Panopto is a video management platform that allows instructors and students to create and share video content (such as online lectures or narrated presentations). Panopto includes a range of useful features for video creation, storage, and delivery, and it adheres to university accessibility standards, including automatic transcriptions and video captioning, variable speed playback and screen reader support.
Overview of Panopto at NC State
DELTA Help and Support
DELTA is continuing to develop Panopto related training and support resources to respond to the needs of NC State faculty, staff and students.
Some of these materials are:
- DELTA's "An Overview of Panopto" workshop
- Ask questions or get help from DELTA's LearnTech help desk
- General information and resources on DELTA's "Panopto" page
Panopto Help and Support
Panopto also provides high-quality customer service available 24/7 to all NC State faculty and staff via Panopto Support.
To gain full access to the Panopto Support website:
- Complete the Support Portal Registration to create a support site account (this is a separate system from our NC State Panopto instance).
- When asked to enter your site URL, use ncsu.hosted.panopto.com.
Panopto Support includes resources like:
Signing In
To access Panopto:
- Go to ncsu.hosted.panopto.com.
- In the drop-down menu on the login page, select Unity-Login.
- Click Sign in and authenticate through Shibboleth using Unity ID and password.
Signing into Panopto is needed to access the videos in Moodle. If a video in Moodle is not available, sign into Panopto first before accessing the video.
Recording Content
See the Getting Started: Record a Video article for detailed instructions on how to record content through your web browser using Panopto Capture.
For detailed instructions on how to record using the desktop applications, see How to Record with Panopto for Windows and How to Record with Panopto for Mac to get started.
Desktop Application
Video content can be recorded through the web browser using Panopto Capture. Users that want more granular control while recording (or those who have limited network connectivity) can also opt to use the Panopto desktop recorder.
After logging in to Panopto, select the Create button, located in the top left corner of the page and select the appropriate installer package for your operating system in the menu that appears.
For more detailed instructions on how to download and install the Panopto recorders, see:
Additional Resources
Panopto Support (Panopto)
For additional assistance, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk at learntech@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-7094, or via the Get Help form on the DELTA Knowledge Base.