How to batch share a folder or session:
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Click the checkboxes beside the thumbnail of the folders or sessions you would like to share
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Click “Share” at the top of the page:
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Select your desired share setting
Category Archives: Viewing and Sharing
09. Embedded Playlist Widget
An embedded folder playlist can be used by any iframe supporting website to provide transparent video management.
This widget provides an easy means of publishing content to your site along with additional features for searching, launching and creating content.
Creating the Widget
- Click on “All Folders” in the left-hand column.
- Click “Settings” below the folder.
- Click “Embed” on the left-hand column.
- Copy the entire HTML Embed Code.
- Insert the HTML Embed Code into your webpage source.
Embedded Playlist Example:
Once the embedded code is added, the playlist folder view widget will be available for display within your site. Please note that proper credentials to access the Panopto content will be required.
08. Sharing with Multiple Users
To share with with multiple Panopto users
From the Share Page – select one of the following options:
1. Under Invite people, either type or copy/paste a comma separate list and click ‘Send and save changes’ (Syntax for the below was ” dhannan, abixhorn, tsullivan”)
2. Anyone at your organization with the link: Choosing this option will enable viewing access for anyone who can log into your Panopto site. This will unlist the session from all other videos on your site. Unlisted means that the session won’t be discoverable by anyone browsing the site. It can only be accessed by having the direct link.
3. Anyone at your organization: Choosing this option will enable viewing access for anyone who can log into your Panopto site.
4.Create an invite e–mail for individual users: – Under the Panopto Share settings for the session – find “Invite People” Enter the e-mail address of selected recipients. These users will receive an invite e-mail with the link to your video
For sharing with users outside your organization, please click here.
07. Viewing Requirements
Panopto requires industry-standard PC hardware components.
Please treat the following configurations as the recommended baseline system configurations. Consult your Panopto representative for specific hardware requirements for your organizations needs.
| Operating Systems | |
| Microsoft | Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7, 8.X |
| Apple | Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel-based) (PPC-based NOT supported)
iOS 6+ |
| Processor | 1.8 GHz or higher |
| Memory | 512MB |
| Network Bandwidth | 50 Kbps for audio only presentations. 300 Kbps for presentations with one video stream, audio, PowerPoint and screen capture. 500 Kbps for presentations with multiple video streams. |
| Applications | Adobe Flash Player & Microsoft Silverlight 2.0+ for Legacy content |
| Supported Browsers | Internet Explorer 8+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari |
*Flash is required to view embedded videos on a PC or Mac. Click here to see an example of an embed
** Flash is required to view and produce statistical and analytic graphs.
06. The Viewer
Overview of the Viewer layout.
The Viewer Layout
There are 7 sections of the viewer labeled above.
- The information bar which shows you the name and data of the session as well as the folder the session belongs to. The help dropdown and sign out button are also found in the information bar.
- The primary video and/or audio stream
- Search
- Contents, Captions, Notes, Bookmarks and Comments
- Screen capture, powerpoint or any secondary video
- The player
- Timestamped thumbnails for navigation
Search
Search allows you to find keywords that are timestamped to allow for navigation. Virtually all text you see or hear is searchable in Panopto 4.6! Just type the word you wish to find in the search bar and checkout your results!
You can see that the word “web” was found in my bookmarks, notes, and the content of the powerpoint presentation. If you want to drill down your search results, click the “Search all” dropdown menu.
I am now only searching my notes. If you want to change the sort from relevance to by time click the “Sort” dropdown.
Contents, Captions, Notes, Bookmarks and Comments
Contents – This section of the viewer will allow you to view and seek to any text in a powerpoint slide. Click or search for any text in a powerpoint and you will be taking to the point in the recording where its mentioned!
Captions – This section will only appear if the creator of the session chose to caption the recording. For more information on captioning see our documentation!
Notes – You can take notes while viewing a session to refresh your memory later! Additionally, any note you take will become searchable! Click here for a more indepth look at notes.
Bookmarks – Bookmarks allow you to save a particular spot in a recording to revisit at a later time. Bookmarks will also show up in your search results. See our Bookmarks documentation for more information.
Comments – You can leave a public comment on a session for others to see! Check out more information aboutComments.
Functions of the player
The Panopto player let’s you seek throw your Recording as well as allowing you to control what you see. The player has 8 actions that allow you to control how you view the recording.
