Getting Started with Panopto (Windows and OSX)

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1 Table of Contents Setting up Panopto in Blackboard... 2 Setting up Panopto... 6 For Windows... 8 For OSX: Removing Panopto RSS Feeds in Blackboard Creating Placeholders for Future Lectures How to Record Lectures with Panopto For Windows: For OSX: Making Sure the Panopto Recordings Merge Students Viewing Guide for Panopto Recordings via Blackboard Downloading the Most Current Version of Microsoft Silverlight For Windows: For OSX: Technical Support and Assistance for Panopto of 36

2 ***Make sure to install the most current version of Microsoft Silverlight. See the accompanying guide for instructions. Setting up Panopto in Blackboard *It is recommended that users at the University of Oregon use Mozilla Firefox because it is the most supported web browser on campus. 1. Go to (Blackboard.uoregon.edu): Username: Duck ID, Password: It is the same password that you use for your In Blackboard, under My Courses, there should be a list of Courses where you are: Instructor. From there, select the course that you will be using Panopto with. (My course is called CMET Technology Services in the picture example provided below.) 2 of 36

3 3. Once you are inside your Blackboard coarse site, make sure Edit Mode is selected to ON. 4. Then, scroll down and on the panel on the left side of the screen, under Course Management, you will want to select Customization. 3 of 36

4 5. On the Tool Availability page that opens, there will be a long list with checkboxes. 6. From here, scroll down until you find the Panopto Course Tool Application and the Panopto Video Link and check the unchecked boxes to the right of each tool. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Submit button on the bottom right of the screen. 4 of 36

5 7. Then go to the panel on the left side of the screen and let the cursor hover over the + sign. Then go down the list and click on Tool Link. 8. A new window will pop up for you to fill out. a. Name: Lecture Recordings b. Type: Panopto Course Tool Application c. Check the box next to Available to users d. Click Submit 9. After the tool link has been created, you can move it up and down the list that is in the panel on the left. All of the Panopto recordings will automatically be uploaded to this folder. Students can go to this folder and click on any of the lectures that are listed. It will open a separate link and automatically start the video. A separate Student Viewing Guide for Panopto Recordings is also attached below. 5 of 36

6 1. Start with Panopto.uoregon.edu 2. Login using: UO Blackboard Setting up Panopto 3. This will redirect you to the blackboard.uoregon.edu login web page. Username: Duck ID, Password: It is the same password that you use for your Once you have logged into Blackboard, you will be redirected back to the Panopto website, and you ll be logged into the Panopto website. 6 of 36

7 5. On the top right of the screen, press the green record button. 6. A new window will pop up and prompt you to download the desktop application, and it gives you the option to download Panopto for Windows or OSX. 7 of 36

8 For Windows: 1. Once you click Download Windows a window will pop-up. Go ahead and select Save File. 2. When the file has finished downloading, click on the downward facing arrow in the top right of the Mozilla Firefox browser, and select panoptorecorder.exe file. 8 of 36

9 3. A security warning window will pop-up. Go ahead and select Run. 4. The installer will begin to run and take you to a Destination folder screen. Here you can go ahead and select Next. 9 of 36

10 5. The next screen is the Ready to Install Panopto Recorder Focus and you can go ahead and select Install. 6. After that, another window will pop-up wanting to make sure that you really want to give the Panopto installer the permission to install the program. Go ahead and allow it to, and the program will open up once it completes the installation process. 10 of 36

11 For OSX: 1. Once you click Download OSX Intel a window will pop-up. Go ahead and select Save File. 2. When the file has finished downloading, click on the downward facing arrow in the top right of the Mozilla Firefox browser, and select panoptorecorder.pkg file. 11 of 36

12 3. An Install Panopto will appear, and you will want to click Continue. 4. The next window that appears is the Standard Install on Macintosh HD and from here go ahead and click Install. 12 of 36

13 5. The next window that appears says the The installation was successful. Go ahead and click Close. 6. Now that you have finished installing Panopto, you can access the program by going to your applications, or searching for Panopto. 13 of 36

14 Removing Panopto RSS Feeds in Blackboard 1. Go to Blackboard and select the course that you are teaching. 2. Make sure you are in Edit Mode and the click on the Lecture Recordings folder on the panel on the left side of the screen. 3. Then, in the Lecture Recordings folder you will see a list of the lectures that have been uploaded to the course. 4. Under the lecture recordings, there are Audio Podcast (RSS) and Video Podcast (RSS) links. Below those are another link to Panopto Folder Settings. Go ahead and click on that. 5. A security warning will pop-up. Go ahead and click Continue. 14 of 36

