Video Content Management - Publishing and Sharing Panopto Videos as a Creator


Introduction

Panopto is Virginia Tech’s chosen video content management system and video creation tool that allows users to create, share, and manage video content easily. 

Panopto is integrated into Virginia Tech’s Canvas platform, allowing instructors to record, upload, and share videos directly within Canvas. Panopto also provides tools for organizing videos, tracking engagement, and enabling students to review content.

This guide covers publishing and sharing Panopto videos for creators. For additional Panopto topics, please see: Virginia Tech Panopto Resources.

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Instructions

Sharing Videos and Folders

When sharing individual videos, only Viewer access can be granted. To grant Creator permissions, people must be added as a Creator at the folder level. To learn how to share at a folder level, see Sharing Videos for Editing to learn how to create a new folder for sharing.

Keep in mind:

  • My Folder is your personal folder. You cannot add someone as a Creator to My Folder.
  • Subfolders can be created inside My Folder. By default, subfolders will inherit permissions from the parent folder.
  • Stop the subfolder from inheriting users and permission from My Folder in order to add people in the Creator or Distributor role.

To learn how to share videos and folders, see:

Additional advance resources are below:

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Publishing Videos in Canvas

To learn how to use Panopto in Canvas, see Teaching with Panopto Videos.

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Publishing Videos on the Internet

Videos can be shared for the entire organization or with the public. The default setting on videos restricts access to only specific people and groups, but this can be changed under a video’s sharing settings.

To share a video:

  1. Locate the video and click the Share button.
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  2. If you see "Only specific people and groups" under Who can access this video, click Change.
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  3. You'll see that the Restricted option is selected (this is the default setting). To change the access settings, choose from the following options:
    1. Your Organization (unlisted) - Anyone at your org who has the link
    2. Your Organization - Anyone at your org can find and access
    3. Public (unlisted) - Anyone who has the link
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  4. Click Copy Link and share the link with others outside of Panopto, and then click Done to close the window.
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Videos and folders can also be embedded into webpages.

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Getting Help

If you need help with Panopto in general:

If you still have questions:

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