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Adding a Student Panopto Video Assignment

Allow students to see peers' submitted videos

Updated over a month ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to add a student Panopto video assignment in a course.

Procedure

1. Click the + icon and Activity or resource to create an activity that goes well with a video assignment.

2. In this case, the activity will be a forum post.

3. Name the activity and provide instructions.

4. Save your changes.

Buttons with Save and return to course and Save and display

5. The activity will appear on the course page

6. To ensure students can see the submissions of their peers, go to your Panopto account and click Browse.

Panopto side navigation bar

7. Find your course and click it. The course below is called Resource Library.

Course folder called Resource Library

8. The assignments folder will appear. Click to open.

Assignments folder for Resource Library course

9. Find the three vertical dots in the upper right of your screen and click them.

Screen icons with three vertical dots on the right side

10. Select Settings.

Menu with Settings option highlighted

11. Select Settings again and check the box next to Allow viewers to see each other’s sessions.

Another menu with Settings highlighted and check boxes for selecting options

Note: this is a permanent change to this folder. If you do not want students seeing peer submissions for a later activity, you will need to create a new assignments folder in Panopto.

12. In this case, the student accesses the activity on the course page and clicks Add discussion topic.

Button labeled Add discussion topic

13. The student adds a forum post title and clicks the Panopto icon on the ribbon.

Panopto icon

14. The student clicks the Record tab.

Tab labeled Record

15. The student names the recording and selects the Capture in browser option.

Text box for naming recording filled in with Cyber Incidents

Capture browser box with recording button

16. The student records the video by clicking the round record button to start and the square stop button to finish.

Screen featuring cyber criminal ready to record

17. The student ensures the assignments folder is selected.

Assignments folder is selected

18. Once the video loads, the student clicks the Insert button and the Post to forum button. The student’s video response will then be available for viewing by course peers.

Button labeled Insert

Button labeled Post to forum

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