Submit a Panopto video to Canvas as a student

Using Panopto, students can upload video submissions to a Canvas course. There is no file size limit for student submissions in Panopto.
If you are a teaching staff member and want to enable this feature for your Canvas course, follow the instructions to collect video submissions from students.

• Upload a video to Panopto in Canvas
• Record a Panopto video in Canvas
• Embed a Panopto video to a Canvas assignment
  
  

Upload a video to Panopto in Canvas

1. In your Canvas course, click on Panopto in the left hand navigation. Note: Depending on your school, the LTI may have a different name (i.e. Lecture Recordings).
   
   
   
2. Click on the assignments folder. In the screenshot above, the assignment folder is called Test course [assignments].
3. Verify that you are in the correct folder, then click on the green Create button and select Upload media.
   
   
   
4. Select the file you want to upload from your computer. Once your file is uploaded you can close the window.
   
   

Record a Panopto video in Canvas

1. In your Canvas course, click on Panopto in the left hand navigation. Note: Depending on your school, the LTI may have a different name (i.e. Lecture Recordings, Media Library, Lecture Video).
   
   
   
2. Click on the assignments folder. In the screenshot above, the assignment folder is called Test course [assignments].
3. Verify that you are in the correct folder and then click on the green Create button and select Panopto for Mac.  (Note: you can optionally select Panopto Capture.)
   
   
   
4. If you already have Panopto downloaded, proceed to open Panopto. Otherwise, please follow directions to download Panopto for your computer. Note: you may need to “Allow” your computer to open the Panopto Recorder.
5. Select your Camera, Microphone, and Secondary source (if needed). By default, your secondary source is a screen capture.
   
   
   
6. Title your presentation and confirm it is located in the correct folder.
7. Click Record and proceed with your presentation.
   
   
   
8. When finished, click Stop and click Upload.
   
   
   
9. Wait for upload to complete and close the Panopto Recorder.
   
   

Embed a Panopto video to a Canvas assignment

1. Follow previous steps to either upload or record a video.
2. Navigate to the assignment and click on the Submit Assignment button.
3. In the text entry box find the drop-down button, then click and select the Panopto icon.
   
   
   
4. You have the option of selecting an existing Panopto recording, uploading a recording from your computer and using the Panopto recorder to record a new video. Select your video, then click on Insert in the lower right corner of the assignment page (you may need to scroll down).
   
   
   
5. Click Submit Assignment.

Get help

If you'd like help submitting a Panopto video to Canvas you have a few ways to get assistance.