Colgate’s Video Management Platform
Changing ownership requires an administrator. Typically, most issues can be solved with copying, creating a reference copy, moving, or sharing a video.
We reserve changing ownership for unique situations, such as a video owner leaving Colgate, and deal with these requests through emails to ITS Help.
Compiled below are some of the best practices that we’ve found for sharing your content via Panopto. Techniques vary based on where the content is from, and who the target audience is. If you have additional questions on how best to distribute your content that is hosted in Panopto, please use the LAI Consultation Request Form and we’ll be happy to set a time to speak further.
The best way to easily share your Zoom recordings is to modify the ‘Meeting Recordings’ folder to be shared with ‘Your Organization (unlisted),’ as demonstrated in this documentation: How to make your Zoom Recordings in Panopto act like Zoom Cloud Recordings. You can then easily share the link to these videos with the campus community, and permissions will act much like the way Zoom’s settings do. If you need to share outside of campus, you can change the permissions to ‘Public (unlisted)’ for that video to remove the required Colgate login without effecting other content.
Recordings made using either the Panopto app or Panopto Capture (browser tool) can be stored anywhere in Panopto. We recommend creating a strict folder structure to facilitate storage and later retrieval of video content. Our preferred method is to create folders for each course that you are or will teach, and to store content for each course in those folders. If you teach the class more than once, it is easy to share the folder with the new course so that all students will have access to the videos in that folder when needed, or duplicate the folder and add a semester label to it so you can distinguish it easily.
For content that you wish to use in multiple courses, or across multiple folders we recommend using reference copies. This method allows you to then reuse content while always knowing which copy is the original source. This is also an excellent choice if you choose to use semester based folders for your courses, as you can reference the same material multiple times without having to download and upload it again and again.
First, make sure that you have provisioned your course. Once provisioned you can then use the Panopto block to add course content. Again, we recommend that you organize this content logically using a folder structure, such as course number (i.e. WRIT100A).
It’s important to note that if you use the provided course folder from Moodle for uploading or creating content that this will only be accessible to the class for which you originally created it. If you copy the Moodle course, or wish to reuse that content in the future you’ll need to share it with the new group of students before they may access it. Copying a course in Moodle does not automatically change any permissions in Panopto. For this reason we recommend that you create and maintain your own folders in Panopto, and intentionally set their permissions, as described above.
Once your recording is processed in Panopto, downloading is done through the settings menu for the video. Navigating to Settings > Outputs (left navigation) should give you options for a ‘Video Podcast.’ Under ‘Type’ there are several options to configure your download. Depending on the original recording you may have more than one view from Zoom to choose from – selecting a different ‘Type’ from the dropdown should generate a preview of the download in the thumbnail image above.
You may also choose the resolution of the download by using the ‘Quality’ dropdown. Panopto will not process the change until you click ‘Apply.’ Note: You cannot download a higher resolution than was originally was recorded – selecting a better resolution than the source recording will only export the best resolution possible.
Once you have selected your type and your quality, you can use the ‘Download Podcast’ link on the right of the thumbnail image to begin the download. Panopto natively exports to MP4 (H.264 / AAC 44100Hz 32bits).
Further information can be found in the Panopto Support Documentation.
Making your recordings shareable in the same manner as they were before is as easy as changing one setting in your Zoom Recording folder.
To begin, enter into your Zoom Recordings folder. Select the gear icon (settings) in the upper right. Select the ‘Share’ from the left navigation options. Below the ‘Who can access this folder’ select ‘change’ and use the ‘Your Organization (unlisted’ option. Click Save to apply the setting.
This change allows you to share any new or existing recording in this folder in a similar manner to Zoom – just select ‘Share’ from any video in your folder, or use the share icon in the upper right on any of the videos contained in the folder. People that receive the link will need to login with Colgate credentials to view the video.
It depends. Your meeting configuration, including how many participants you have and whether you share a screen or not, will dictate what will be imported to Panopto.
Login to Panopto at colgate.hosted.panopto.com. From your home page select the ‘My Folder’ in the left navigation. Along the top, locate the ‘Meeting Recordings’ folder. In the upper right of the screen, locate the gear icon (Folder Settings). Select ‘Settings’ from the left navigation. Check the box that read “Notify viewers via email and Microsoft Teams (if connected) when new videos are ready”
Note: If you do not have a ‘Meeting Recordings’ folder you have not successfully imported any Zoom Cloud meeting recordings into Panopto. Use Zoom to start a cloud meeting recording and this folder will automatically appear in Panopto.
Meetings that have been imported into Panopto from Zoom are located in a folder called ‘Meeting Recordings’ inside your ‘My Folder.’ These can be accessed by logging into Panopto, selecting your ‘My Folder’ on the left navigation, and then selecting ‘Meeting Recordings’ from the available folders near the top of the page.
If you do not see the recording that you are looking for, it may still be processing. You can use the refresh button at the top of the page to check again periodically.
Note: Longer videos may take longer to process. Please allow up to 24 hours for recordings to appear.
Panopto has an automatic content retention policy that archives videos 20 months after their last view.
If you have a video that has gone into an archived state, you can recover that video from the archive to allow users to continue to watch and interact with that connect. To do this, follow the instructions from Panopto Support.
Deleting a video in Panopto can be done by hovering over the video and selecting delete. Bulk deletions are possible by selecting the videos using the check box in the upper left of the thumbnails and selecting delete from the menu at the top.
Deleted videos are sent to a Recycle Bin within Panopto. Deleted content can be recovered from the Recycle Bin for 90 days before they are deleted permanently. You can immediately restore content from the Recycle Bin by selecting Restore next to any video.
Note: Deleting a video in Panopto does not necessarily delete the content in other systems. Please check other systems that your video might exist in to confirm if your content is being stored elsewhere.
Locating recordings is made easy by using the integrated search feature from Panopto. Begin by using the search in the top bar of Panopto.
Note: The search feature will search for more than just titles. Choose key words carefully, as search includes information from slides, captions, and other media streams.