Use a Panopto Video in Multiple Courses

When you first add a video to Panopto, whether by recording it with the Panopto Recorder or by uploading it from your computer, you will add it to the folder associated with a particular Canvas Course. (This differs from Kaltura, where videos you record or upload are housed in your My Media folder, and you must then publish videos to the Media Gallery of a particular Canvas course in order to use your videos in that course site.) 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, without needing to move it or copy it. You can do so either by embedding Panopto videos into Canvas Pages on future course sites, or by inserting Panopto videos from previous terms as Module Items.

Embedding Panopto Videos into Canvas Pages

To embed Panopto videos from previous terms into Canvas Pages on a new course site, follow these steps:

1. In your new Canvas course, navigate to the content page, assignment, discussion, etc. in which you wish to use a previously uploaded Panopto video.
2. Select Panopto Video in the Rich Content Editor toolbar.
   
3. A dialog box will now appear. Make sure that the Choose tab is selected.
   
4. Use the drop-down menu at the top to navigate to the folder in which the video you wish to embed is located.
   
   Tip: You may need to look for your course folder under Default folder. Although this folder is grayed out, it is nevertheless clickable.
   Tip: Clicking on a folder name will open that folder directly. If you wish to look for a subfolder within a folder, click on the horizontal arrow next to the top-level folder. This will change it to a vertical arrow and open a menu of subfolders.
   
5. When you are in the correct folder, select the video(s) to embed and select the maroon Insert button.
   
6. The video(s) will now be embedded in the content page, assignment prompt, discussion prompt, etc.
   

 

Inserting Panopto Videos into Canvas Modules

To insert Panopto videos from previous terms into Canvas Modules on a new course site, follow these steps:

1. In your new Canvas course, navigate to the Modules tab and create or identify a Module into which you wish to insert a Panopto video.
2. Click the "+" (plus) icon to add a new Module Item.
   
3. In the Add Item dialogue box, click the drop-down menu and select External Tool.
   
4. Scroll through the list of tools and select Panopto Video.
   
5. Make sure the Choose tab is selected.
   
6. Use the drop-down arrow to locate the folder in which your video is located. (You may need to look for your course folder under Default Folder.) Note: Clicking on a folder name will open that folder directly. If you wish to look for a subfolder within a folder, click on the horizontal arrow next to the top-level folder. This will change it to a vertical arrow and open a menu of subfolders.
   
7. When you are in the correct folder, select the video you wish to insert, modify embed options (if desired), and click the Insert button.
   
   
   
   
8. In the Add Module Item dialogue box, update the Panopto video's display name and Module Item's level of indent, if desired, then click Add Item button.
   
9. To ensure our content is visible to others, click Publish icon (the grayed-out circle with a slash icon) so that the content will be visible to students on Canvas.
   
10. Your Panopto video from a previous term has now been inserted into your current Canvas course site.
    

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. You can request automatic speech recognition captioning if you wish; this machine-generated captioning can then be revised and edited easily if need be.

1. Choose Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to the video you wish to caption. Mouse over the video until a menu appears, and click Edit.
   
3. This will open the video in Panopto for editing. In the left-hand menu, select Captions.
   
4. Click the arrow next to Import captions, and select Import automatic captions from the drop-down menu.
   
5. This will generate automatic captions. Note that these captions may contain inaccuracies.
   
6. To edit your automatic captions and correct errors, click on the column of three dots next to a caption and choose Edit from the menu that appears.
   

Manual Closed-Captioning

To add closed captioning manually to your Panopto video, follow these steps.

1. Choose Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to the video you wish to caption. Mouse over the video until a menu appears and select Edit.
   
3. This will open the video in Panopto for editing. In the left-hand menu, select Captions.
   
4. You now have two ways to add captions manually.
   
   1. You can upload a .srt file to caption the entire video.
      
      1. Click the arrow next to Import captions and select Upload or request captions.
         
      2. In the dialog box that will open, select Choose file to find your caption file on your computer.
         
      3. When you have found and selected the caption file, select Upload captions.
         
   2. You can also enter your captions manually.
      
      1. Use the time bar at the bottom of the video to move to the point in the video at which you want to write a caption.
         
      2. Type your caption in the box at the upper left.
         
      3. Press Enter to save your caption at that timestamp.
         
5. After you have entered your captions, you can edit them in one of two ways.
   
   1. To edit caption text directly, simply click on the text and begin typing.
      
   2. You can also edit using the Edit menu.
      
      1. Click on the column of three dots next to the caption to open this menu, and choose Edit.
         
      2. In the dialog box, you can change the text of the caption, the timestamp, or both. Click Save to save your changes.
         
6. To delete a caption entirely, open the Edit menu and choose Delete.
   
7. When you are done, be sure to click the Publish button at the upper right to save your changes.
   

For more information, see: Manually Upload Captions

Move a Panopto Video

Note: You should not normally need to move a Panopto video. For information on reusing a video from a previous course in other courses, see "Use a Panopto Video in Multiple Courses," above.

1. Choose Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to your video.
3. Mouse over the video to make a menu appear and choose Settings.
   
4. Make sure you are in the Overview tab.
5. Beneath the folder name, click Edit.
   
6. In the drop-down menu that appears, choose the new folder to which you wish to move your video.
7. Select Save to save your changes.
   

To move multiple videos at once, see: Batch Copy and Move Videos

Copy a Panopto Video

Note: You should not normally need to copy a Panopto video. For information on reusing a video from a previous course in other courses, see "Use a Panopto Video in Multiple Courses," above.

1. Go to Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to your video.
3. Mouse over the video to make a menu appear and choose Settings.
4. In the left navigation pane, select Manage.
5. Go to the Copy session section.  The default name for the copy is [Original Video Name] (copy). If you wish, you can change this by typing in the box provided. When you are done, select Copy.
   
6. The newly created copy will have the same owner, availability settings, and viewer permissions as the original video.

To copy multiple videos at once, see: Batch Copy and Move Videos

Download a Panopto Video

1. Go to Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to the video and click on the video name to open it in Panopto.
3. If you have permission to download the video, the download icon will appear at the top right.
   
4. Click the download icon to download the video as a .mp4 file.

See also: Download a Video for Offline Viewing

Note: If you wish to give others 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

1. Go to Panopto Video in your Canvas course navigation menu.
2. Navigate to your video.
3. Mouse over the video to make a menu appear and choose Delete.
   
4. If prompted to confirm the deletion, click OK.