How to submit a Panopto video assignment in Canvas for students

This article goes over how to create recordings with Panopto and submit them as assignments in Canvas. If you need to see documentation on how to create videos in Panopto, please see this documentation for Windows and Mac.

  1. Upload your Panopto Recording to Canvas
  2. Navigate to your course in Canvas and then to the Assignments tab on the left. 
  3. Select the assignment that you need to submit (See Fig. 1).
    Red boxes around assignments in the course navigation menu
    Figure 1: Accessing your assignment in Canvas
  4. In the submission page, select the Panopto icon (See Fig. 2).
    Panopto icon in the text box editor
    Figure 2: Accessing the Panopto icon
  5. This will open a window with your Panopto recordings. Navigate to the folder in which your video was recorded, which will be either your personal folder or the course assignment folder, depending on how your instructor has this set up (See Fig. 3).
    Panopto folders in drop down
    Figure 3: Open the folder that contains your video
  6. Locate and select your video (See Fig. 4).
    Selected video in a list
    Figure 4: Selecting your video
  7. Then choose Insert in the bottom right (See, Fig. 5).
    Inserting your Panopto video into the assignment
    Figure 5: Inserting your Panopto video into the assignment
  8. Submit your assignment.
  9. Once the assignment has been submitted, you will receive a message at the top of the screen saying that it has been successfully submitted. Your teacher will now be able to watch your Panopto recording.

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