Panopto

Panopto is an easy-to-use and flexible recording package, integrates closely with Blackboard, and allows for easy online content sharing. Read TU's Panopto policies and procedures (PDF).

Log into Panopto using your TU NetID to record, access and share videos. 

This service and vendor documentation are cloud hosted. Updates are not controlled by Towson University. TU-specific documentation is reviewed quarterly to bring it into alignment with the most recent version of the service or software.

Need a new folder?

All courses auto-create Blackboard course folders, which should be used to house their content. If you need a departmental folder or a separate place for research or other materials, you can request a separate Panopto folder by emailing blackboard@towson.edu or creating a ticket with this info:

  • Name of the folder
  • Users who should have creator access (ability to create or view)
  • Users who should have viewer access (ability to view only)

Resources

Get started

See steps to download the recorder for a PC or download for a Mac and how to sign in. You can also download the app and use on iOS devices. A browser-based recorder is also available. Learn more about Panopto Capture.

Working in Panopto

recordings

You can record from a PC, record from a Mac or iPhone/iOS device. See how to upload a pre-recorded video, share a video, move/copy a video, move a Zoom recording or delete a video. Learn how to embed or edit a Panopto video in your Ultra course.

Folders

Learn about folder management in Panopto, create an assignment folder, copy a video from assignment folder to parent course or copy a Panopto folder from one course to another.

Webcasts

See steps to create and share a live Webcast with Panopto for Windows. You can also create a webcast URL and a waiting room in advance.

Students

See how to submit a Panopto video assignment in Blackboard Ultra.

Blackboard

Original Course View Faculty

Panopto: Provisioning Your Blackboard Course (PDF)
For Faculty: Provisioning your Blackboard course integrations your Blackboard course with a Panopto course folder. Each course that you want to incorporate with Panopto has to be provisioned. Only faculty can provision courses.

Panopto: Create a Grade Assignment (Panopto Support Webpage)
For Faculty: Create a video submission assignment in your Blackboard course. It will integrate into your Blackboard Grade Center and allow your students to submit a video directly to the assignment.

Panopto: Creating an Assignment Folder (PDF)
For Faculty: Enabling/creating an assignment folder grants students the ability to record and submit content to a Professor's folder. This does not integrate into your Blackboard Grade Center.

Panopto: Copy a Video from an Assignment Folder to Parent Course (PDF)
For Faculty: Students cannot access or view other student’s content while in the assignment folder. If you want students to be able to view each other’s recordings, you must first copy those recordings from the drop box to the parent course in Panopto. After that, you can add the video to the Blackboard course.

Ultra Course View Faculty

Panopto: Link a Panopto Folder to Your Ultra Course (PDF)
For Faculty: Create a link in your Ultra course to allow students to access all videos in your Panopto course folder.

Panopto: Copy a Panopto Folder to Your Ultra Course (PDF)
For Faculty: Copy a previous semester's Panopto folder to your new semester's course Panopto folder.

Panopto: Embed a Panopto Video into Your Ultra Course (PDF)
For Faculty: Embed an individual Panopto video into your Ultra course.

Panopto: Edit a Panopto Video in Ultra course (PDF)
For Faculty: Edit a Panopto video from within your Ultra course.

Panopto: Create Ultra Course Panopto Assignment (Panopto Support Webpage)
For Faculty: Create a Panopto assignment in your Ultra course for student submission.

Students OrigInal Course View

Panopto: Original Course Student Assignment Submission (PDF)
For Students: Students can only submit to an assignment folder once it has been created by the instructor.

Students Ultra Course View

Panopto: Ultra Course Student Assignment Submission (Panopto Support Webpage)
For Students: Students can only submit to an assignment folder once it has been created by the instructor.

Recorded Sessions: Training Videos

Basics

Learn how to access Panopto, locate your folders, record videos and how to move or reuse videos. Watch the video.

Advanced

Learn how to use the video editor, explore sharing options, how to auto-caption, and use a Panopto Assignment folder. Watch the video.

For staff

Learn how to log into Panopto without a Blackboard class, manage folders and share videos, record in Panopto, download videos from Zoom and how to upload videos to Panopto. Watch the video.

Panopto and Zoom

Learn how Zoom and Panopto interact, including how to log in and locate your Zoom recordings in Panopto, download and delete videos from Zoom, upload to Panopto, and move/share videos in Panopto. Watch the video.

INSTRUCTIONAL LECTURE CAPTURE GUIDELINES AND RELEASE FORM  

Guidelines

Faculty and staff who intend to use instructional lecture capture resources supported by Towson University are to adhere to the Instructional Lecture Capture Guidelines to ensure the FERPA regulations are not violated.

Release Form

If a faculty/staff member intends to reuse recordings where the image, voice or materials of students are captured, the Instructional Lecture Capture Release Form must be used. *Be sure to read the guidelines (above) first.

Panopto Support