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Upload and embed your Podcast

How to upload a video to Panopto

  1. Once you’re ready to add your podcast to your post, you’ll want to upload it to Panopto, then use a link from Panopto to embed your media. Select your section below to open the Panopto folder for your section.
  2. Drag and drop the file of your audio/video submission into the folder and wait for the file to upload completely.
The Panopto interface with a circle surrounding the text "To get started, drop any video from your computer here or click the Create button to make a new recording"
A recording in Panopto with a red arrow pointing to the Share button
  1. Select the podcast you just uploaded and choose Share.
  1. In the share window, underneath “Who can access this video”, select Change and set this to Public to make your content accessible on the site.
The panopto share screen with a red circle around the Change link
The change dropdown
  1. Next, make sure the Link button is selected, and choose Copy Link
The Share screen in panopto with red arrows pointing to the link button and the Copy Link button

How to embed a video hosted in Panopto

  1. Navigate to your WordPress Post
  2. In you WordPress post, use the Block inserter to add a Panopto Media block. If it doesn’t appear immediately, use the search bar in the Block inserter to search for Panopto.
The panopto block in the block inserter with the word panopto typed into the search bar
  1. In the block, paste the URL and choose the embed button.
The Share screen in panopto with red arrows pointing to the link button and the Copy Link button
  1. The Panopto embed tool will not preview your video properly, but will refresh and display an error message that says: “Invalid url. Please enter a valid Panopto video or playlist embed url.”
The panopto embed block with a url displaying an error message
  1. Even with an error message, your podcast should still display. In the top toolbar, choose Preview > Preview in a new tab to check your post and make sure you’re able to see your podcast.

Add Closed Captions to your Podcast

Once your video has been uploaded to Panopto, and enough time has passed that the video is processed, you have the option to use Panopto’s automatically generated captions (for English language only). Because these are automatically generated, they will not be 100% accurate and will require updating.

  1. Navigate to your video in the Panopto Assignment folder
  2. Find your video in the list and hover over the thumbnail and select the Edit button
    The edit button in panopto
    This will open your video in the Editing interface
  3. In the Editing interface, on the right side menu select Captions
  4. Next select Import Captions
  5. From this dropdown menu, choose Import Automatic Captions

    **If you do not see this option – your video is still processing the dialogue and you will need to wait and return to the video in a few minutes. (This time will vary based on the length of your audio / video submission.)**
    The steps to import captions
  6. Click into each text box in order to update the text.
  7. When done updating the  text, in the upper right of the editing interface, select the Apply button, then select OK to close the editor. 

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