Embed a Panopto Video in Blackboard

When to Use?

Embedding Panopto videos into your course allows easier access for your students to view them. Panopto videos can be embedded into your Blackboard Ultra courses using one of the following methods:

Procedure

Embed Individual Panopto Video

1. Go to your course's Content tab and click the plus icon (+) to access content options.

2. From the content list, select Content Market.

Content List

3. Scroll down until you locate Panopto Embed.

Panopto Embed icon in the Content Market

4. After you click on the Panopto Embed button, you will be taken into a Panopto window

5. Select your video from the list shown. If you do not see your video follow steps A, B, and C to find it.

        A. Click the drop-down menu at the top to find the folder it’s in.

        B. If you don’t see the folder your video is in, click on the little black triangle next to the folder to expand it. The subfolders are shown.

        C. Find the folder your video is in and click on it.

Choose Panopto Folder

 

6. Click on your video to select it and press the Insert button in the bottom right-hand corner.

7. After clicking Insert, your page will refresh and your Panopto video should appear in your Blackboard course.

Success Message

Panopto Video embedded in Course Content

 

Embed Panopto Video in Document

1. Go to your course's Content tab and click the plus icon (+) to access content options.

2. From the content list, select Document.

Click on the plus button to access the create menu in order to create a document

3. Provide a name for your document and then select Add Content.

Add Content within a document

4. In the text editor, click on the Insert Content button (+), and from the list select Content Market.

5. Scroll down until you locate Panopto Embed.

Panopto Embed icon in the Content Market

6. After you click on the Panopto Embed button, you will be taken into a Panopto window

7. Select your video from the list shown. If you do not see your video follow steps A, B, and C to find it.

        A. Click the drop-down menu at the top to find the folder it’s in.

        B. If you don’t see the folder your video is in, click on the little black triangle next to the folder to expand it. The subfolders are shown.

        C. Find the folder your video is in and click on it.

Choose Panopto Folder

8. Click on your video to select it and press the Insert button in the bottom right-hand corner.

9. After clicking Insert, your video will be added to the text editor within the document that you created. You can repeat steps 4 - 8 for as many videos as you like.

Note: You can also add textual context above or below the video. 

Add textual content to Panopto video in a document
 

10. Once finished, click the Save button to be returned to your Blackboard course.

 

More information about Panopto can be found here.

 

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