Panopto is a video platform with unlimited storage, available to all faculty and students at Notre Dame. Panopto has three primary uses:
- Video hosting - Linking, embedding, and sharing videos: Within Sakai, via email, or your own course site.
- Screencasting - Use the Panopto software to record video, audio, PowerPoint, or your personal computer. Record your lecture on your own or record in the privacy of your home or office.
- Lecture capture - Recording live lectures automatically using classroom equipment.
1. Upload and share content you already have or add things you find on YouTube.
- Bring Your Own Content: Many faculty already have videos they’ve used in the past. Videos you upload to Panopto will play on any device. That means you can be sure that no matter how old your video (or their computer), your students will be able to watch it. Your bell-bottom jeans and paisley shirts will look just as good as they did in the 70's.
- YouTube support: Nobody likes reinventing the wheel or recreating content. Now you don't have to. Panopto now lets you embed YouTube videos within a Panopto presentation, so when you find a great video on YouTube but want to add a little more context to it, it couldn't be much easier. You can also set the start and end points so students only see the relevant sections of the YouTube video. Just follow the instructions here: Embed A Youtube Video Into A Panopto Session
For more help, see:
- I use Sakai. How can I share Panopto content with my course?
- How do I embed Panopto videos in the Sakai tools?
2. Use Panopto to record content on your own.
- Ever wanted to flip your class so you could spend less time presenting and more time discussing?
- Do you ever think that your students might need a little more information about a particular topic?
- Do you ever answer the same questions over... and over.... and over...?
- How many times have you read your syllabus in class at the beginning of the semester? Is that the best use of anyone's time?
Panopto makes it easy to create and share content. You can use it to help you flip your class, quickly create extra content, answer student questions, or read through your syllabus. Panopto can record your computer’s screen, webcam, and microphone and then instantly share the recording with your class. Just as importantly, you can reuse that content as many times as you want, in as many courses as you want.
Regardless of why you choose to do so, it's easy to use Panopto to record and share your lectures:
- Turn on the Panopto tool in Sakai.
- Install and configure the Panopto software on your laptop. (Don't have a laptop? Contact us.)
- Start your recording when class begins and stop it when class ends. (The recording uploads automatically and will probably be ready for students before you're back in your office.)
- Look at analytics to see which content is most popular. You can also see which students are watching the most content.
3. Automatically record my lectures? Why would I want to do that?
Automatically recording your lectures with Panopto means you walk into your classroom and start teaching as you normally would. Projected content, video of the chalkboard area, and audio are automatically recorded during your scheduled class time. After class ends the recording is uploaded and processed automatically and students can watch it about an hour later. This is a great service for the students if they weren't able to attend or need to review a difficult concept in the lecture but consider a few other scenarios:
- What % of material do you think students understand the first time they hear it?
- How many classes do students miss due to illness, athletics, and job interviews?
- Some of your students may have an unreported physical or learning disability.
- Women are far less likely to interrupt an instructor to ask a question during a lecture.
- If there a language barrier, hearing the material again can be incredibly helpful.
- Some faculty record their lectures so they can review their teaching style.
Only certain classrooms currently have the necessary technology for these recordings. If you are teaching in one of these rooms or would like to request a room have the technology installed that is needed to record, contact servicedesk@nd.edu.