Canvas Class Recording Settings for Instructors & TAs

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What Are Class Recordings?
• How do Class Recordings Differ from Media Team Content? 
• Record a New Video to Class Recordings
• Enable Captions for Your Self-Captured Supplementary Recordings
• Enable Copyright Information for Videos in Class Recording
• Copying Videos from Class Recordings
• Additional Class Recording Links

This article shares best practices for managing recordings in the Class Recordings area of your Canvas course site. 

The information in this article is intended for instructors and TAs in Penn LPS Online, MSAG Online, and other online and hybrid courses in the College of Liberal & Professional Studies (LPS). If you are an instructor or TA in a non-LPS online or hybrid course, please contact your Local Support Provider (LSP) for help. 

What Are Class Recordings?

In each Canvas course site, there is a button in the navigation menu labeled Class Recordings. This Class Recordings button leads to an area in the Canvas site where instructors can upload additional supplementary videos they would like the users enrolled in their course to watch. 

Additionally, if an instructor or TA records a synchronous class meeting in Zoom and has enabled the Zoom integration in the Canvas site, the Zoom recording will available to anyone enrolled in the Canvas site through the Class Recordings button no more than 24 hours after the recording ends. 

The Class Recordings button in Canvas integrates with Panopto, the main media platform used at Penn.

How do Class Recordings Differ from Media Team Content? 

If you worked with the SAS Online Learning Media team to create videos or other media for your Penn LPS Online, MSAG Online, or other online and hybrid courses in the College of Liberal & Professional Studies (LPS), these recordings will not appear in Class Recordings. Rather, your instructional designer will embed Media team-created content will be embedded on pages in your Canvas site.  

Record a New Video to Class Recordings

Two main ways to record and then add a video to the Class Recordings area: 

1. Panopto Quick Capture (Browser-based)
   • From the Class Recordings area in Canvas, select the Create button and then Panopto Quick Capture. 
     • Follow these Panopto Quick Capture Instructions from Step 2.
2. Download Panopto for your computer and upload the video to your Class Recordings area: PC or Mac

Please Note: In the Class Recordings area, you can also upload media you have on your computer by selecting Create and then Upload Media.

Enable Captions for Your Self-Captured Supplementary Recordings

1. First, go to the Class Recording area of the Canvas site and find the gear icon for settings. (Picture below)
2. Once you click on the gear icon, a pop-out window will appear, giving you an overview of the folder. 
3. A navigation bar on the left side of the pop-out will have Overview, Share, Settings, Search, Order, and Manage listed. Select Settings from this list. (Picture below of Settings selected and a outline marking the "Captions" area).
4. You will find the "Captions" area near the bottom of the "Settings" page. Next to "Automatically Caption New Sessions Using", you will see a dropdown menu. 
5. Select Automatic Machine Captions from this list. and then it is safe to exit out of the pop-out window.

Enable Copyright Information for Videos in Class Recording

1. First, go to the Class Recording area of the canvas site and find the gear icon for settings. (Picture below)
2. Once you click on the gear icon, a pop-out window will appear, giving you an overview of the folder. A navigation bar on the left side of the pop-out will have Overview, Share, Settings, Search, Order, and Manage listed. Select Settings from this list 
3. At the top of the "Settings" page, there are a few boxes that you can select or deselect. Please select the "Show copyright notice on all sessions in this folder" for the copyright notice to appear before all videos that are added to the Class Recordings folder. (Picture Below) Once selected, you can exit the pop-up; there is no save button.

Copying Videos from Class Recordings

Additional Class Recording Links

• Panopto Capture (Browser-Based Panopto Recording Option)
• Panopto Recording 101 (Video Tutorials and Step by Step How to guides)
• Canvas at Penn's Panopto Guide