Link to Panopto recordings from Blackboard

There are three types of Panopto links that you can add in your Blackboard course.

Note: The folder link (1) is the recommended method as it will only need to be added once and recordings will automatically appear here after upload.

  1. A folder link – Allowing you to create a link within your Blackboard course that will contain all recordings made to this course. You will only need to create this link once as all future recordings to this course will automatically appear in the folder.
  2. An embed – Allowing you to embed an individual Panopto recording into a Blackboard content area.
  3. An individual link – Allowing you to manually create links to your individual Panopto recordings as and when you are ready.

Add a folder link in your Blackboard course containing any Panopto recordings for the course

Where you want any Panopto recordings created for the course to be automatically visible in your Blackboard course, you need to use the Panopto Course Folder.

This will provide a folder containing the contents recorded to this course, including new recordings as and when you make them. You will only need to create this link once as all future recordings to this course will automatically appear in the folder.

QUICK STEPS: create a link to show all recordings within a content area

  1. Enter the relevant Blackboard course.
  2. Enter the content area that you want the link to sit in.
  3. Select Tools.
  4. Select More Tools.
  5. Select Panopto Course Folder.
  6. Optionally edit the Link Name.
  7. Optionally set availability, tracking and date options.
  8. Select Submit.

QUICK STEPS: create a link to show all recordings within the course menu

  1. Enter the relevant Blackboard course.
  2. Click the + icon at the top of the course menu
  3. Click Tool link
  4. Add a name (what the item will be called on the course menu)
  5. Select the type Panopto Course Folder.
  6. Tick to make the link available
  7. Select Submit.

Adding an Embedded Video from Panopto to a Blackboard course

  1. Go to the area within your course where you want to display a video.
  2. Click on build Content.
  3. Click on Create Item
  4. Add a Title to the link within the Name field.
  5. Within the Text box click on the + symbol
  6. Select Panopto Course Video Embed
  7. Select the folder the video is stored in from the drop down list.
  8. Select the video you wish to embed.
  9. Click on Insert
  10. Click on Submit to make the embedded video available

Add an Individual link in your Blackboard course to a specific Panopto recording

Where you want to manually create links to your Panopto recordings as and when you are ready, you need to use the Panopto Video Embed tool to create a link in your Blackboard course.

QUICK STEPS: manually adding a link to an individual recording

  1. Enter the relevant Blackboard course.
  2. Enter the content area that you want the link to sit.
  3. Select Build Content.
  4. Select Panopto Course Video Embed, NB even though the wording says embed, it just puts a link in the content area.
  5. You will be taken into the folder for the course.
  6. Select the radio button to the right of the recording and select Embed.
  7. The link will appear in the content area.
  8. If you need to edit the link name or the description, select the Edit button to the right of the link, make your changes and then select Submit.

Note: Adding an individual link in Blackboard to a recording via the tools menu will adjust any future availability dates you have set in the Panopto cloud. The availability date on the recording will be adjusted to the date and time you added the link – allowing the students to instantly be able to view the recording (Users are advised to use a Panopto folder link if they wish to use the recording availability dates in the Panopto cloud).

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