15 6. This will redirect you to the Panopto website, and you will have a Folder Settings window pop-up. 7. In the list of Settings, uncheck the box where it says Enable Podcast Feed. 8. Now, when you go to the Lecture Recordings folder in Blackboard there won t be any links to audio or video podcast RSS feeds. *The purpose of doing this is to help reduce the amount of confusion for the students about which links to choose. We want to just have a list of lectures that students can click on for now. 15 of 36

16 Creating Placeholders for Future Lectures 1. Go to: Panopto.uoregon.edu 2. Sign in using: UO Blackboard 3. Once you have logged into Blackboard, you will be redirected to the Panopto.uoregon.edu website. On the column on the left side of the screen, go to Folders > My Folders > and then click on the course that you would like to make lecture placeholders for. 16 of 36

17 4. After opening your courses folder, click on the green Create button located at the top of the page and select Placeholder from the drop-down list that appears. 5. Then, in the Create a placeholder session window that appears. a. Name: Use the same naming convention for each lecture. (Ex: Lecture 1, Lecture 2) b. Folder: Make sure the folder you want to add the lecture to is selected. c. Then select Create at the bottom of the window 17 of 36

18 6. After creating the placeholder you will see a confirmation window appear. You can then close that window and repeat the process for as many placeholders as you would like to create. 7. Once you have created your placeholders, there will be a list of lectures that appear in your Panopto.uoregon.edu folder. 8. If you are using Panopto for more than one class, you can then repeat this same process for each of your courses. 9. After placeholders have been created for the lectures, the placeholders will be available in the Panopto Recorder program that you use to record your lectures. 10. In the Windows recorder, click on the black dropdown arrow next to Record a new session called and the go to the folder for your course and click on Record to this Session for the lecture that you have created a placeholder for. Once you have done this, you will be ready to record your lecture. 18 of 36

19 How to Record Lectures with Panopto For Windows: 1. Click on your Panopto desktop application. 2. On the right side of the screen, click on the black downward facing arrow. 3. In the Record to a Session screen, click on the course you are teaching and it will give a list of pre-named lectures to record your lecture to. 4. Find the lecture you wish to record to. Then on the right side of the screen click on Record to this Session. 19 of 36

20 5. Under the red Record button is the Primary Source section. a. For Video : select the webcam that is being used (you can use the default webcam) b. For Audio : select the microphone that is being used (you can use the default microphone) c. Change the Quality to High d. Click Apply e. See the picture below for a visual guide 6. On the right side of the screen there is the Primary Screen window. At the bottom of the screen: a. Make sure the Max Resolution is 1024 x 768 b. Make sure the Bit rate (kbps) is 1000 c. Make sure the Frame rate is 19 d. Then click Apply e. See the picture below for a visual guide 20 of 36

21 7. Under Secondary Capture Sources a. Check the box next to Capture PowerPoint b. Check the box next to Capture Primary Screen 8. On the bottom right, there will be information about Max Resolution a. Make sure the Max Resolution is 1024 x 768 b. Make sure the Bit rate (kbps) is 1000 c. Make sure the Frame rate is 19 d. Then click Apply e. See the picture below for a visual guide 21 of 36

22 9. Now, in the same window, select Open a Presentation. A new window will open. Find your PowerPoint and click on Open. 10. After clicking Open for the PowerPoint, a window asking if you would like to Begin recording? will open. a. Once you click Yes the Panopto lecture recording will begin. 11. The PowerPoint presentation will appear on the screen and the lecture will automatically begin recording. From here you can give you lecture and cycle through the PowerPoint slides throughout the lecture. Once your PowerPoint is complete, you can close the presentation window, and you can then go back to the Panopto desktop application that will still be running. 22 of 36

23 12. When you are done with the Panopto lecture recording, click the stop button on the top left of the Panopto window. 13. There will be a window that pops up to let you know that the recording has finished. Click OK 14. You will be directed to the Recording Status window. On the right side of the screen, next to the lecture you just recorded, you can see that the video is being queued for encoding. Once it finished encoding, you will see a View, Edit and Share link to the right of the lecture you just recorded. 15. Now you can close Panopto and access the Panopto recordings at Panopto.uoregon.edu to ensure that the recordings are there before adding them to the Lecture Recordings folder in Blackboard. 23 of 36

24 For OSX: 1. Open up the Panopto desktop application that you previously installed. 2. Go ahead and click on the Login button at the top right of the Panopto window that popped up. 3. A small window will pop up and you will need to enter some information. a. Server: Panopto.uoregon.edu b. Click on Get Providers for Server and select UO Blackboard. c. You will be redirected to the UO Blackboard login screen. Go ahead and sign in with your Duck ID without the uoregon.edu. 24 of 36

