Note: You can skip this step if you are using a different tool for lectures.

Important Note about Media in Brightspace

InfoPlease do NOT upload video files directly to Brightspace.  For students to be able to open your files on any device and with a wide variety of internet connection speeds, you should upload media files to a media player. 

Why should you consider Panopto? 

Security: The University of Akron has a contract with Panopto. This means that we can hold them accountable for protecting your security and privacy. If you use a free service such as YouTube, you should read the terms carefully.  Panopto helps ensure that all recordings are captured and stored in compliance with university policy. A wide range of reports can also be generated to help you understand how your recordings are being viewed.

Responsive: Once captured, recordings are processed into an interactive web format as well as audio and video podcasts that students can watch on any device. Because it has been designed to be a media player, Panopto will recognize each student's device and internet connection speed and attempt to provide each student with a good viewing experience. 

Automated: All recordings are automatically uploaded to our Panopto server and integrated with Brightspace, where they can be automatically shared with your students. Your students will NOT need to login to view your lectures in Brightspace.

Searchable: Panopto automatically indexes all of your recordings so that students can find and fast-forward to words that are mentioned in the lecture, displayed on-screen, or that appear anywhere else in the video.

Versatile: Panopto can capture anything on your computer screen (from PowerPoint slides to complex animations), document cameras, and video from just about any camera. Even if you use another tool to capture lectures, you could upload these to Panopto in order to take advantage of the benefits noted here.

Follow these steps to add Panopto to Brightspace:

https://brightspace.uakron.edu/d2l/le/content/4142828/viewContent/5823163/View

Follow these steps:

  1. Add a new module to your course content.
  2. From the Existing Activities menu, choose External Learning Tools.


  3. From the menu, choose Panopto Lecture Capture.




  4. You will have a new Panopto Lecture Capture link.