Why is My Question or Response Not Posting?

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Packback. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Before you can begin posting in your Packback community, you’ll want to make sure you’ve completed registration first.

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How Does Grading Work?

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Packback. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

One of the great things that sets Packback apart from other online discussion platforms is our Curiosity Scoring System, which calculates a grade for you based on a set of criteria. Some instructors have even set up a grade book for you so that you can see how many points you’ve earned in your class for a given week. 

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Sharing Badges to LinkedIn

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on the use of LinkedIn. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

You will see this option if you have completed at least one achievement in your program’s pathway.

At this time, you can only share a completed achievement to LinkedIn via our web app.

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Why Am I Seeing the Error “Uploads are now Blocked”?

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Panopto. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Why Am I Seeing the Error “Uploads are now Blocked”?

In this article, learn how to troubleshoot the error message, “Problem: uploads are blocked.”

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How to Upload a PDF Into a Video

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Panopto. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Viewers will be able to access the PDF(s) in the video player as a secondary stream. Please note: PDF uploads are currently limited to 100 MB. Additionally, PDF(s) will appear in the embedded viewer at the beginning of the video. As such, Viewers will need to select Close in the upper right corner to proceed with watching the video. 

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How to Record a Video

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Panopto. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Panopto Capture allows a user to easily record audio, video, and screens or applications. A user can access Panopto Capture directly within their browser instead of downloading the desktop application.  

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Learn About Supported Media File Types for Uploading

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Panopto. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Video files are comprised of containers and codecs. The most common format is an MP4 container, with H.264 Video codec and AAC audio codec.  The following article includes the containers and codecs officially supported by Panopto Cloud and Panopto On-Prem setups.  To provide an optimal streaming experience, Panopto encodes into AAC/H264 and packages into HLS in multiple quality levels for video playback in any modern browser.

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Learn About the Create Button

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Panopto. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

Creating content is as easy as clicking a button. The Create button allows you to create different types of content in Panopto. This document explains what each option will enable you to create.

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Writing Your Deep Dives Assignment

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Packback Deep Dives is a tool that exists to help you improve your written communication and independent research skills on long-form writing assignments and reflections.

Deep Dives will coach you through your growth as both a researcher and a writer! Here you get a “Digital Writing Coach” that gives real-time suggestions.

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Welcome to Packback Deep Dives Video

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Student Technology Services does not provide direct, student-facing training on using Packback. In lieu of providing these services in-house, we curate 3rd party resources that can help support students.

This video is meant to guide you, the student, on how to get started in your Packback community, how to access writing assignments in Deep Dives, and how to best utilize the Packback AI to grow as a writer and researcher.

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