Panopto Video Platform
Panopto is a video creation and management tool that provides students a variety of ways to engage with video content. For faculty and staff, Panopto's integration with Canvas and Zoom offers a smooth workflow to store and share videos, edit automatically generated captions and view video analytics.
To get started for instructors:
- Go to the SJSU Panopto webpage and login with your SJSU credentials.
- Or access Panopto from the Canvas left-hand navigation menu.
To get started for students:
- Panopto for Students for guidance creating Panopto videos and more.
Important: Zoom recordings are on Panopto
Locating your Zoom recordings
If you schedule your Zoom meetings from the Zoom tab within Canvas, your Zoom recordings will go in your Panopto Course Folder.
If you schedule your Zoom meeting from sjsu.zoom.us or the Zoom application, your Zoom recordings will go into your Panopto Meetings Folder which is inside your Panopto My Folder.
Moving your Zoom recordings to Panopto
SJSU will now be storing all Zoom cloud recordings in Panopto. If you’d like to save
any of your prior Zoom cloud recordings, please move your Zoom cloud recordings into Panopto.
Please remember any videos with student interaction cannot be reused due to FERPA policy [pdf].
Panopto Features
Video Content Management
Panopto features easy and flexible video capture and management solutions. Faculty and staff can record and share videos from anywhere, using any laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
Any Zoom cloud recordings you create will automatically appear in your Panopto account, so it's seamless to store, edit, add captions, and share your videos.
Video Accessibility
Panopto helps institutions achieve compliance with federal accessibility requirements for online video content with flexible captioning options, screen reader support, textual and visual searching and more.
For ADA compliant captioning, please see the SJSU's Accessible Education Center webpage.
For more details using Panopto's automatic captioning feature, see How to Edit Captions in your Video.
Active Learning
To promote collaboration and discussion, students can use Panopto's commenting feature to discuss video content. Plus, students will find the search tool, and private notes and bookmark features useful for reviewing and studying.
Additional active learning features are video quizzes, video submission assignments and peer review.
Panopto Resources
Panopto offers many resources, including tutorial videos and support pages.
Panopto Tutorials
Panopto Support
Visit the Panopto Support Center. Login with your SJSU credentials.
Tips for Effective Lecture Videos
See Six Tips for Creating Effective Lecture Videos to explore some best practices for instructors.
Panopto Workshops
Panopto Workshops
Login using your SJSU credentials to view the workshops.
View Panopto's training webpage for upcoming webinars.
Access Panopto's Basic Training Webinar designed for new users and beginners.
Panopto Frequently Asked Questions
Please view Panopto FAQs for answers to frequently asked questions. You'll find guidance on getting started and using a variety of features!
