Using Panopto with Ulster University Blackboard
Introduction
Panopto is a media streaming application that is integrated into Blackboard Learn. It allows users to embed video and audio within learning content. It also provides video-based assignments (with grade centre integration), in-browser editing and video-based quizzes.
Basic Blackboard Workflow
The basic workflow for using Panopto with Blackboard is:
Add the Panopto Course Tool Application to your Blackboard Learn module area
Provision the module area with Panopto
Upload your videos to the module’s Panopto course folder
Embed the videos in the learning content
Adding the Panopto Course Tool Application link to your module
To add the Panopto Course Tool Application link to your module area:
Log in to Blackboard Learn as an Instructor, Course Builder or Teaching Assistant.
In your Courses list, find and select the link to the module.
In the module menu, select the Add Menu Item "+" button and select Tool Link from the dropdown menu that opens:
From the Add Tool Link menu, select Panopto Course Tool Application from the list of available tool types, give it a name e.g. 'Panopto' and check the Available to Users checkbox - if you want to make the Panopto link available to students.
Provision the module area with Panopto
Having added the Panopto Course Tool Application link to the module, the next step is to Provision the module with Panopto. You only need to do this once per module. To provision the module:
Select the Panopto Course Tool Application link you added to the module menu (see Adding the Panopto Course Tool Application link above).
The configure page will open. Select the Configure button:
On the Configure Panopto Course page that opens select the Add Course to Panopto button:
When the Configure Panopto Connector process is completed you will see the Provision Results page. Select the Return to course button to finish the provisioning process.
Provision a Blackboard module with Panopto - Video
The video contains closed captions.
Downloading and Installing the Panopto Application - Video
The following video shows how to download and install the Panopto application from a provisioned module in Blackboard Learn. The video contains closed captions.
Upload videos to the Panopto course folder
Now that the module has been provisioned with Panopto, selecting the Panopto Course Tool Application link in the left-hand menu will bring up the module’s Panopto folder. The Panopto folder is where you will upload your videos.
To upload a video to Panopto:
Select the Panopto Course Tool Application link you added to the course menu.
Select the Create button:
Choose Upload media from the drop-down menu (highlighted in red in the image below):
In the Add files window that appears, either drag and drop your video file(s) on to the dotted Choose video and audio area or select anywhere inside this box to open your file browser dialogue box and choose the file(s) you want to upload:
The upload process will begin as soon as the file has been added. Upload progress is indicated by a green upload bar:
Panopto will begin to process the video as soon as it has uploaded. If you wish, you can watch the progress in the upload window, however, you can safely close this window using the X button – the video will continue to process in the background.
The uploaded file will now be visible on the Panopto folder screen. While it is processing a placeholder image will be visible and the progress will be displayed as a percentage.
When processing has completed you will receive an e-mail. The video will be published and Panopto will generate a thumbnail image for it in the Panopto folder view. Selecting the thumbnail image will allow you to watch the video.