Panopto - Upload an Instructional Video
- last updated on 12 March 2025
Before creating Panopto recordings, please enable the never (unless set on the session) option in "Settings" to unpublish all videos. Please follow the instructions.
Instructional video (video lecture) allows students to acquire knowledge outside the classroom. Teachers may use Panopto, the leading video platform for higher education, to produce and deliver instructional videos via Canvas.
- In Course Navigation, click the Panopto Recordings link.
- Click the button.
- Click the Upload Media link on the "Create" menu.
- Click the block "Choose video or audio files" to browse the video file, or drag and drop the file to the block.
- Click the file name and input the display name (or click Settings icon to Edit the "Name" and save).
- Close the pop-up.
To release the instructional video, please Publish it by clicking on the icon on the video thumbnail.
For more information about the design and production of instructional videos, please visit "A Six-Step Model to Produce Instructional Video for Flipped Classroom".
Panopto recordings will be deleted 13 months after the last viewing. Teachers are advised to download their videos for long-term storage.