Overview of video capture options
Depending on your course context and goals, you have several options for recording content/lectures and making those videos available to students on Canvas via the Panopto integration (click each option to toggle open for more details):
Record lecture/class session in physical classroom
If your goal is to record in-person sessions taking place in a classroom on campus:
| How to record | How to add those videos to Canvas | How to make those videos accessible to students on Canvas |
| Classroom lecture capture | Automatically gets pushed to class's Panopto folder | Once a video has been added to the class's Panopto folder, there are 3 main ways you can have students access it |
| Self-service lecture capture (record via Zoom on iPad) |
Automatically gets pushed to class's Panopto folder (when Panopto-Zoom integration is enabled) | |
| Lightweight lecture capture | For each class session enrolled in this program, you will receive links by email for the recording | Distribute link at your discretion to students who were absent from class, or provide to all students via your Canvas site by adding it to a module or page (more on how to do that here) |
Record Zoom session/class
If your goal is to record live, virtual class sessions taking place over Zoom:
| How to record | How to add those videos to Canvas | How to make those videos accessible to students on Canvas |
| Schedule via Zoom integration with Canvas and record session | Automatically gets pushed to class's Panopto folder (when Panopto-Zoom integration is enabled) | Once a video has been added to the class's Panopto folder, there are 3 main ways you can have students access it |
Create new video of curricular content
If your goal is to record a new video (i.e., short lecture, class prep, exam review):
| How to record | How to add those videos to Canvas | How to make those videos accessible to students on Canvas |
| Record with Panopto Capture (record via browser) | If creation process is initiated from within class's Panopto folder, resulting video will appear in that folder | Once a video has been added to the class's Panopto folder, there are 3 main ways you can have students access it |
| Record with Zoom | Automatically gets pushed to class's Panopto folder (when Panopto-Zoom integration is enabled) | |
| Record in Lightboard studio | Grab video file from Dropbox (where it first gets added when you're in the studio) and upload to class's Panopto folder | |
| Record with other device (i.e., phone or iPad camera). See High-Quality Video Creation at Home for tips on creating videos | Upload video to class's Panopto folder |
Reuse an already created/recorded video
If your goal is to reuse a video from the past that you already created/recorded:
| How to record | How to add those videos to Canvas | How to make those videos accessible to students on Canvas |
| N/A - will already have file available |
Upload video to class's Panopto folder | Once a video has been added to the class's Panopto folder, there are 3 main ways you can have students access it |
| Copy from past class's Panopto folder to current class's Panopto folder |