Record your in-person class for later viewing.
Automated Classroom Recordings
Some classrooms have an Automated Classroom Recordings feature available. You can find these rooms by searching for Automated Classroom Recording in the features section of 25Live. If you wish to use the feature, refer to Automated Classroom Recordings Guide.
Follow the instructions below for recording in any General Purpose Classroom that has a classroom computer at the instructor lectern.
Before Recording
Set up
- Log into the classroom computer then to your ELMS-Canvas course space.
- Select Panopto Recordings from the course menu. You may have to enable this menu item in the settings if you haven't done so already. – it takes a moment for Panopto to load.
- Select Create at the top of the page.
- Select Panopto for Windows from the dropdown menu (the course folder is the default – if you want to organize recordings within a course, you can create additional folders here).
- Select Launch Panopto then select Open Panopto Recorder on the following Panopto prompt.
- If the classroom touch panel has the Zoom/Panopto button as a destination, you can send any video source to Panopto by selecting the source and sending it to the "Zoom/Panopto" destination.
- If the classroom touch panel has the "Panopto" button as a destination, the room camera and PC will automatically be routed into Panopto for Windows.
- Under Secondary Sources, select the checkboxes for "Capture Powerpoint", or "Capture Main Screen", or "Capture Second Screen" as needed.
- If you are sharing audio from the classroom computer, select the checkbox for "Capture Computer Audio".
- Ensure that your audio is going into Panopto for Windows, by looking at the volume meter located to the right of the camera preview. If you see the meter bounce up and down, it has audio input.
- In classrooms with no ceiling microphones, you MUST use the wireless microphones to capture people speaking.
- In classrooms with wireless microphone and ceiling microphones, the ceiling microphone are muted by default. To unmute them press the Microphone icon at the top right of the touchpanel and press the unmute icon located under Ceiling Mics
Launch
- Select Record on the Panopto interface.
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During Recording
Manage
- Share your media with the classroom and record the media and lecture at the same time.
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After Recording
- Select Stop on the Panopto interface
- A Recording Complete interface will appear. Click the blue Done button in the interface.
- Your recording will appear in your ELMS-Canvas course after it is processed and uploaded to the cloud.
- Log out but do not turn off the computer if the upload is not complete.
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In a nutshell
- All classrooms with a classroom computer have the ability to record the cameras and microphones with Panopto. Some General Purpose Classrooms have the ability to record with a laptop. You may search for the Web Conferencing - Laptop feature in 25Live to see if your classroom has this capability.
- Use the Panopto Recordings menu in ELMS-Canvas to create recordings – recordings will automatically be placed in a folder associated with that course.
- You can choose a different session folder in the Panopto Recordings area of your ELMS-Canvas course space. Your recordings will upload into the session folder you choose.
- Select a video and audio source for your session.
- Launch and end each session manually; recordings will not automatically start and stop.
- Remember, session lengths are unlimited for recording.
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