The first is the play/pause button, clicking this will pause or play the recording. You can also click any stream and it will pause or play the recording!
The second is the volume bar which controls the level the audio is outputted. Click on the speaker to bring up the slider.
Next is the skip back button. This button will rewind 10 seconds and play from there. This is useful when you miss something!
The next part of the player is the progress bar. This lets you know where you are at viewing the recording. You can drag the indicator to quickly seek to a specific point in the recording.
The gear icon next to the progress bar will allow you to choose your streaming quality. Your download speed will also show on this bar.
Next you will see the stream picker. If your viewing a session with multiple streams, you can pick which one you see!
The last part of the player allows you to hide the thumbnails and increase the size of whichever stream you have selected. Once hidden you can click it again to show the thumbnails!
Lastly you can maximize either stream by hovering over it and clicking the expand button. Once in Full Screen mode you can click the “esc” key or click the link to return to the normal viewer.
Shortcut Keys
The new viewer allows you to use shortcut keys to control the player!
Spacebar – Pause/Play the session
Left/Right arrow keys – skip 5 seconds backwards or forwards
Up/Down arrow keys – adjust volume up or down
The M key – mutes and unmutes the recording
How to navigate through a recording
You can navigate through a recording in several different ways!
The first is by using the progress bar as we shown you previously. You can also use the left and right arrow key to achieve the same function!
Next is by click the thumbnails below the player. These are timestamped and will start you where the creator began discussing the slide.
Lastly, by clicking on any timestamped caption, content, note or bookmark you will be taking to the part of the recording that is relevant!
Still have questions? Check out our other additional viewing documentation.
05. Taking Notes
How to Take Notes
Depending on the streams being captured the notes field will be on the left of the screen or under the primary video window.
This is an example of a single video source recording. Note that a link to the notes is on the left hand side.
Click on the “Notes” link shown below. This expands the notes area to the right.
To start entering notes click in the field outlined below and start typing.
The second you begin to type is the second that will be time stamped in the viewer.
When you hit ENTER/RETURN the note will be submitted to the field above where you are typing.
To edit or delete a submitted note click on the note you wish to change and either click edit or delete. (Shown Below)
Editing the note will bring the submitted note back into the initial field and allow you to change the submitted note.
Editing a note will not change the initially time stamp of the note.
Deleting the note will remove it entirely from all fields. Be aware that hitting delete once will remove the note.
Private Notes
By default, notes under your username will be private notes. This means no one else can see your notes.
To verify your notes are private, you will see a link that says make public. (Shown in the red box below)
Public Notes
To make your notes public, simply click on the link make public (Shown Above).
The link will change to say make private. To make your notes private, simply click on the link a second time.
Notes taken with the link shown as make private will become public when the link is clicked for make public.
Channels
In Panopto we allow users to take notes in channels. This is useful if you want to collaborate your notes with a group.
Anyone with the channel name can add or view notes under that name.
To select or create a channel click on the drop down menu shown below.
Click on the “Enter a channel…” option and type the name of the channel you wish.
Share the channel name with anyone you wish to share notes with and start collaborating!
Live Notes
With Panopto you can take notes while the session is being recorded!
To do this go into your Panopto WebUI and find the session that is currently being recorded.
Highlight the session that you wish to take notes for and the Takes Notes option will appear below the session name.
A new window will pop up where you can begin to take notes.
All notes you take will be time stamped and aligned with the recorded session for later use.
04. Social Features
The features described in this article require Panopto 4.3 or newer.
Panopto 4.3 introduced new Social Features that are compatible with all of your available recordings. These new features include ratings, bookmarks, and comments.
Ratings
After logging in to your Panopto site and looking at available sessions, you will see a new tab entitled “Rating.” The Rating option is visible in both the Thumbnail and List view options.
By default, new sessions will not have an associated rating.
Thumbnail view shown below:
List View shown below:
To rate a session, first you need to select and view a desired recording. On the viewing screen, look at the top information bar for the rating gauge.
Click your desired rating on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. This will tally your choice with the other ratings. Please note that you can hover your mouse cursor over the stars to see the current overall rating.
If you return to your sessions view, you can see the new average rating, By hovering over the rating you will be able to see the amount of ratings as well.
Also, please note that you can sort your session view by rating.
