GETTING STARTED WITH PANOPTOGiving Students Creator Access

By default, students are Viewers when a course is provisioned in Panopto. In order for students to download and use the Panopto Recorder to create and upload their own content, you will need to grant them Creator permissions. In Canvas, this is accomplished through creating an assignment folder where students have Creator access by default. Follow these steps to create your Panopto assignment folder.

Important Tip: Panopto Assignment Folder

We see several misconceptions about the Panopto assignment folder and how it works.

The Panopto assignment folder is:

a location for students to upload videos.

a sub-folder of your main course folder.

The Panopto assignment folder isn't:

a Canvas assignment with a due date.

connected to the Canvas gradebook by default.

making student videos visible to other students (although you can change the settings to do so).

Create an Assignment Folder (Video Instructions)

Skip to 0:46 in this video if you have already added Panopto Recordings to your Canvas navigation menu.

Create an Assignment Folder (Written Instructions)

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