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Using the Panopto Integration in Canvas

Using the Panopto Integration in Canvas

Owned by Gina Persichini
Last updated: Feb 14, 2025
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eCampus recommends the Panopto Integration in Canvas to create and host instructor lecture videos for courses that are not maintained by eCampus Center Maintenance Team.

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Set up Your Panopto Course Folder for Instructor Videos

To ensure permissions for accessing or viewing instructor videos (e.g. lectures, demonstrations, etc.) will transfer with the course when future course copies are made, store your instructor videos in a Panopto Course Folder.

Notes:

  • Anyone enrolled in a course with Course Administrator or Teacher role, will have Creator access to the Panopto Course Folder by default.

  • Those enrolled with Student or Observer role, will have Viewer permissions for videos in the Panopto Course Folder unless video settings are set to public (unlisted) anyone with a link.

To establish the Panopto Course Folder:

  1. Enable Panopto Video in the Canvas course navigation 

    1. Go to Settings 

    2. Select the Navigation tab

    3. Drag Panopto Video up so it will appear in the course navigation

    4. Click Save   

  2. Create a Panopto Course Folder

    1. Select Panopto Video in the Canvas course navigation 

    2. Clicking Panopto Video will initiate the Panopto integration. A Panopto Course Folder appears on the Panopto Video content area in Canvas 

  3. Access videos within the Panopto Course Folder

    1. Access the course videos using the Panopto Video menu, or using the rich content editor toolbar 

    2. The course folder will also be listed under My Folder in Panopto

Add Videos to the Panopto Course Folder (Record or Upload)

Do not alter share permissions on individual videos. If you record directly into the folder or upload them, allow videos to inherit permissions from the folder. Altering the access permissions on individual videos in a course folder, such as making them available only to people with Creator permission, will interfere with the course copy process.

  1. In Canvas, click Panopto Video

  2. Click Create 

    1. Select Panopto Capture or Windows app to begin recording

    2. Select Upload to add videos recorded by phone, iPad, or computer. Or drag and drop mp4 video onto the Panopto Video page. See Panopto Features - Uploading Video and Audio 

Move Existing Panopto Instructor Videos into the Course Folder

Transfer existing Panopto videos from an instructor's private account to the Course Folder to ensure they are always associated with the current course.

  1. Login to your Boise State Panopto account

  2. In your video library, hover over the video you want to copy and click Settings. This will bring you to the Overview tab

  1. Click Edit next to the Folder name

  1. Choose the Course Folder located within the Canvas Top Level to move the video.

  1. When finished, click Save

Embed Panopto Course Videos in Your Course 

Videos within the Panopto Videos course folder may be embedded anywhere in the course where the text editor is visible. 

  1. Edit the page, assignment, discussion, quiz question, etc. where a course video should display

  2. Select Panopto in the text editor

  3. Choose the video

  4. Click Insert

  5. Specify video options in the settings menu, on the video or course folder, if needed

  6. Specify advanced player options associated with Panopto discussions, search, private notes, etc.

Considerations for Sharing the Panopto Course Folder

Program Faculty Access

  • Discuss faculty access permission with program managers;

  • A user group can be created in Panopto to set create permissions for some instructors and viewer permissions for others

eCampus Multimedia Access

If eCampusCenter is assisting with creating or editing your instructional videos, they will need access to the Panopto Course Folder. To do that:

Anyone with a Course Admin role in the course can do this. Preferably, this is performed by the IDC, and enables video access for the eCampus multimedia and vetting teams. 

  1. Select the Share icon on the Panopto Course Folder in Canvas

  1. Add eCampus Video to People and groups

  2. Select Creator

  1. Click the box to send an email notification

  2. Click Save

  3. Click Done

Set a video folder to enable student viewing

  1. Select the Share icon on the Panopto Course Folder

  2. Scroll down to Who can access this folder

  3. Select the Change link (When videos are not visible to students it may say ‘Only specific people and groups’.)

  1. Select ‘Public (unlisted)’

  1. Click Save

  2. Click Done

Hiding Panopto Videos in the Course Menu

After course videos have been added, you may choose to hide the Panopto Video menu item in the course navigation. In that listing, the videos will display out of order and without context from the instructor.

In the Settings of the Canvas course, using the Navigation tab to adjust which items do and do not appear in the menu. Drag Panopto Video to the lower list, then Save your change. Refer to How do I manage Course Navigation links? for additional assistance.

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