Overview

This documentation will go over how to create an assignment in Canvas so that students can submit their Panopto recordings for grading. The previous tutorial described how to generate an assignment subfolder. This tutorial expands upon that to include steps on how to build out a Canvas assignment for Panopto submissions. The benefit of this added step is that submissions will appear in the Canvas Speedgrader for the instructor to review.

Prerequisites

Creator access to Panopto. Note: By default, being enrolled in a Canvas course as a Teacher should provide you with Creator access to the Panopto folder associated with that course.

In order for Students to utilize the Panopto Insert Stuff tool to submit assignments in Canvas, they must first have record/upload privileges. Granting record/upload privileges in Panopto can be done by creating an Assignment folder (step 1, below) or by enabling Personal Folders for the users, which will grant them the role of a Creator.

1. Create an Assignment Folder in Panopto

Before proceeding, please note: your local Panopto Administrator may have configured Canvas to automatically allow students to insert Panopto videos. If this is the case, you may skip ahead to step 2. If you are not certain, please contact your local Panopto Administrator for assistance.

1.1. In the Canvas course, select Panopto Video from the left-hand navigation (Fig. 1). Note: If Panopto does not appear in your course navigation, please follow our guidance in How to Access Panopto in a Canvas Course: Add Panopto to the Course Navigation, first.

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1.2. In the course folder that appears, expand the options menu from the upper right-hand corner and select Settings (Fig. 2).

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1.3. On the Overview tab of the folder settings that appears, select Create Assignment Folder (Fig. 3).

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1.4. The assignment folder will be created (Fig. 4). Please note: The Canvas integration will automatically add students in your course as Viewers to the course folder in Panopto. To learn more about recording to or closing an assignment folder, please see How to Allow Viewers to Record Videos Using Assignment Folders.

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2. Create an Assignment in Canvas

2.1. Navigate to your course in Canvas. Select the Assignments tab, located in the left-hand navigation, and then click the +Assignment button in the top right to add a new assignment (Fig. 1).

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2.2. In the assignment editor, fill out the assignment and instructions in the text box if needed. Instructions for what students can expect from the submission process can be found here.

2.3. Make sure that the Submission Type is set to Online and then set to Text Entry so that students have access to the Panopto embed tool (Fig. 2).

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2.4. Click Save at the bottom to save the assignment, and then select Publish when you are ready for students to review it (Fig. 3a). The Publish button will now state Published to indicate that your students can view it (Fig. 3b)

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2.5. Students can now submit their Panopto recordings using the instructions in How to Submit a Video Assignment in Canvas.

3. Review and Grade Student Assignments

3.1. Navigate to the Assignment and click SpeedGrader in the upper right corner (Fig. 4).

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3.2. Each submission will include an embedded version of the students' Panopto videos (Fig. 5).

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3.3. Complete the assessment of the submission by entering a grade. To learn how to close an assignment folder, please see How to Allow Viewers to Record Videos Using Assignment Folders: Closing an Assignment Folder.