Recording a Lecture in Panopto

These instructions will let you record or pre-record a lecture that will automatically appears in your students blackboard course, your course should already be blackboard enabled, please email help@law.ua.edu if not.

Select Your Course From “My Courses” (Listed by Course and Section number)

First Time Panopto Setup (One-time Per Course)

On the left-hand menu choose Course Videos
First-time setup will have a few prompts, this will only take a few seconds:
- Click the Configure button, click Add Course to Panopto and click Return to Course

Creating a Recording

On the left-hand menu choose Course Videos
Choose Record a new session from the Create drop down menu
(First-Time Setup) Choose Download Panopto and click Next and Install
Choose Open Panopto (First time opening Panopto you will be given an optional tour of the recording screen)

You should use the default folder that includes your Course and Section number, the default name will be the date & time of the recording.
Preview the Video source or choose None for an audio only recording
Click the red circle record button and wait a few seconds for it to say “Recording”
Click the red box stop button when you are done and you will be taken to the “Recording Complete” page, here you can change the title or delete and re-record
After clicking Done the recordings will automatically appear for your students in “Course Videos” of the appropriate Blackboard Course after a few minutes of processing
You will be taken to the Manage Recordings page, no action is required here, but you can always delete a recording or temporarily make it offline.
Other Notes
- Settings: By default students will not be able to download, and be able to leave notes on the recording, for each course you can click the gear icon to change these settings:
  On the left hand side you can choose the settings for the course:

Faculty – Remote Instruction & Recording

Recording a Lecture in Panopto