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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!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

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 is great added to Canvas if you'd like a good screen capture program to add videos to courses. It offers the ability to add quizzes and make your videos have closed captioning, which is very good when making your content accessible for viewers with hearing impairments. It offers a timeline editor where you can add things like Powerpoint, Youtube videos, and quizzes directly into your videos. The quizzes can be taken while watching the video and in Canvas, you can choose to have it add a grade in the grade book for taking a quiz that is incorporated into the video, which is pretty nice. It isn't a fully functional polished video editor though. More like an enhanced screen capture program with a few bells and whistles.

Panopto Feature Ratings

7.5
Lead generation
Not Rated
Video personalization
8
eCommerce
Not Rated
Support for advertisements
7
Video SEO
Not Rated
Integration to Marketing Automation
Not Rated
9.0
Integration to Salesforce.com
Not Rated
Integration to Marketo
Not Rated
Integration to HubSpot
Not Rated
Integration to Eloqua
Not Rated
Integration to LMS
9
9.0
Video access controls
9
User management
9
Video link sharing
9
Internal video
9
External video
9
8.3
Player customization
7
Embedded videos
8
Video quality / Bandwidth controls
9
Mobile compatibility
9
8.6
A/B testing
9
Streaming quality reports
8
Per viewer tracking
9
Per video tracking
9
Video analytics dashboard
8
8.0
On-Demand video
9
Live streaming
8
Impact of streaming on network
7
Video upload & format support
8
Video library / File management
9
Video portal
7
8.7
Audience polling
9
Audience Q&A / Live chat
8
Video comments
9

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

They are responsive to questions.
ProsCons
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

Needs some work, but I'm sure improvements will come over time.
ProsCons
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

Didn't seem to cause those who added it to Canvas TOO much grief.
  • 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)