Panopto

Panopto is a video creation and management tool that provides students a variety of ways to engage with video content. Please note that students can create videos only from within a Canvas assignment.

There are many benefits to students including:

• View videos and customize the viewing experience.
• Search videos’ content including the title, words spoken and text on screen.
• Take notes and add bookmarks at different points in a video.
• Have discussions on the videos if enabled by the instructor.  
• View table of contents if enabled by the instructor.
• View clear, edited captions.
• Record, edit and caption videos. These features are only available from within a Canvas assignment. 

Panopto Resources

• Video Viewer

  • Learn about the Features of the Video Viewer including searching, discussion, notes and bookmarks.

• Recording and Submitting a Video

  • How to Submit a Video Assignment in Canvas including how to record using Panopto Capture (a web based application) or Panopto for Windows or Mac (a downloadable application).

    When uploading a video to Panopto, please take into account your internet uploading speeds.  

    For more details on recording see, Recording a Video using Panopto Capture.

• 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 more information on ADA compliant captioning, please see the SJSU's Accessible Education Center webpage.

Panopto Workshops

Panopto holds monthly Q & A sessions for faculty, staff and students. See Panopto's webinars webpage for details. You’ll be prompted to login using your SJSU email address. Then select sjsu.hosted.panopto.com and select SJSU Single Sign-On.