Enable Panopto in Your Course and Make Recordings Accessible

Enable Panopto in your Canvas course before recording and publishing.

Login to Canvas, go to the course where you want to use Panopto and click the Settings button at the bottom of the course menu.
Click on the Navigation tab at the top of the page.
Scroll down and Locate Panopto on the list of items hidden from students, and click the "three dot" icon next to Panopto.
Click Enable and scroll down and click Save at the bottom of the page.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu to complete the Panopto setup. NOTE: Students will view published recordings through the "Panopto" button on the course menu.

Download and Install the Panopto Desktop Recorder

You can download the Panopto recording software from your Canvas course.

If you haven't already, enable Panopto in your Canvas course by following the instructions above.
If you are not planning to use Panopto in Canvas scroll down for instructions.

Click the Panopto button on your course menu.
Click the green Create button.
Click Record a new session button on the drop down menu.
Next to the Panopto options, select the correct install package for your operating system.
NOTE: You are required to be an Administrator on your computer to install Panopto. For university managed PC's this typically means you will need to contact your LSP or the ITS HelpDesk to complete the install process.

If you are NOT planning to use Panopto in Canvas LOGIN HERE and then follow the instructions below to download the software.

For Windows

For Macs

Record and Publish

If you haven’t already, follow the instructions above to first enable Panopto in your Canvas course and then download and install the Panopto recording software.

Before starting a Panopto recording you will be prompted to login. Enter your Argonet ID and password.

For Windows

Windows: Basic Recording

For Macs

Mac: Basic Recording

Edit a Recording

Panopto recordings can be edited after the recording has been uploaded.

Login to Canvas and navigate to your course site that has the recording you wish to edit.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Mouse over the recording you want to edit and click the pencil icon or Edit button.
Here are the Panopto instructions on how to edit a Panopto recording.

Use the Panopto Mobile App

For iPad - Use the Panopto iPad App
For iPhone - Use the Panopto iPhone App
For Android - Use the Android App for tablets or phones

Embed Panopto Recordings in a Canvas Course

Panopto recordings can be embedded into the following Rich Text areas of your Canvas course:

Announcements
Assignments
Discussions
Pages
Quizzes

Teachers, TAs and Course Designers can embed Panopto recordings in a Canvas course. Here's how:

Login to Canvas, go to the course where you want to embed a Panopto recording.
Select the area in your Canvas course (e.g. Discussions) where you want to embed a Panopto recording.
Here are the Panopto instructions to how to embed recordings using the Rich Text Editor in Canvas.
NOTE: You may have to click a "down arrow" in the Rich Text Editor to reveal the Panopto tool.

Upload Media Files From My Computer (.mp4 .wmv .mov, etc.)

If you haven't already, enable Panopto in your Canvas course by following the instructions above.

Login to Canvas and navigate to the course where you want to upload a video file.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Click the green Create button.
Click Upload Media button.
Here are the Panopto instructions on how to upload files from your computer.

Create a Playlist of Recordings

If you haven't already, enable Panopto in your Canvas course by following the instructions above. Teachers, TAs and Course Designers can create Panopto playlists.

Login to Canvas and navigate to a course where you want to create a Panopto playlist.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Here are the Panopto instructions on how to create a playlist.

Create Panopto Quizzes

Teachers have the ability to add quiz questions to any Panopto recording at any point during playback. The Panopto recording has to be uploaded first before adding quiz questions. View this 30 minute video on creating quizzes.

Login to Canvas and navigate to your course site that has the recordings you wish to edit.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Mouse over the recording you want to edit and click the pencil icon or Edit button.
Here are the Panopto instructions on how to add a quiz to a recording.
Student instructions on taking a quiz in Panopto

Create Panopto Assignments in Canvas

The following steps create an assignment that accepts video submissions. These videos can be accessed and graded via Speedgrader. Only the instructor can view videos submitted to assignments. This process works for both video and audio submissions.

Learn how to view and grade video submissions in Speedgrader

Here’s a student guide to submitting a video to Canvas assignments you can share with your class .

How to Create a Video Assignment

Create a new assignment in Canvas.
In the assignment's settings, for "Submission Type," select Online and check Text Entry; do not check Media Recordings:
The online submission field in a Canvas assignment. Text Entry is checked, while Media Recordings is crossed out.
Give the assignment any other settings you'd like (such as a due date). Publish it.
Instruct your students to navigate to the assignment and click Submit at top right. They will then click the green Panopto-embed button (The Panopto-embed button, which looks like a recycling symbol.) above the text entry box. In the window that appears, they will select "My Folder" from the dropdown menu, upload their video, and click Insert to embed it in the text entry box.
Note: All videos uploaded to Panopto have to be compressed for streaming (H.264/MP4).

Students can use this illustrated guide to submitting video to Canvas assignments for more support.

Here is a video for students assignment submissions, including video discussions

That's it! After students submit, you can use Speedgrader to view and grade your students' video submissions.

Download a Panopto Recording (for faculty only)

Login to Canvas and navigate to your course site that has the recordings you wish to download.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Mouse over the recording you want to download and click the gear icon or Settings button.
On the Settings pop-up window, click the Outputs button located along the left hand side of the pop-up window.
On the Outputs page, under the Video Podcast header, click the Download Podcast button.
Your recording will now download to your computer's hard drive.

View Recording Statistics

Teachers (or owners of a Panopto recording) can view statistics on their shared recordings. Typical stats include the following:

NetID
Name
Views
Minutes Delivered
Average Minutes Delivered

Login to Canvas and navigate to the course where you want to view recording statistics.
Click the Panopto button on the course menu.
Mouse over the recording you want to view statistics on and click the graph icon or Stats button.
Here is more information on viewing Panopto analytics.