording from Zoom

• Use in-Zoom recording and screen share to pre-record lecture videos or synchronous class sessions to your computer
• Upload videos to your Panopto class folder
• Link or Embed in Canvas with the rich text editor

1. Click the CREATE �Button�
2. Click “Upload media”�
3. Select preferred folder�
4. Drag and drop or browse your computer

Uploading videos from other sources

• Discussion and Notes feature�
• Insert “quiz” questions into video - video will pause until completed, analytics available

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• Insert links and documents into video�
• Add slide content after screen recording uploaded

Advanced “Edit” Panopto Features

Questions?

Ideas?

Thank You

Need More Help?

https://dlinq.middcreate.net/ls-resources/

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Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry [DLINQ]

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Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry [DLINQ]