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Users of Panopto have found the software to be incredibly versatile for a wide range of use cases. From recording events, presentations, …
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Panopto is a video management platform for businesses and universities from the company of the same name in Seattle, supporting the recording, sharing, live streaming, and (after recording) sharing via LMS or internal video site, video search, and virtual classroom.
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- User management (10)9.090%
- Internal video (10)8.080%
- Per viewer tracking (10)8.080%
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Panopto is a video management platform for businesses and universities from the company of the same name in Seattle, supporting the recording, sharing, live streaming, and (after recording) sharing via LMS or internal video site, video search, and virtual classroom.
Reviewers rate Video link sharing and Audience polling highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Panopto are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Users of Panopto have found the software to be incredibly versatile for a wide range of use cases. From recording events, presentations, and demonstrations to capturing impromptu meetings, Panopto offers flexibility and convenience for content creation. Faculty and students have embraced the platform as a tool to provide anytime-anywhere access to educational content, aligning with the growing popularity of the flipped classroom paradigm. With Panopto's recording capabilities, students can control their individual progress by pausing, replaying, and adjusting playback speed, enhancing their learning experience. The software's availability for all users at UMBC, including faculty, staff, and students, further demonstrates its broad appeal in various academic settings.
Panopto's features extend beyond traditional lecture capture, serving as a versatile screencasting platform that enables users to record lectures, tutorials, how-to videos, and more. The software has been used extensively to archive webinars and organize/distribute training content. Its quick and easy media content capture and distribution capabilities cater to users with varying internet speeds and environments. Notably, Panopto has been adopted by an increasing number of staff members for recording lectures and creating short videos for students. Furthermore, dispersed student groups across different campuses have greatly benefited from the accessibility of Panopto, particularly when it comes to accessing assignment information and grappling with challenging teaching concepts. Overall, Panopto has transformed teaching and learning experiences across institutions by increasing engagement with students through searchable video recordings that greatly enhance their learning journey.
Users commonly recommend using Panopto for educational or lecture-based settings. They suggest considering it as an affordable solution for storing Zoom recordings. Additionally, they recommend taking advantage of Panopto's features, such as the notes feature for taking notes at specific times in a video, and its ability to share live streams and organize lectures with supporting materials. It is also advised to evaluate other tools before choosing Panopto, as some users have experienced performance issues on OSX. Users also recommend upgrading the support package for more end-user support and following Panopto's hardware recommendations for better compatibility. Furthermore, users praise Panopto's support, feature set, and ease of use. They suggest exploring its features through a trial and taking advantage of customer service. However, it is important to note that Panopto is not a professional editing tool. Users also appreciate the ease of use and video editing features in Panopto and find it helpful for managing and sharing educational content. They suggest checking the group before sharing content and offering training when implementing Panopto or onboarding new team members. Furthermore, users find Panopto to be a valuable lecture capture solution for easily reviewing lectures or meetings. To effectively use Panopto, users advise watching training videos and having tech support available. They also recommend Panopto for capturing tribal knowledge or educational content and suggest laying out a clean and organized structure while understanding how permissions work in the platform. Finally, users emphasize that frequent use makes using Panopto easier over time.
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Panopto has the best captioning features that I've seen for a video repository. This enables us to caption videos quickly and efficiently. It also has tags and chaptering which makes viewing videos easier. We can also link videos inside Panopto to outside entities without needing them to have a Panopto account.
Panopto works best if you have a LOT of video content, but if you only have some or don't care about organization, SharePoint (or Microsoft Stream) might be a cheaper/more efficient option.
Panopto works best if you have a LOT of video content, but if you only have some or don't care about organization, SharePoint (or Microsoft Stream) might be a cheaper/more efficient option.
January 24, 2022
Medical Practice - to Panopto or not to Panopto
Overall, Panopto is much better organization. Their is no case against this!
The only other products like Panopto that I have used are Studio (which is part of the Canvas LMS) and Tegrity.
