Panopto! A nice screen capture program with some nice bells and whistles you can use in Canvas!
January 04, 2019
Panopto! A nice screen capture program with some nice bells and whistles you can use in Canvas!
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Panopto
We replaced TechSmith Relay with Panopto. It is set up to use in Canvas, our LMS, as an LTI. One of the main features we switched to Panopto for was the automated closed captioning of videos, to help make our videos accessibility compliant.
- You can create quizzes to add to your videos as the viewer watches the videos, which can be automatically graded and in Canvas. These grades will post to the Gradebook.
- There is automated closed captioning to make your videos accessible for hearing impaired viewers.
- It has a built-in editor where you can cut, paste, and insert Powerpoints and Youtube videos into the video timeline in addition to the quizzes!
- The automated closed captioning feature works pretty well. It can be off though... and when it's off, it can very off. Luckily you have the ability to go in and edit anything it translated from what it "thought" you said into what you "actually" said.
- The timeline editor is web-based and not as fluid or functional like something like Final Cut, etc. You need to be on the spot of the timeline where you want to add a Quiz or content before you go to add it. If not, it will add it to where you were on the timeline when going to the video. I've added content to the beginning of the video by mistake a few times.
- The Quiz feature is nice, but there need to be more options on the types of questions that can be added to a Quiz.
- It has helped make video content in Canvas Accessibility compliant without having to hire/pay transcribers to make the closed captioning for the video.
- It is a more advanced screen capture program than we previously used, which has more editing ability and additional features.
- The main negative is everyone wants to learn how to use it now, and the training we need to provide! Not really a negative to be honest, it's just more people are interested in the program because of all its features. :-)
Camtasia, now TechSmith Relay, is also a screen capture program. It is very basic and just captures the screen. Panopto allows you to edit your videos more, create quizzes to incorporate into the videos, and can automatically create closed captioning for your videos, which TechSmith Relay cannot.
Panopto Feature Ratings
Evaluating Panopto and Competitors
Yes - Techsmith Relay
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
Better and additional features, and a good price value.
So far, we are happy with Panopto given the limited availability of products available.
Panopto Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
Using Panopto
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn | None |
- Starting the recordings.
- Adding Quizzes
- The video timeline editor.
Yes - It's ok. Basic.
Integrating Panopto
- Canvas LMS
It's embedded into all our courses. We had some issues with configuring video directories in the best way for classes.
- File import/export
- Single Signon
- API (e.g. SOAP or REST)