Submitting to a Panopto Student Video Assignment using the Panopto Application
Introduction
In our support page, Submitting to a Panopto Student Video Assignment, we demonstrated the process of submitting a video to a Panopto Student Video assignment using your browser. Also briefly mentioned on that page is the My Folder personal folder that provides students with a private area for the upload and storage of videos.
Students can use the Panopto application to record their videos and upload them to their personal My Folder. The videos stored in a student’s My Folder can then submitted as part of a Panopto Student Video Assignment. This support page will demonstrate that process.
The workflow is:
Download and install the Panopto Application
Make a recording using the Panopto Application
Upload the finished video to My Folder
Submit a video from My Folder.
Download and install the Panopto Application
Please note:
To install the Panopto application you will need to have administrator access to the computer you are using. If you’re using your own computer, you will have the required access by default. If you are using a University computer, the Panopto recorder may already be installed. If it is not, you will need to contact Digital Services, or your Faculty Technician to have it installed. If you are using a computer supplied by your place of work, you may not have permission to install the Panopto Recorder application, in which case please contact your IT department.
To download the Panopto Application:
Login to Blackboard Learn
Go to a module area containing a Panopto Student Video Assignment
In the instructions for the assignment, select the ‘click here’ link (highlighted in red below)
Your Panopto personal folder (My Folder) will open.
Select the Create button:
Then choose Panopto for Mac, or Panopto for Windows (depending on what operating system you are using i.e. Windows, or OSX) from the drop-down menu that appears:
On the Record a new session page window that opens, select the Download Panopto button:
The Panopto installer will begin to download.
When it has finished downloading, double-click on the installer file to begin the installation process.
Go with the default options and select the next/continue buttons until the installation completes.
When the installation has completed, restart your computer.
Make a recording using the Panopto Application
To make a recording, you will need the Panopto application, a microphone and - optionally - a webcam:
When you first run Panopto, the server field should already be populated. However, check that it is pointing to the correct server i.e. https://ulster.cloud.panopto.eu
Sign in by selecting the Sign in button:
When you have done this, a login screen will appear. If Ulster Blackboard is not already selected as the login method, change it by selecting the dropdown menu on the page:
Select the Sign In button and you will be redirected to the Blackboard Learn login screen:
Select the Sign in with a third-party account dropdown and change it to Single sign-on (Ulster) (highlighted in red in the image below):
After a few seconds you will be redirected to the University's login screen. Enter your Ulster University login credentials and approve the sign-in via the Authenticator app:
A pop-up message will appear saying "This site is trying to open Panopto Recorder", select the Open button to allow the browser to authenticate and redirect you into the Panopto recorder app":
The Panopto Recorder app will open:
Enter a title for your video in Name. If left unchanged, the default title will be the date and time of the recording.
Now you’ll need to decide what content you want to capture. This is done via the Primary Sources and Secondary Sources options.
If you want to be in the video, or to capture video of a guest lecturer, choose a webcam or video camera from the Video drop-down under Primary Sources.
Select your preferred audio input device via the Audio drop-down menu.
If the only option you see in this drop-down menu is None, or this option is greyed out, double check that your microphone is connected.Leave the Quality set to Standard.
If you want to capture audio coming from the computer, check the Capture Computer Audio box.
If you want to record your screen or PowerPoint slides, check the options under Secondary Sources.
You can adjust the FPS setting - FPS means Frames Per Second - at the bottom of each of screen. This option maxes out at 15 frames per second. Increasing the FPS will increase the file size of your recording. As such, it’s probably best to leave this setting as is.
When capturing the screen, select the Main Screen tab and tick Enable the screen capture preview to see a preview of the recording.
When the Capture PowerPoint option is enabled, Panopto will capture the PowerPoint presentation and use the slide titles and thumbnails to generate video bookmarks which allow viewers to skip back and forth between sections of the published video.
If you have chosen to capture a PowerPoint presentation, select the PowerPoint tab and choose the Open a presentation button to open the presentation you want to record.
If a PowerPoint presentation is running in the background when you launch Panopto, the Panopto application should automatically recognise this and choose the running presentation as the one to capture. However, do check the PowerPoint tab by selecting it and make sure the ‘Start presenting when recording starts’ checkbox is ticked.