Bookmarks
You can bookmark specific times in a recording that you want to return to. Upon logging in, you will see a tab on the left side for marked content.
To start, click on a session you’d like to bookmark. This will take you to the normal viewing layout.
Underneath the primary video/audio, you will now notice a link that says Bookmarks. Click on the button to begin.
Once you click the bookmark button you will be prompted to label your bookmark at the time of entry as seen below. Enter a note in the text box, and hit enter. This will save your bookmark.
Note that our bookmark correlates to the current playback time. Clicking on the “1:19” area as seen above will move the session playback to this time. Now, click on “See all my bookmarks”
You will now see that your session will show up in the “Bookmarked” area of the Webui.
Click on one of the bookmarks you created. This will launch the session as normal, and resume playback at the allotted time. You can remove a bookmark by clicking the X in the viewing tab as seen below.
As a final note, you can send these marked viewing URL’s to other viewers. Just copy and paste the URL generated by your bookmark link.
Comments
Comments add the option to leave feedback or general commentary that is publicly viewable. To start, choose a session you’d like to comment on. Navigate over to the comments tab on the left hand side of the viewer.. Note that you may have to use the highlighted arrows to navigate the metadata area to reach “Comments.”
Like other content, simply type into the field below and hit enter.
You will see the timestamp of when the comment was made, along with the associated username.
Remember, these comments are public and can be seen by anyone that can view the session normally
**Important note: submitting a comment is only available to logged in users**
03. Viewing at 60 fps (frames per second)
As part of the 4.8 release, we’re excited to announce that Panopto is the first enterprise video platform to support 60fps video delivery.
This means that high frame rate video sources, including camcorders, document cameras, and other HDMI devices, can now be recorded and live webcast in Panopto at up to 60 frames per second. It also means that pre-recorded 60fps videos—say, from an iPhone 6—can be uploaded into Panopto’s video content management system and streamed on demand at their original high frame rate.
Some specifics:
-On Windows, 60fps is only supported for the primary stream (not secondary inputs such as screencapture and document cameras)
-For the Windows clients, it will automatically capture at 60fps if the camera hardware supports it
-Supported via media import
-Supported if 60 fps recording from iPhone
Read more about this on our blog
We think the best way to experience this new feature is to watch a 30 fps video side by side with a 60 fps one. Enjoy!
60 fps example:
30 fps example:
To enable 60 fps
Go to System – Settings – Set all of the below to 60 and hit save
02. Accessibility
Panopto offers accessibility features that allows users to easily navigate and read the Panopto web interface.
The web interface supports screen readers for all available creator and viewer interfaces. The web interface also support keyboard access, allowing you to use the tab key to access all available functions. All sessions fully support adding and displaying captions.
Screen Reader Support
The following screen reader programs are supported on these browsers:
JAWS for Internet Explorer
NVDA for Firefox
Keyboard Access
All of the functionalities and links in the web interface are accessible by using the tab key. The tab key will move from function to function and you can hit enter to use that function.
Captions
Viewer Captions
The Panopto viewer will display captions for the session when available. The caption that is currently being spoken will be highlighted in green. You can see how to add captions to a session here.
Embedded Player Captions
When captions are available for a session they will also be displayed on the embedded video player. When you embedd a video with captions, the captions will overlay the video as shown below. You can see how to embedd videos here.
01. Sharing your Recordings
This Quickguide will show you how to share your recordings to specific people, groups or make them public.
Hover over the session that you want to share and click “Share”
Click the drop down arrow under who has access to show the sharing options
Specific people (only specific users and groups can view)
You will see a list of existing users who have access. If you want to share with an existing user, go to Invite people and type in the name/email address, then click “Send and Save changes”
Anyone at your organization with the link
Choosing this option will enable viewing access for anyone who can log into your Panopto site. This will unlist the session from all other videos on your site. Unlisted means that the session won’t be discoverable by anyone browsing the site. It can only be accessed by having the direct link.
Anyone at your organization
Choosing this option will enable viewing access for anyone who can log into your Panopto site.
Anyone with the link
Choosing this option will enable viewing access for anyone on the internet, no sign-in is required. This will unlist the session from all other videos on your site. Unlisted means that the session won’t be discoverable by anyone browsing the site. It can only be accessed by having the direct link.
Public on the web
This option will allow anyone on the Internet to find and access. No sign-in required.