Using Panopto

How to Use Panopto in Moodle

  1. Panopto Panopto allows you to video record a lecture with media (PowerPoint, video, images) which your students asynchronously view, add a comment or question, and download to view offline. To add a Panopto presentation, go to your Moodle course and click Turn Editing on. 
  2. Underneath the Week or Topic heading, click Add Activity or Resource.
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  4. Under Preconfigured tool, select Panopto and click the Select Content button.
  5. In the Select Content window, you can click the Choose tab and select an existing recording lecture.
  6. Under the Upload tab, you can upload media to use as a new Panopto lecture.
  7. To record a are lecture, click the Record tab. Title your new lecture, then click the Record button. 
  8. If Panopto is already on your machine, it will launch the Panopto recorder. If you haven’t downloaded the Panopto Software yet,  you will be taken to the website to do so.
  9. Once processed, you will see your lecture in the new lecture on the Panopto site.
  10. The ribbon at the bottom allows you to jump to different parts of the lecture to review or add comments. 
  11. To add questions or comments for your students to view as they watch, click discussion and enter your comments in the box at right.
  12. To add notes for yourself, click Notes and enter your comments in the box at right.
  13. Once you have finished adding discussion and notes, go back to Moodle (there should be an open tab). You should see your lecture under the Record tab. Click Insert.
  14. Keep in mind that Moodle defaults to assigning a grade for a Panopto assignment. If you want to set different grade scale, or deactivate the option click grade at left and make your adjustments. Click Save and Return to Course.
  15. Your Panopto lecture will appear in your Moodle assignments.
  16. Students will have the ability to download your lecture, leave Moodle and go to the Panopto website to view it, or watch it full screen.
  17. Clicking the middle arrow will allow a student to see a table of contents. 
  18. Students can browse through the lecture with the Table of Contents and leave a discussion comment or note a relevant section.
  19. Students can leave public discussion comments and questions by clicking the Discussion icon.
  20.  Students can take notes for themselves by clicking the Notes icon.