Panopto

Panopto is the university’s new video content management system designed to make creating and sharing video content easier. It serves as a personal media hub where users can record videos, upload presentations, manage lectures, and share content securely with students, colleagues, and departments. Panopto provides a user-friendly space to organize, deliver, and analyze video-based materials. 

Panopto is available for faculty, staff, and students.

Faculty: Panopto integrates directly with Blackboard and Canvas, making it simple to post recordings inside courses. Lessons can be pre-recorded for flipped learning, student engagement can be tracked through built-in analytics, and video content can be shared across teams, departments, or classrooms. In the classroom, lectures can be recorded for review and accessibility, supplementing live sessions with video tutorials to help students who miss class or need additional reinforcement.

Staff: Panopto allows users to record videos for seminars, meetings, or presentations. For campus and professional use, Panopto can be used to create onboarding or training videos for staff, archive department meetings and presentations, and record guest speakers, workshops, and conferences.

Students: Students can use Panopto to view class recordings, revisit complex topics, and record presentations and demonstrations for class projects and assignments. These features make it easier for students to learn, practice, and showcase their work.

 

Panopto Access: 

Panopto can be accessed using a direct link (https://ncat.hosted.panopto.com) and via the learning management system (LMS) using OneID credentials.  

Direct Link – Students, Staff, and Faculty

  • Visit https://ncat.hosted.panopto.com
  • Make sure NCAT OneID is visible in the drop-down menu and select Sign in.  
  • Once Sign in is selected, you will land on your Panopto homepage if you are already logged into a system that uses OneID credentials. If not, you will be prompted to enter your OneID credentials to sign in.


Blackboard Access – Faculty:
Panopto can be accessed via Blackboard making it easier to add Panopto videos, quizzes, and assignments to courses. Follow these steps to add Panopto videos, quizzes, and assignments to Blackboard. 

  • Log into Blackboard.
  • Select a course.
  • From the course menu, choose a content area (ex. Course Content, Learning Units, etc.).  
  • Select the Build Content menu at the top of the content area.
  • Scroll down and locate 3 Panopto options:
    • Panopto Video Embed Tool
    • Panopto Quizzing Tool
    • Panopto Student Submission Tool.
  • Choose the option that best suits your needs, and Panopto will launch within Blackboard.  
  • After Panopto is launched, you will be able to use Panopto to record, choose videos, or upload videos to Blackboard.  
  • Provide students with detailed instructions for locating and completing your Panopto activity.

Panopto Course Folder
The Panopto Course Folder is a repository of Panopto videos linked to a particular course in Blackboard/Canvas. The folder can be accessed from the "Tools" or "Additional Tools" link in the course menu. If desired, you may create a direct link to the folder in the course menu. To create a menu link: 

  • Above the Blackboard course menu, click the + and select Tool Link.
  • Insert Panopto in the Name field.
  • Select Panopto Course Folder from the Type drop-down menu.
  • Select the box to make the menu item available to students and click Submit.
  • The menu item will appear at the bottom of the course menu. Move the menu item to your desired location


Blackboard Access – Students:
Students can access the Panopto Course Folder for each course from within Blackboard. Follow these steps.

  • Log into Blackboard.
  • Select a course.
  • From the course menu, select Tools or Additional Tools. Select Panopto Course Folder.

OR

  • Follow the instructions provided by your instructor to locate specific Panopto video assignments and activities.


Resources:  


Can’t find the answer you are looking for through the Panopto support page? Contact ITTD at 336-285-4499 for additional support.

Interested in training on Panopto? ITTD provides several trainings on the features of Panopto.  Contact ITTD (336-285-4499) for more information.