TABLE OF CONTENTS
- About Class Recordings
- How to Record a New Video to Class Recordings
- How to Enable Captions for Your Self-Captured Supplementary Recordings
- How to Enable Copyright Information for Videos in Class Recording
- Copying Videos from Class Recordings
- Additional Class Recording Links
About Class Recordings
This article shares best practices 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.
How to Record a New Video to Class Recordings
Two main ways to record and then add a video to the Class Recordings area:
- 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.
- From the Class Recordings area in Canvas, select the Create button and then Panopto Quick Capture.
- 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.
How to Enable Captions for Your Self-Captured Supplementary Recordings
- First, go to the Class Recording area of the Canvas site and find the gear icon for settings. (Picture below)
- 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. (Picture below of Settings selected and a outline marking the "Captions" area).
- 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.
- Select Automatic Machine Captions from this list. and then it is safe to exit out of the pop-out window.
How to Enable Copyright Information for Videos in Class Recording
- First, go to the Class Recording area of the canvas site and find the gear icon for settings. (Picture below)
- 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
- 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
- Videos you recorded by yourself: If you recorded a video in Panopto by yourself, this video will not be copied by default into future Canvas sites. You will need to copy these videos yourself if you wish to re-use them in future versions of this or another course.
- Zoom Recordings: If you recorded Zoom meetings with your class, these videos will not be copied into future Canvas sites. If you want to use Zoom recordings in future classes, it is strongly recommended that you edit the videos to remove any sensitive or private information students may have shared in the recording. Please see Panopto 101 for Instructors for tutorials on how to edit video recordings. Our team does not provide editing services for self-recorded videos.
- Additional tips: It is recommended that you download and save any self-recorded videos from Panopto if you want to keep them indefinitely. This suggestion does not apply to videos recorded with the Media team; we back-up these videos.
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
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