When to Use?
Follow these instructions to use Panopto Web Capture recorder to create videos in Panopto.
Procedure
GVSU Panopto portal
1. To start creating content in Panopto go to the GVSU Panopto portal. Click “Sign in” on the top right and in the pop-up also click sign in. Keep the sign-in option as GVSU LMS. At the Blackboard sign-in page enter your credentials and once you click login you will be redirected back to Panopto.
2. Once you are in Panopto navigate to your “My Folder” in the top left. Add a new folder for all courses, by clicking “Add folder” in the middle of the screen. Give the folder a title, you may want to use your course name.
3. Once you have created that folder click it.
4. To access the recorder, click on the ‘Create’ button and select Panopto Capture.
5. The Panopto web recorder screen will look like this.
The options at the top are for selecting audio, video, or screen sharing options respectively. Notice the record button below your camera display. You can see if the recorder is picking up your audio through watching the horizontal line that goes behind the record button bounce as it detects audio inputs.
6. Click on the screen capture button to enable it. It will bring up a window that looks like this. Select the window you want to record and hit Share.
7. Click record when you’re ready to start the 5 second countdown. Recording will start after 5 seconds, giving you time to switch over to a PowerPoint presentation.
*You do not need to be looking at the recorder after you hit the record button, it will record in the background*
8. Click on the Stop (record) button when you’re done. You’ll be redirected to the uploading page, and the video will automatically start uploading your most recently visited folder. You can still rename your video from here, or select the folder that it needs to be uploaded to.
9. Leave the page open until you see the text, ‘Its safe to close your browser window’ This means the video has finished uploading and is now processing.
*It is very important that your video is uploaded to a SUBFOLDER and not your My Folder. If your video is located in your My Folder, students will not be able to view it*
*You can expand you My Folder to find subfolders by clicking on the little black triangles to the left of a folder name*
10. When the video is done processing, you will have access to the ‘Edit’ and ‘Share’ button. Clicking these will redirect you to the Panopto editor or viewer, which have not changed.
Now your video is ready to be Embedded into your Blackboard course. Click this link to view the handout for Embedding Panopto Videos into Blackboard.