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Installing and Using

Panopto on Windows

Personal Capture

TUTOR GUIDE v1.6

Installing and Setting up

Panopto for Windows

Personal Capture

TUTOR GUIDE v1.6 User Services

IT Services

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Table of Contents

A. Introduction ____________________________________________________________ 1

B. Downloading Panopto _____________________________________________________ 2

C. Installing Panopto ________________________________________________________ 4

D. Using Panopto ___________________________________________________________ 5

E. System requirements _____________________________________________________ 9

Installing and Setting up Panopto for Windows v1.6

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A. Introduction

Academics can use personal capture to record videos and publish them on the respective VLE area from anywhere on or off campus with an internet connection. Using personal capture you can record your voice, screen and/or a video feed to create short information videos or full lectures.

After completing the recording, and the recording is successfully uploaded online, you can proceed with editing the video, if necessary. Subsequently, you can then make the video accessible for your students through the VLE.

Personal capture can be employed for different scenarios, most commonly being the following:

Class preparation – Recordings related to different topics covered during lectures can be

prepared to aid students when revising.

Feedback – Feedback can be provided to students in audio or video format, which saves a

significant amount of time, offers a more manageable feedback workload, and most importantly

presents better explanation to the students.

Note:

The University of Malta is using the Panopto video platform to service the Lecture Capture personal capture and automated classroom capture.

https://www.panopto.com/




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B. Downloading Panopto

1. Access the VLE by selecting VLE from the Staff drop-down menu at the upper left-hand corner of the University of Malta homepage.

2. If you are already signed in, you will immediately be directed to the VLE. Your VLE Dashboard will be displayed, showing all the areas you have access to.

Otherwise, if you are not signed in, the UM IT Account authentication screen will be displayed. Type in your Email address or Username and Password in the respective fields, and click the Sign in button.

3. Access the required VLE area.

4. Access the Lecture Capture (Panopto) activity, identified by the Panopto icon , available in the General (top-most) section. Upon accessing the activity you will be automatically directed to the Panopto folder of the respective VLE area through the University single sign-on facility.

5. Click the Download Panopto link, located top-right corner of the screen.

Note:

Kindly fill in the online Lecture Capture Service Request form, indicating the list of VLE

areas you wish to provision with Panopto. Subsequently, you will be able to proceed with downloading the Panopto application as indicated in this section.

https://www.um.edu.mt/itservices/forms/lecturecapture




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The Download & Record dialog box is displayed.

6. Click the Download Panopto button to download the Panopto installer for Windows. The application installer file is immediately downloaded to your computer.




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C. Installing Panopto

1. Locate the downloaded Panopto Recorder executable file (panoptorecorder.exe) to launch it.

2. Right click on the executable file, and choose Run as administrator.

3. If prompted with the User Account Control dialog box, click Yes to proceed.

4. The Panopto (64-bit) Setup dialog box is displayed.

If necessary, navigate to a destination folder of your choice by clicking the Change… button, then proceed by clicking Next.

5. Click Install to begin the installation process.

After the installation has completed successfully, the Panopto application is launched.




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D. Using Panopto

When launching the Panopto software, it is recommended that you launch the application through the Panopto website, as instructed below.

1. Access the required VLE area.

2. Access the Lecture Capture (Panopto) activity identified by the Panopto icon . You will be automatically directed to the Panopto folder of the respective VLE area.

3. Click the Create button, and select Record a new session.

4. If prompted with the Open Panopto Recorder? dialog box, click Open Panopto Recorder to proceed.

The Panopto application is launched.




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5. Consider the Session Settings section. Ensure that the Folder corresponds to the correct VLE area folder. You are also encouraged to change the Name to have a meaningful heading.

6. Consider the Primary Sources section on the left.

If you would like to include a video image of yourself, select either your built in webcam or your external camera as the recording device for Video. Otherwise set the Video setting to None.

7. Select either your built in microphone or external microphone as the recording device for the Audio setting.

8. Set the Quality setting as High.

9. If you need to include an additional video or audio file during the recording, tick the option Capture Computer Audio. Otherwise, it is recommended that you leave this option unticked.

10. Consider the Secondary Sources section.

If you need to use a PowerPoint, or would like to capture the main screen of your computer, tick the respective settings as necessary.

11. Consider the right hand side of the Panopto application. Change the Resolution setting to 1920 x 1080 pixels. Set fps (frames per second) to 30, and kbps (kilobits per second) to 2500.

12. When you are ready to start recording click the Record button.




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During the recording you can Pause / Resume, as necessary.

13. Once you’re ready with your recording, click the Stop button. The Recording Complete dialog box is displayed.

14. Click the Done button so that your recording may be processed.

The Manage My Recordings tab is displayed. This will display the processing status of your recording.

Note:

To make sure that Panopto has been set up successfully, it is recommended that you record a short test clip prior to recording the actual session.




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15. Click the Refresh button in the Panopto folder corresponding to the study-unit area, so you may view your recoding.

16. Click the thumbnail to review your recording.

Note:

By default, the recordings within the Panopto folders are not available to students as you may wish to edit the recording. If you would like to edit your recording, please follow the How to Edit a Video instructions.

Subsequently, it is important that you then make the recording available to your students. Step-by-step instructions are available in the Managing recordings user guide.

https://support.panopto.com/s/article/Edit-a-Video

https://support.panopto.com/s/article/Edit-a-Video

https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/288724/ManagingSUrelatedrecordings-tutorguide.pdf




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E. System requirements

Please consider the following configurations as the recommended baseline system configurations.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 and above (32 and 64 bit)

Applications

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and above

.NET Framework 4.7.2 and above

Supported Browsers

Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

Edge

Internet Explorer 11

Network Bandwidth

It is best if your computer is connected to the Internet, as the recordings would need to be uploaded

online. The minimum bandwidth required is the following:

50 Kbps for audio only presentations

300 Kbps for presentations with one video stream, audio, PowerPoint and screen capture

500 Kbps for presentations with multiple video streams

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