Studio seems to be much more limited in its functionality, but perhaps it is intended to serve a different audience/market. I prefer Panopto's ability to link to multiple resources (e.g., .pdf documents, other websites, related Panopto recordings, etc.).
Tegrity was the other "lecture capture" system that I tested approximately 12 years ago and my decision to go with Panopto then was based on student feedback. They liked Panopto's ease of use and simplicity.
Studio seems to be much more limited in its functionality, but perhaps it is intended to serve a different audience/market. I prefer Panopto's ability to link to multiple resources (e.g., .pdf documents, other websites, related Panopto recordings, etc.).
Tegrity was the other "lecture capture" system that I tested approximately 12 years ago and my decision to go with Panopto then was based on student feedback. They liked Panopto's ease of use and simplicity.
Panopto holds us fairly well against these other tools as a recorder and basic editor. It's easy to download the application or use a browser based tool to start recording in a few minutes. Video encoding is relatively fast so content can be distributed to students quickly. Screencastomatic (not listed in your platform) allows you to record a portion of your screen rather than the entire desktop and it offers better editing tools. You can also export a short clip as an animated GIF, which is very helpful for creating support documentation. Kaltura provides two more quizzing formats compared to Panopto (open-ended response, reflection point), which could be incredibly useful for faculty and learners while watching content or just after consuming content.
Kaltura is sleeker and more polished, both on the user-facing and backend. Panopto has been doing in-class lecture capture for longer, but Kaltura's new(er) offering is catching up. Kaltura was easier and more intuitive for faculty and instructors in many ways. Panopto is still ahead on the quality of lecture capture, in-video searching, and editing. However, the "personal lecture capture" of Panopto is terrible and Kaltura's is way better, if that's important to your users.
February 05, 2019
Good Product with Room for Improvement
At the end of the day, it came down to affordability for us. Panopto is affordable for smaller institutions. It is also geared primarily at lecture capture compared to many of the others that are first a media library. Panopto's focus is also education, so they do understand our audience.
January 11, 2019
Panopto: Potential vs Reality and Top Reasons for Concern
- Kaltura and Zoom
Cost wise, unless you have a huge audience, Panopto is better.
Both Zoom Meeting and Kaltura and for more expensive and a smaller program/company may not have the demand to justify them.
Kaltura - is a far superior tool, the UI is much more modern and easier for a novice user to understand, and it makes sharing videos amongst faculty much easier. The LMS integration if far smoother and the recording is much easier and faster (from within the LMS). The analytics are also present in a much cleaner and digestible way. Lastly, the quizzing feature is far more robust.
Zoom - Smoother at streaming and live interactions. Stronger chat feature and supports larger audiences, it can handle over 100 HD webcams at once if needed. It does basic desktop capture and supporting audio-only formats that can easily be converted to Podcast or Soundcloud.
Google Loom - This one is not listed above as it's rather new but its a FREE tool for fast video/desktop/PPT recordings and it's extremely fast and easy to share. That said it's pretty basic as far as any additional features are concerned. Post-production editing is limited to basic timeline trimming.
Both Zoom Meeting and Kaltura and for more expensive and a smaller program/company may not have the demand to justify them.
Kaltura - is a far superior tool, the UI is much more modern and easier for a novice user to understand, and it makes sharing videos amongst faculty much easier. The LMS integration if far smoother and the recording is much easier and faster (from within the LMS). The analytics are also present in a much cleaner and digestible way. Lastly, the quizzing feature is far more robust.
Zoom - Smoother at streaming and live interactions. Stronger chat feature and supports larger audiences, it can handle over 100 HD webcams at once if needed. It does basic desktop capture and supporting audio-only formats that can easily be converted to Podcast or Soundcloud.
Google Loom - This one is not listed above as it's rather new but its a FREE tool for fast video/desktop/PPT recordings and it's extremely fast and easy to share. That said it's pretty basic as far as any additional features are concerned. Post-production editing is limited to basic timeline trimming.
January 04, 2019
Panopto! A nice screen capture program with some nice bells and whistles you can use in Canvas!
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.