This article will guide you through recording a class session with Panopto in General Purpose Classrooms.
- For help getting started with Panopto, or managing your recordings, please visit UNC Panopto website.
- For further help with either classroom technology or Panopto, please contact the Classroom Hotline by picking up the Hotline phone in your room, dialing 919-962-6702, or emailing hotline@unc.edu.
In This Article:
Recording Class Sessions
- Start up the AV system by selecting Computer as your input on the touch panel.
- Press ctrl+alt+delete to log in, and log in with your Onyen and password.
- Send the computer to the projector or displays in your room using the send to projector buttons on the right of the AV main menu:
- Once the computer is logged in, open any presentation materials you plan on using. Then, open Panopto from the desktop icon or start menu. If this is your first time signing in to Panopto for the semester, click Sign in to sign in to Panopto:
- A browser window will open to the Single Sign-On page. Enter your Onyen and password to sign in. Click Open to allow the browser to open Panopto Recorder. You should be signed in automatically to Panopto for all future uses, as the login will be tied to your onyen and password that you initially entered to log in to the computer:
- Panopto Recorder will now be open and logged in. Select the folder to which you’d like the recording to be saved using the drop-down menu at the top. You should be able to see all folders to which you have access:
- Give your recording an easily identifiable name.
- Look at the Primary Sources menu on the left, and use the video drop down menu to select AV Bridge or AV Bridge Mini to use the wall-mounted web conferencing cameras in the room, if available. (See instructions for adjusting the camera views at the bottom of this page.)
- If you don’t see AV Bridge as an option, you can use the document camera as a camera source. Ensure the document camera is turned on (indicated by a green light on the unit,) and select AVer USB Camera as your camera source. Aim the document camera as needed. The image can be rotated by pressing the Rotate button on the remote control.
- Select your audio source from the drop down menu. If this room has ceiling, handheld, or lapel microphones, it will either be AV Bridge, HDL300, or BiAmp. If the room does not have these inputs, use USB Audio Capture (AVer USB Audio) to use the microphone embedded in the document camera:
- If needed, test multiple different microphone sources to see which gives you the best quality audio on the volume meter on the right of the primary sources menu.
- On the Secondary Sources menu on the bottom left, select which screen(s) you’d like to record. This can include both the primary and secondary monitors, as well PowerPoint presentations, if applicable.
- Start your recording by clicking the Record button in the upper left. Present your class materials as needed.
- When finished, click Stop Recording in the upper left. A pop-up window will remind you of the session’s title and file location. If needed, enter description notes in the box. Click Done when finished:
- When finished with recording for the day, close Panopto, and log out of the computer. Panopto will continue to upload to the cloud, even if the computer is logged out. Your recording will be accessible shortly by going to panopto.unc.edu, logging in, and navigating to the folder to which you saved the recording.
- When finished using the classroom technology, press System Power in the lower left of the AV Main Menu to reset the AV system for the next class.
Adjusting Camera Views
On the full screen computer preview page, press Select Camera in the lower left. Or, from the AV Main Menu, with the computer input selected, press Select Camera in the left of the screen:
This will open a page from which you can select which camera you’d like to use; adjust the pan, tilt, and zoom of each camera; adjust the speeds at which the pan, tilt, and zoom move; and establish presets for different camera positions by pressing and holding the numbers under Presets until a green screen appears reading “Preset Stored”:
From this menu, you may switch in between camera views, or adjust the cameras without stopping or pausing your Panopto recording, as all cameras are fed into a single input into the computer.
AVer Document Camera Audio Known Issue
Occasionally, the computer will not read any inputted audio coming into the PC from the document camera. If the document camera is turned on (indicated with a green light near the power button), the USB cable is secure in the left side of the console, and the AVer USB audio input is selected in Panopto, but no audio levels show on the input meter, simply adjust audio volume control slider next to the meter up or down, and the PC will read the audio.
Wall-Mounted Cameras Blue Screen Known Issue
A small number of rooms with wall-mounted cameras will initially put out a blue screen to the PC when AV Bridge is selected as the video input, instead of video. To resolve this, press Select Camera from the AV Main Menu or the full screen view of the PC, and then select one of the audience or instructor cameras. The AV Bridge requires that one of the cameras be selected initially before it supplies video to the PC. After that, you will be able to toggle between any of the cameras as needed, with no interruptions in video feed.