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Posting Zoom recordings in Panopto

If you record a zoom recording, at the end it will prompt for a file location for the video file or the cloud recording will be available in your zoom account page under recordings, these instructions will let you upload the file so it automatically appears in your students blackboard course. Your course(s) should already be blackboard enabled.

For Sharing to Entire Class

  • Login at https://ualearn.blackboard.com/
  • Select Your Course From “My Courses” (Listed by Course, Section number, and Year/Semester)
  • On the left-hand menu choose Course Videos
    • First Time Panopto Course Setup click OK or Next when prompted

For Sharing to Individual Students

A panopto folder works the same as services such as dropbox, but made specifically for sharing video or audio files with students.

  • Login at https://alabama.hosted.panopto.com/
  • Go to “My Folder” and click on Add Folder
  • In this folder, click on the top right Share icon
  • In the share settings, either add individual students (they may not show up if they have never viewed a video), or go to Who can access this folder and click Change to set it to Your Organization (unlisted) Anyone at your org who has the link (all access is tracked via the stats icon )
    panopto share settings
  • Use the link from Copy Link to send to students

Uploading A Recording

  • Choose Upload Media from the Create drop down menu and choose the file (on a PC it will be in the Zoom folder in Documents)
    Create Button in Panopto
  • Click the large area and choose the video file from where you saved it to your computer, once you see Upload Complete you are done. It will take a few minutes to process before it will be viewable by students.
  • Video Button in Panopto
  • The recording will automatically appear in enrolled students’ “Course Videos” section in the appropriate Blackboard Course

More Documentation is Available at CIT’s homepage: https://cit.ua.edu/technologies/blackboard/