Connecting Panopto to Canvas

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Overview

Panopto recordings and webcasts automatically publish to the associated Canvas course, and can also be embedded directly into a Canvas page by an instructor.  Once a student or faculty member logs into Canvas, they’ll automatically login to Panopto as well. And with rolling synchronization, Panopto always references your current class lists to understand which students have access to each class.

Embed a Video into Canvas

Panopto videos can be embedded into Pages, Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes.  You can either embed an existing video, upload a new video, or record a video at this time.

1. Navigate to the place where you want to embed a Panopto Video.

2. Press Edit.

3. Locate the Tools option as shown alongside. 

4. Select Apps and then select View All.

5. A new window appears with number of options to select from. Scroll down and choose Panopto Video.

OR

1. To embed Panopto video select the Apps icon from the set of toolbars from the Rich Content Editor.

Open

      2. A new window appears with number of options to select from. Scroll down and choose Panopto Video.

1. A new page will load that will allow you to select what you would like to do. 
   
   

   1. To embed an existing recording make sure you're on the Choose menu, browse through your folders and select the video (checkmark), then select the Insert Videos button.

   2. To upload an existing file, choose the Upload menu → drag and drop your video file or click the square to open your computer's file system to locate the vide you want to upload.  Then select the Insert Videos button.

   3. To record a new video, select the Record menu button → provide a title for your recording and press the record button.  Your desktop software will launch and you'll be able to complete the recoding.  Click the Insert Videos button to complete the process.

Add a link to a Module

1. Create a Module Group, within the Module Group, press the "+" button.

2. A new window will open, in the Type drop-down menu, select External Tool.
   
   

3. Choose Panopto from the list of tools.

4. Some additional fields will appear, do not modify the link, but do change the name of the module item from "Panopto" to something else.

   1. Example: "Video of XXXXX (13:43)"

5. Press Save.

6. Click the newly created link to choose the video that will be linked

7. Locate the video in Panopto that you want to use
   
   

   1. To embed an existing recording make sure you're on the Choose menu, browse through your folders and select the video (checkmark), then select the Insert Videos button.

   2. To upload an existing file, choose the Upload menu → drag and drop your video file or click the square to open your computer's file system to locate the vide you want to upload.  Then select the Insert Videos button.

   3. To record a new video, select the Record menu button → provide a title for your recording and press the record button.  Your desktop software will launch and you'll be able to complete the recoding.  Click the Insert Videos button to complete the process.

8. Publish the newly created link by clicking the circle with a slash icon directly to the right of your new link.

Add Panopto to the Course Navigation 

You can also optionally add Panopto as a menu navigation option in your course.  This would allow students to view all videos and folders associated with the course. 

Follow the steps below to enable this menu item:

1. Log into Canvas and navigate to the course you want to change.

2. Select Settings → Navigation (menu across the top).

3. Locate Panopto in the list of disabled menu items. 

   1. Drag and drop this item to where you want it to be in among the enabled menu items

   2. Select the three vertical dots to the right of Panopto's name → Select enable.  Then drag and drop the menu item to your preferred location.

4. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page.