Use a Panopto Video in Multiple Courses

When you first add a video to Panopto, whether by recording it with Panopto or by uploading it from your computer, you will normally add it to the folder associated with a particular Canvas Course. The video will continue to be housed in the folder associated with that course even after the course ends, but you can still reuse the video in future Canvas courses. You can do so by embedding Panopto videos into Canvas Pages on future course sites, by inserting Panopto videos from previous terms as Module items, or by copying videos from your previous course folder into your new course folder.

Embed Panopto Videos into Canvas Pages

To embed Panopto videos from previous terms into Canvas Pages on a new course site, see the article How to Embed Panopto Videos in a Canvas Course.

Insert Panopto Videos into Canvas Modules

To insert Panopto videos from previous terms into Canvas Modules on a new course site, see the article How to Insert a Video Link into a Canvas Module.

Copy Panopto Videos into Your New Course

To copy videos from a previous course folder into a new course folder, see the article How to Manually Copy a Course.

Caption a Panopto Video

Automatic Closed Captioning

It is very important that you provide closed captioning for your videos, as it is required by law. By default, Panopto provides automatic closed captions for all videos. This machine-generated captioning can then be revised and edited easily if need be. To do so, see the article How to Edit or Delete Captions.

Manual Closed Captioning

To add closed captioning manually to your Panopto video, see the article How to Upload a Caption File for a Video.

Move or Copy a Panopto Video

If you would like, you can move or copy a Panopto video to a different folder. To do so, see the article How to Copy and Move Videos. To move or copy multiple videos at once, see the article How to Batch Copy and Move Videos.

Note: If you are planning to move or copy videos between folders associated with Canvas courses, we recommend that you use the method under "Copy Canvas Videos into Your New Course," above.

Download a Panopto Video

To download a Panopto video as an MP4 file, please see the article How to Download Video or Audio Streams as MP4s. (If you do not see the download icon, this means that you do not have permission to download the video in question.)

Give Your Students Download Permissions

By default, your students cannot download videos you share with them through Canvas. If you wish to enable downloading, either for a particular video or for all videos in a course folder, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Settings. For an individual video, this will appear as a gear icon when you mouse over the thumbnail. For a folder, it will appear when you select the More actions menu (column of three dots).
2. In the dialog box that appears, scroll down to Downloads and choose Authenticated users with access from the dropdown menu.
   

Note: If you wish to give only specific people permission to download your video, they will need to be given Creator access for the video by a Panopto administrator. To request this, email academictech@uchicago.edu with a link to your video and the CNetID of the person(s) to whom you wish to grant downloading permissions.

Delete a Panopto Video

To delete one or more Panopto videos, please see the article How to Use the Recycle Bin and Permanently Delete Recordings.