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  1. Navigate into the assignment and follow the instructional steps provided.An overview of a a Panopto Assignment page in Blackboard.
  2. Record or upload your video in Panopto. To start creating your video from that first step, click the hyperlink to open your Panopto video library.
    An overview of a Panopto Assignment page in Blackboard. A red arrow points to the Panopto Video library hyperlink, indicating it should be clicked.
  3. In your Panopto video library, click the Create button to record a new video. An overview of a Panopto Video library. A red arrow points to the Create button, indicating it should be clicked.
  4. In the popup menu that appears, click Panopto Capture to launch the browser-based recorder. An overview of a Panopto Video library. The Create button has been clicked, and a dropdown menu with many options for recording has appeared. A red arrow indicates that the user should click the Panopto Capture option.
  5. This will open Panopto Capture in a new browser tab. This is where you will record your video. Make sure to select the appropriate audio input, video input, and screens or apps to share for the assignment at hand. An overview of the Panopto Capture in-browser tool. Arrows indicate that the user should click to select their audio, video, and screen inputs for the recording.
  6. Before recording, you can change a few more settings via the gear icon in the lower-right corner. Once you are all set, click the red record button in the middle of the screen to start your recording. When you are finished recording, click the red record button once more.
    A Panopto Capture tool ready to record. Red arrows indicate that the user should either click the gear button to access any additional settings needed or the record button in the middle of the screen to begin and end the recording.
  7. Once you stop recording, you will be presented with the Video Preparation Page. Wait until that page says Your video is ready in the upper-left corner. Once you see that message, your video is saved. You may now close the Panopto Capture browser tab and return to your Blackboard Assignment page. An overview of a completed recording in Panopto. Users should wait until they are told "Your video is ready" before closing the tab for Panopto.
  8. Back in Blackboard, click the Create submission tab on the assignment page. An overview of a Panopto video assignment in Blackboard. A red square surrounds the Create Submission tab, indicating it should be clicked to expand the submission textbox.
  9. Click the three-dots icon, then click the Add Content icon. The Create Submission textbox for a Panopto Video assignment in Blackboard. A red arrow indicates the user should click the three-dots icon to expand to show all available toolbars.The Create Submission textbox for a Panopto Video assignment in Blackboard, with all toolbars displayed. A red arrow indicates the user should click the Add Content icon, the last option on the third toolbar, to open up options to add additional content.
  10. Select Panopto Student Submission Tool from the Add Content dropdown list. Screenshot of the Add Content options menu, with Panopto Student Submission Tool indicated by an arrow.
  11. Choose the Panopto video you’d like to use for the assignment, then click Insert.The Panopto Student Video Submission screen. Red arrows indicate the user should click the circle next to the video they want to submit and then click the submit video button.
  12. The selected video is embedded in the submission field.  Add any additional text as needed and click Submit at the bottom-right corner when finished.
    The completed end result of adding a video to the create submission textbox. A red arrow indicates the user should click the Submit button to send the video to the instructor and complete the assignment.

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