Panopto 101: Quickstart Faculty Guide

Panopto 101: Quickstart Faculty Guide

As we all gear up for the new academic year at Western, Panopto is your go-to platform for creating, sharing, and managing course videos. Whether you’re recording lectures, facilitating student video projects, or organizing your video library, Panopto brings a suite...

Panopto Video Management at Western

Panopto Video Management at Western

Panopto is the primary media management tool for video at WWU. Panopto is an easy-to-use, centralized media/video management application that is integrated directly in Canvas to provide video recording, editing, uploads, streaming playback, automated video captioning,...

Panopto: A Playlist of WWU Panopto Videos

Panopto: A Playlist of WWU Panopto Videos

Explore the large collection of videos created by instructional designer, Kevin Dixey, and other ATUS staff. These videos may differ from what is shown in Panopto's documentation and better represent the WWU Panopto environment. Panopto is the primary media management...

Panopto: Bulk Moving Videos

Panopto: Bulk Moving Videos

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to move one or more videos in Panopto from one folder to another.

Panopto: Creating Playlists

Panopto: Creating Playlists

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of creating and sharing playlists (collections of videos) in Panopto, Western's video management system.

Panopto: Deleting a Folder

Panopto: Deleting a Folder

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to delete an unused folder in Panopto.

Panopto: Organizing Videos

Panopto: Organizing Videos

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how to set the video viewing order for better organization of your content.

Panopto: Setting Availability

Panopto: Setting Availability

This video from WWU's Instructional Design Video Library provides an overview of how you can set availability of your videos via Panopto Video in Canvas or via Panopto's site.

Panopto: Setting Up Student Video Assignments and Discussions

Panopto: Setting Up Student Video Assignments and Discussions

In Canvas courses at WWU with Panopto Video enabled, students can easily record, edit, and upload videos directly into class discussions as well as assignments. Allowing an option for video submissions can make discussions more lively and can help students share their...

PowerPoint as a Virtual Background in Zoom

PowerPoint as a Virtual Background in Zoom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHl608ufAk If you're hoping to enhance your virtual presentations, you might consider this feature within Zoom, which allows you to achieve a green screen effect over your presentation content. Learn more in this video, or on AJ...

Preparing for a Successful Online Course: Preparing Strategically

Preparing for a Successful Online Course: Preparing Strategically

When creating an online course, there are some key details to keep in mind in order to ensure success for both you as an educator and your students. These include clearly communicating your intentions with your students from the start, being prepared technologically,...

Pro Camera as your Web Camera

Pro Camera as your Web Camera

In order to bring up the production value of your online course recordings, consider using a DSLR camera as a webcam. Learn more from AJ Barse 's post, Pro Camera as Your Web Camera.   Image Attribution: "photographer-455747_960_720" by Free-Photos is in the Public...

Pronoun Customization in Online Learning

Pronoun Customization in Online Learning

Anyone can share their pronouns with online learning platforms such as Canvas and Zoom. This can help prevent instructors and other students from unintentionally misgendering one another, helping to create a more inclusive and welcoming online community.  Explore...

Reclaiming and Diversifying College Office Hours

Reclaiming and Diversifying College Office Hours

By: Rita Daniels, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, WWU Holding office hours is a typical university requirement for instructors. They allow students to receive additional support for course content, be motivated to do better, receive professional advice,...

Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Online Courses

Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Online Courses

Regular and Substantive Interaction is a United States Department of Education regulation that outlines the requirements for instructor interaction in online courses. These requirements help distinguish online courses from correspondence courses. Learn more about RSI...

Rethinking Workshop Models: The “Ikebana” Workshop Method

Rethinking Workshop Models: The “Ikebana” Workshop Method

by Brenda Miller, Professor, English Department, WWU Why "Ikebana"? This model stems from what I experienced as a student in an Ikebana class here in Bellingham. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging; the compositions follow formal guidelines, but they also...

Setting Up an External Vixia Camera to Use as a Webcam

Setting Up an External Vixia Camera to Use as a Webcam

This video from WWU's Manager of ATUS Video Services, Robert B. Clark, gives you a guided tour in setting up a Vixia camera when there is a need for more camera capabilities for a video conference session.  Setting Up an External Vixia Camera to Use as a Webcam from...

Sharing Video and Audio in Zoom

Sharing Video and Audio in Zoom

Contributed to the TLCo-op by Alina Holmes, Graduate Research Assistant of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, 2020. Maybe you like to have music playing as students enter the class to get them started for the day. Maybe the music you are playing...