25 d. After logging into Blackboard you will be redirected back to the Panopto desktop application, and you will be able to start your recording from here. 4. Before doing any recording, it is important to make sure the quality of the recording is going to be as high as possible. a. Go to Panopto Recorder in the top left of your screen. b. Then, go to preferences c. Make sure the Upload recordings automatically box is checked d. Under Video Compression Options select H.264 HD 720 e. Under Audio Compression Options select AAC Voice Quality f. Move the Max Video Capture Frame Rate to 30 g. Move the Max Screen Capture Frame Rate to 12 h. Leave the Recording Folder with the default location. (You can change it by clicking browse) i. Make sure the Enable Recording Hotkeys box is checked j. Then, click OK k. There is a picture of how these settings should look attached on the next page. 25 of 36

26 5. Click on Create New Recording button. 6. In the new window that opens: a. Folder: EX: M0007: HPHY 321 (Fall 2013 ) b. Session: EX: HPHY 321 Week 1-1 (Select the lecture that corresponds to the lecture that you are giving) c. Under Keynote/PowerPoint make sure the box is checked d. Under Screen Capture make sure the box is checked e. Under Audio/Video make sure the box is checked f. Then, when you are ready to record, click on Start Recording at the bottom left. 26 of 36

27 7. You can either Stop or Pause the Panopto recording by clicking on the Stop or Pause button on the bottom left. 8. Once you click Stop, the files will automatically begin to upload to the server. 9. After the Panopto recording finishes uploading, click Log out on the top right of the screen, and you can go ahead and close the program from there. 27 of 36

28 Making Sure the Panopto Recordings Merge 1. Go to Panopto.uoregon.edu 2. Log in using: AD a. The Username and Password are the same credentials that you use to log into Blackboard. It s your Duck ID without 3. You will now be logged into Panopto. On the left side of the screen click on Folders. This will open a list of classes. Then, scroll through the list and click on your class. 28 of 36

29 4. This will open up a list of lectures with the same naming convention. (EX: HPHY 321 Lecture 1) a. Scroll down to the lecture that has just been recorded. b. On the left side of the title of the lecture there will be a circle if there are no recordings. c. If the lecture has been uploaded correctly, there will be a little play button there instead of the circle. d. If there is a play button, click it to view the Panopto recording. e. A new window will open up and begin automatically playing the Panopto recording. 5. If you were able to view the video, then the recordings have merged successfully. ***Note, it might take a while for the entire Panopto recording of the lecture to be uploaded to the server and merged. 29 of 36

30 Students Viewing Guide for Panopto Recordings via Blackboard 1. Log into Blackboard using your Duck ID 2. Select the course you are enrolled in. 3. In the panel on the left side of the screen, click on Lecture Recordings 4. This will open a new window called the Panopto Focus Content. a. On this page there will be a list of lectures that have been recorded. From here, you can click on any of the lectures that you wish to view. 5. You should be able to open these links whether you are using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari with either a Mac or a PC. 6. Once you click on the link there will be a security warning that pops up. Click Continue. 7. This should open a new tab in your web browser and automatically start the lecture recording. *If it doesn t open, make sure that you have the updated version of Microsoft Silverlight. 30 of 36

31 Downloading the Most Current Version of Microsoft Silverlight For Windows: 1. Go to ( 2. Click on the Download Now > button. 3. A new window will pop up. Go ahead and click Save File. 4. The click the download arrow in the top right of the web browser. Find the Silverlight download and click on it to begin the installation. 31 of 36

32 5. A new window will pop up, and you will want to click on Run. 6. A window will pop up and ask if you Want to install Silverlight. Click OK. 7. A Silverlight window will open. Click Install now. 8. The installation process will run, and when it s finished click on close. 32 of 36

33 For OSX: 1. Go to ( 2. Click on the Download Now > button. 3. A new window will pop up. Go ahead and click Save File. 4. The click the download arrow in the top right of the web browser. Find the Silverlight download and click on it to begin the installation. 33 of 36

34 5. A new window will open. Click on Silverlight.pkg 6. The Silverlight window will open and let you know that this package will run as a program. Click on Continue. 7. From here, proceed to click Continue on each of the following screens that appear in the Silverlight window. 34 of 36

35 8. There will be a pop up that says, To continue installing the software Click Agree. 9. On the next Silverlight window, click Install. Then on the last Silverlight window, click Close. 35 of 36

36 Technical Support and Assistance for Panopto Tyler Brandt CMET Services Coordinator Center for Media and Educational Technologies University of Oregon, Knight Library, Room of 36