Explore the Panopto & PlayPosit Integration

UArizona's PlayPosit license includes an integration between PlayPosit and Panopto, our campus lecture capture solution. Learn more: What is Panopto?

This means you can add interactive elements to your Panopto-hosted content using the PlayPosit designer. This page compiles information about using Panopto videos within PlayPosit. For more details, please visit PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Panopto Video (opens in a new tab).

Add a Panopto Video to a PlayPosit Bulb

Step 1

Access your PlayPosit instructor account (learn how to Access PlayPosit) and navigate to My Bulbs.

Step 2

If you are adding the video to an existing bulb: enter the Bulb Designer and select Add Video to access the Video Source menu. Select Panopto from the Video Source menu.

If you are creating a new Bulb: the Video Source menu opens automatically after you select the Add New Bulb button from My Bulbs. Select Panopto from the Video Source menu.

Step 3

After you select Panopto from the Video Source menu, a pop-up window will open that automatically authenticates your UArizona Panopto account. When you see your videos appear in the Choose tab, select the checkbox next to the desired video.

Step 4

Select the Select Video button. The video will process and then initialize. Sometimes this action takes a few moments to complete. If it's processing for more than a minute, refresh the browser window and try again.

Step 5

Once the video is processed and pulled into PlayPosit, the title, captions, Bulb thumbnail, and trimming/cropping of the video can be edited. When all desired edits have been made to the video, select Done. Now, the Panopto-hosted video is ready to be overlaid with interactions within the Designer. Learn more about Building a Bulb in PlayPosit 3.0 (opens in a new tab).

Change Panopto Share Settings

To learn how to adjust the share settings on a Panopto video, please visit Share a Panopto Video: Share Permissions.

Locate the Panopto Video Source

To find the original Panopto video hosted in a Bulb, follow the steps below. Locating the Panopto video source is useful when you need to edit the video within a bulb, review the Panopto video settings, or troubleshoot playback issues. For more details, please visit PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Examine the video source URL (opens in a new tab)

Step 1

From within your PlayPosit Dashboard, select the Bulb thumbnail or the triple dot menu near the name of the Bulb. Select Edit from the menu.

Step 2

Select the Edit button from the pop-up that appears. This will take you to the Designer.

Step 3

Within the Designer, select the Video Segments tab to view all the videos hosted in the Bulb.

Step 4

Select the Panopto video for which you want to find the source. This will open the video editor view.

Step 5

Highlight the alphanumeric string in the Video Source URL field and copy it. Select the Done button to close the video editor.

Step 6

In a new browser tab, navigate to your Panopto account (Access Panopto). Paste the alphanumeric string (Video Source URL) that you copied in Step 5 into the Search Everything field on your Panopto home page. As long as you have Creator access to the video or the video has public share settings, this search should find the source video hosted in the Bulb.

Improve Panopto Video Quality in a Bulb

If a Bulb with a Panopto video is experiencing poor video quality, follow the steps below to adjust the video output format and quality. For more details, please visit How to Change the Format and Preview the Podcast Version of Videos (opens in a new tab).

Step 1

Navigate to your Panopto account (Access Panopto) and locate the video you would like to improve.

Step 2

Select or hover your mouse over the video thumbnail and select the Settings button that appears.

Step 3

In the video's Settings window, select Outputs from the navigation bar. The Outputs tab provides various output formats and quality options. 

Step 4

From the Type drop-down menu, select Primary Video Only. Select Secondary Video Only if you would like viewers to view the shared screen in the video (for example, slide deck).

Step 5

From the Quality drop-down menu, select 1080p (60 fps).

Step 6

Select Apply to save your changes. The video should process and publish. When the processing is complete, view the Bulb to make sure the quality is improved.

Troubleshooting Common Errors

Video streams failed to load

If the error message below appears in a Bulb with Panopto videos, first check the video share settings (Change Panopto Share Settings).

If the video share settings are correct, trim the last second of each Panopto video in the Bulb from within the PlayPosit Designer. Learn how to trim & crop a video at PlayPosit Knowledge Base: Trimming and cropping video (opens in a new tab).

Panopto authorization error

If the error message below appears in a Bulb with Panopto videos, first check the video share settings (Change Panopto Share Settings).

If the share settings are correct, share the following page with students to troubleshoot the error: Troubleshoot Panopto Authorization Error.

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