Getting Started with Panopto

Panopto records your screen and up to two other video sources. In addition to creating and delivering screencasts, with Panopto:

• Students can comment on/discuss videos
• Quizzes can added throughout the video
• PowerPoint slides are processed to be clickable/searchable
• Instructors can see viewing statistics

Access Panopto

Your account is the same whether you access Panopto directly or via Sakai. Adding the Sakai integration will create a folder for your course and allow your students to view the contents of the course folder from Sakai.

Directly

1. Go to https://stlawu.hosted.panopto.com and click Sign In
2. Enter your St. Lawrence University email address and password

Sakai Integration

There are three ways to add Panopto content to your Sakai course. No matter how you are adding videos or playlists, you should start by enabling and accessing the Panopto tool in Sakai (option 1), which will automatically create a course folder in Panopto that you and your students have access to. If you prefer to link directly (option 2) to or embed (option 3) videos (i.e., not provide the link to all videos from the Tool Menu) you can hide this tool once it has been enabled. You cannot add direct links to your videos by copy/pasting the video link from Panopto, nor can you embed using the embed code from Panopto. You must choose from the three options below.

Option 1: Add the Panopto tool to your Sakai course Tool Menu

Adding the Sakai integration will create a folder for your course and allow your students to view the contents of the course folder from the Tool Menu in Sakai. Watch a video tutorial  of the following steps:

1. From your Sakai site, click Site Info
2. Click Manage Tools
3. Click External Tools
4. Check the box for Panopto
5. Click Continue
6. Click Finish

Option 2: Add Link to a Video to a Lesson

This option will create a hyperlink on your lesson that students click to open the Panopto viewer and view the video in a new window:

1. Create a Lesson
2. Click Add Content +
3. Click Add Learning App
4. Click Panopto Embed
5. Browse your content and click Insert
6. Mouse over the link and click the Edit Icon to edit the item
7. Add/Edit the Item Name and Item Description for your video
8. Select New Window: in a new window
9. Click Update Item

Option 3: Embed Video on a Lesson

This option embeds the video directly a lesson. Students can watch the video in the lesson or in the Panopto viewer by clicking the arrow  at the bottom right of the video.

1. Create a Lesson
2. Click Add Content +
3. Click Add Text
4. Click the Add Learning App (shopping cart)  icon
5. Click Panopto Embed
6. Browse your content and click Insert

Creating an Assignment Folder in Panopto

An assignment folder is a folder in your Sakai course Panopto folder that allows students to create or upload videos. To set this up and for more information, see: https://support.panopto.com/s/article/Use-Assignment-Folders-for-Student-Recordings

Additional Documentation

• Video Tutorials