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Panopto for Staff

Panopto is the University's lecture capture and video management system. The Panopto technology is available in select teaching spaces, and there is desktop recording software available to create instructional resources.

How to Access Panopto

All timetabled lectures are subject to the Lecture Recording ‘All-In’ Policy.
Recording requests can take up to 3 business days to process.

Benefits of Panopto

Automated: To support the Lecture Recording ‘All-In’ Policy, all timetabled 'Lectures' that occur in equipped centrally timetabled teaching spaces will be automatically scheduled for capture, eliminating the need to request this prior to teaching. NUSpace teaching spaces are not equipped with Panopto recording therefore will need to be scheduled manually using zoom technology. Other teaching activities such as ‘Tutorials’, ‘Lectorials’, ‘Seminars’, ‘Workshops’, will need to be manually requested for recording if equipped with Panopto, or manually scheduled via Zoom for NUSpace rooms. Contact the Learning Technologies Support Team to request for these activities to be recorded.
Versatile: Panopto can capture anything on the computer screens (from PowerPoint slides to complex animations), document cameras, and video from just about any camera.
All equipped teaching spaces will have the ability to record each audio/visual device available to use (Lectern PC, document camera, BYOD, microphones). The teaching space will also have a recording light to indicate the state of recording.
Once captured, Panopto processes the recording into an interactive, searchable web format and audio and video podcasts that students can watch on any device.
Enhanced Student Experience: Students can view and download all recorded video streams, add notes and bookmarks that are timestamped contextually to the video and use Panopto's intelligent search to pinpoint essential moments in the videos.
LMS Integration: Content created by or uploaded to the Panopto course site will be automatically published to the relevant Course Site(s) in Canvas for students to access. Video content can be embedded inline with course materials or be made available as a playlist for students to watch.
Searchable: Panopto automatically indexes all of the recordings so that students can find and fast-forward to specific words or phrases in the lecture or navigate to crucial moments via an automatically generated table of contents. Ensure the captions have been turned on in the recording to enable this feature.

Automatic Captioning

From August automatic speech recognition (ASR) will be enabled in Panopto. When content is recorded in Panopto ASR will result in captions automatically being available for the viewer. Captions can improve the effectiveness of video and provide the viewer with options based on their preferences and learning styles when viewing video content. Please note that captions are not 100% accurate. You can review and edit automatic captions in Panopto for accuracy. Below are Panopto support articles for using Captioning:

Panopto Content Retention

As a result of changes to the Panopto licensing model, and to assist staff to comply with Clause (15) of the Lecture Recording 'All in' Policy, there is a content retention policy.

What is the Panopto content lifecycle? Content accessed via your Canvas course site Panopto link will be available for a period of 12 months after the creation date. For now, this only impacts content in Course folders and not content in your "My Folder" (personal folder) or in school folders.

What if I wish to retain Course Panopto content? Staff wishing to retain content created in a course folder should consider moving the content to a school or "My Folder" (personal folder). Please only relocate content that is up to date and intended for use in Teaching and Learning. If you require any assistance, please contact LTS@newcastle.edu.au for support.

Download Panopto Software

The Panopto Recorder software is available to be installed on your University desktop computer or laptop from the Software Center. You can access Panopto recording direct via the website interface as well.

Alternatively, you can simply log a request via the IT Service Portal.

Panopto Mobile App*

Panopto Help Guides

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Resources

Lecture Recordings Blogs:
Information and ideas about Lecture Capture
Flipped Classroom Blogs:
Ideas and best practices for flipping your classroom
Student video Assignment submission:
For this resource, search 'Panopto Video Assignment' in Canvas Commons.

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