PANOPTO NEXT STEPS Trim a Video

Watch the video below or view the written documentation to learn the basics of trimming a video. Note that you must be a Creator on a folder to see and use the Panopto Editor.

Important Tip: Interface Change

Panopto recently released an update and changed their user interface. The steps to enter the Panopto editor have changed. Instead of following the initial steps in the video, hover over the video you want to edit, expand the More menu, represented by three vertical dots, and then select Edit (see image below).
Video in the video library. It's been hovered over, and three icons appear. The third icon, for the More menu (three vertical dots) is highlighted and the menu is expanded. On it, the option "Edit" is highlighted by a red box.

View Panopto's documentation: How to Trim a Video in the Editor.

You never know when this skill may come in handy!

A Facebook post from a professor describing why they had to edit a fart out of a recording

Try It!

Now that you have watched how to navigate the editor and trim a video, you will now have an opportunity to test those skills. For this activity, we've provided a sample video; this video was taken from the Student Engagement with Panopto & Canvas Studio module. The original recording was over 10 minutes but was edited down to just over 4 minutes. The sample video is the second half of the full 10-minute recording. It's up to you to edit this video to under 2 minutes using the Panopto Recorder.

Click the video link to download a copy to your computer: Sample Edit Video (MP4) Download Sample Edit Video (MP4)
Upload the video to the "Butler Pivot Pedagogy [assignments]" folder. (See these upload instructions (Links to an external site.) for help.)
Once the video is finished processing, select the Edit button.
Rename the video at the top of the Editor to "[LastName] - Sample Edit Video".
Use the Trim tool to cut out pauses and incorrect or unnecessary statements.
Select Apply when finished.