Table of Contents Panopto Recorder... 1 Additional Support... 1 Login Steps... 2 Panopto Recording... 3 Naming the Session... 3 Selecting Your Main Video and Audio... 4 Setting Your Secondary Sources... 5 Recording... 7 Uploading Sessions... 8 Server Processing... 9 Viewing and Sharing Sessions... 9 Panopto Recorder This handout will help you become familiar with the Panopto Recorder interface. Once you ve gone over the material you should be able to: Log in, Select Sources, Record, Upload and Share content. Additional Support You can also find supporting video tutorials on the Panopto website at: http://support.panopto.com/howtovideos Any questions please contact: Michael.Rosenberger@phoenixcollege.edu 602.285.7499 ver. 1.0 Page 1 Michael Rosenberger
Login Steps 1. Open the Panopto Recorder. If you are not already logged in, you will see the following screen. MEID\ 2. Make sure the Server address is: vidcapture.pc.maricopa.edu 3. Type in your MEID\Username and Password, and then click the Log In button. Make sure you type in MEID\ before the Username. 4. If you have trouble logging in, a. Make sure you are connected to the Internet b. Check that you have entered in the appropriate Server Address, Login Name, and Password. c. Contact Support for help ver. 1.0 Page 2 Michael Rosenberger
Panopto Recording Once logged in, you will see the following interface. Shown are the four steps to setup your recording. Naming the Session In the provided area, enter the name of the session you are recording. Do not worry about the Folder Name at this time. ver. 1.0 Page 3 Michael Rosenberger
Selecting Your Main Video and Audio For USB devices, make sure it is plugged in and select your primary source. This will be your video and audio for the presentation. Your devices will show up in the drop down menu. While a video source is not required, you must select an audio source. If you have correctly selected the video and audio sources, you should now see your video and be able to see a level for you audio. You may need to adjust the input volume for the mic in your computer audio setting. In this same area, set the session quality. For general presentations, use the High Quality Compressed setting for optimal quality. ver. 1.0 Page 4 Michael Rosenberger
Setting Your Secondary Sources The Secondary Sources are screen capture, presentation capture, or input from other source like a second camera, document camera, USB graphing calculator, or anything you might need. You can select more than one source to be captured and each will show up in a separate tab that viewers can select during playback. If you select the Screen Capture tab you can preview the desktop and any programs you have running (the Panopto Recorder will normally be showing. Don t let that confuse you). Make sure to uncheck any sources you will not be using. ver. 1.0 Page 5 Michael Rosenberger
To use a Power Point Presentation, select the Power Point box Select the PowerPoint Tab. You will see a button that allows you to click and select the presentation you would like to use. You can also have PowerPoint already open and minimized to the toolbar. Panopto will indicate that PowerPoint is already open, but is not running, and you can start the presentation after you hit record. ver. 1.0 Page 6 Michael Rosenberger
Recording One you have logged in, named your session, selected you main video and audio sources, set the quality, and also selected your other capture sources, you can start recording your presentation. To start, simply click the large red RECORD button. The Panopto Recorder starts and you can minimize the recording during your presentation. If at any point during your presentation you would like to pause, you can click the green PAUSE button, then resume when needed. To stop, simply hit the large gray STOP button. After you stop your recording you will be taken to the Recording Tab for upload. ver. 1.0 Page 7 Michael Rosenberger
Uploading Sessions When hit STOP on the recording you are automatically taken to the Recording Status Tab. You will see your latest session at the top of the Offline Recordings. If there were issues with the recording you can click the delete button and go back to the Create New Recording Tab to start over. If you are happy with the recording, click the Upload To Server button and the session will automatically be uploaded to the sever for processing. You will see previously uploaded sessions in the Uploaded Recordings section. If you no longer need these recordings, you may delete them from your computer. NOTE: This does not delete them from the server, just the original recorded file on the local computer. Once the Upload To Server Button is clicked, you will now be asked to select a folder or create a folder to upload the session to. ver. 1.0 Page 8 Michael Rosenberger
Server Processing The session is uploaded and a progresses bar let s you know when complete. NOTE: You may start recoding a new session after the Uploading is complete. You will also see the status of the encoding on the server after the upload is done. Panopto automatically sends and email with a link to the session when it is done being processed and is ready for use. Viewing and Sharing Sessions For all uploaded recordings that are completed, you will be able to view, edit (covered in the Editing Panopto Recordings document), and set the sharing for your sessions by clicking on the appropriate links. If you would like to share the presentation with others, click the Share link. You will be taken to your folders area online and you can see the details of the session. ver. 1.0 Page 9 Michael Rosenberger
The online Folders area tells you the status/details of the session, allows you to share the session with others, and gives you the link for sharing (this is the same link that is automatically emailed). Click the Allow Anyone to View button and the session will be open for others to view. The link can be copied and pasted in email, or you can use the link feature in Blackboard. ver. 1.0 Page 10 Michael Rosenberger