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Panopto Basic Editing The Panopto editor allows for easy web based editing from any modern browser. You can perform quick, non-destructive edits to any video on the Panopto platform and deliver exactly the content you choose to viewers.

You may wish to edit your recording for one or many of the following reasons: To remove the start and end sequences to make it more concise (topping and tailing). To remove (middle) section that do not contribute to the tone or content of the overall recording. To remove material following disruptions, copyright issues or unexpected events. If your audience require a brief and polished product.

Once logged into Panopto web interface, click on the Edit icon on the session you want to change.

Or alternatively, on the actual recording’s screen, click on the same icon in the top right corner of the window.

This will open up a new tab in your browser for the Panopto editor.

To edit your video use the editing timeline visible in the bottom right hand section of the screen. This timeline represents the entire length of your video showing each stream of content that makes up your session.

The left side of the timeline is the start of your video, the right hand side is the end of the video.

You can expand the timeline by selecting the arrow to show more detail

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To begin editing, select the ‘Cut’ tool.

To edit out the start of the video, click and drag the edit handle from the left to the right. To edit out the end of the video, click and drag the edit handle from the right to the left

To cut a section from the middle of video, position the cursor over the point you would like to start the edit, click and drag to the right and then let go at the point you want the cut to finish. This will remove the area highlighted from the video, and add a new handle at each edit point to allow you to finely trim your cut. The red crosses below highlight the areas that will not be shown to viewers. Editing in Panopto is non-destructive, so you can add this content back in later if you need to.

Editing in Panopto is non-destructive, so you can add this content back in later if you need to.

When you have completed your editing, select the ‘Publish’ option in the top right of the screen.



Primary Stream Editing

New in Panopto 5.3 is the ability to switch back and forth between two primary streams.

Use the focus tool in the red box below when there are multiple primary streams on a session timeline. This will choose which primary stream is visible at a given point in the timeline.

Within the new Panopto editor you have the ability to change the focus of the content recorded when multiple screens have been captured. Normally when multiple screens are captured the viewer is given the option to switch between the screens throughout the recording. The focus edit tools allows you to decide which stream they view at anytime, ensuring they do not miss any important content.

From within the editor you can use the ‘Focus’ focus tool tool to bring the secondary or primary stream into the focus. By selecting parts of the stream using the focus tool you will force the other stream to be shown.

You can also change the stream times if you want to shift the primary videos by clicking on the streams tab shown below.



Slide uploading and editing

Find the session you would like to add your slide deck within, and click 'Edit'

Next on the left-hand side find the 'Slides' tab. Here you are able to add in your Powerpoint deck by selecting 'Add a presentation'.

Browse to your Powerpoint file on your local machine and click OK. Once your deck has been uploaded. Click the 'Plus' icon to start manually adding in slides. You will see a new stream appear within your editor. Click anywhere within the new stream to add the slide in at the selected time stamp.

You are able to add multiple instances of a single slide on the timeline by repeating these steps. To remove a Powerpoint slide deck from the session, simply click the 'Trash Can' icon from the Slides tab.

Auto-Save and Undo The Panopto editor will automatically save any changes you make to the session, displaying a notice in the top bar. You can also undo any changes you make by selecting the 'Undo' button

If a session has unpublished changes made by another user and you try to edit the session, you will receive the following warning.

You can choose to take over the edits already made by the other user, or discard those edits and start fresh. To ensure all edits are made visible to viewers, be sure to choose 'Publish' when you are done.

Adding a Custom Preview Image Find the session you would like to upload a custom preview image for, and click 'Edit'

Using the 'Camera' Icon dropdown you can select either the active primary source frame as a preview image, or upload a custom image.

If 'Upload a custom preview image' is selected the session's 'Overview Mode' will appear over the editor.



Click 'Edit' on the 'Preview image' field

Select the 'Browse' button, and navigate to your custom preview image.

Select your image, and click 'Save'

Edit Stream Names

To change the name,-s of streams as they appear to the end user to provide more content, you can choose the 'Streams' tab in the top left of the editor, then click the 'Edit' icon.

This will open the 'Edit Stream' page allowing you to change the default name of the Stream.

You can do this for each stream in the session.

Edit Description and Table of Contents You edit the description field directly by click in that area and adding a new description.

The table of contents is automatically generated if a session is recorded with a PowerPoint or Keynote and offers an easy method to navigate the recording. It can be also added manually, or edited to provide the viewer with more information, including a direct web link



To add a new table of contents entry, click the Contents tab and select the pointer tool from the top left of the edit timeline. You can use the pointer tool to find the exact spot you want to insert a table of contents entry. Start typing in the box on the Contents tab to enter an event at that time.

Click enter to save the event.

You can also edit or from a thumbnail directly - place your cursor over the thumbnail you wish to edit and click on the edit icon.

If you can’t see the tumbnails it’s because you have limited desktop space - you can bring them up on smaller screens by choosing the ‘Preview’ option to the right of the edit timeline.

You can switch back to the main timeline view at any time Either of the options above will open up the edit window.

From this window you can edit the title, the time of the entry, make this image the default thumbnail, add meta data and enter a web link.

Change session title You can change the title of a session by clicking on the current title directly, and typing in a new title direct in the editor.



Embed a Youtube video into Panopto session A new feature in Panopto 5.4 is the ability to embed a YouTube video into your Panopto session from the editor.

1. In the editor, go to the contents tab (you are there by default when you first open the Panopto editor).

2. Click on the Insert YouTube video button.

1. This will insert a new Table of Contents entry at the location in the timeline that you are currently at. 2. A new screen will show up asking for information related to the YouTube video you are willing to embed.

These fields are to be filled out.

• Link - Paste in the link to the video that you would find in the address bar of your browser for the video. • Time - This is the time in your session in which the YouTube video will start • Start (Optional) - This field allows you to designate where in the YouTube video you want it to begin playing. • End (Optional) - This field allows you to designate where in the YouTube video you want it to stop playing • Show YouTube Controls (Checkbox) - If checked, the controls for the YouTube video will appear when you

hover over the video. • Autoplay (Checkbox) - If checked, when the Panopto session reaches the YouTube video the video will play

automatically. In unchecked, the session pauses and waits for the viewer to begin watching the video.



Panopto Advanced Editor The advanced Panopto editor allows you to add streams, splice, add and replace slides, save as and edit legacy WMV content.

The advanced editor is not supported in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. Please use Internet Explorer or Safari.

Log in and click the edit icon. Select the ‘More’ option on the left side of the screen and then ‘Open in advanced editor’.

This will open the advanced editor - please note that to take advantage of the extra features in the advanced editor you will need to have the Silverlight browser plugin installed. This is supported in Internet Explorer and Safari.

How to navigate the recording and add a new event.

1. Clicking anywhere in the timeline will navigate the video to that point. 2. Clicking on any of the events will take you to where that event starts.

3. Clicking on ‘Add a new event’ button under the Events tab in the lower left corner of the screen will add the new event.

4. Select a location by moving the black bar along the timeline where you would like to add the event.

5. An Edit Event Properties window will open. You can enter a tile for the chapter in the caption field, keywords/phrases in the Searchable Metadata box and ‘url’. Click O. The thumbnail image will be created after the session re-processes.

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How to edit an existing thumbnail/event

Hover the mouse over the thumbnail you wish to modify and then click on ‘Click to edit’

You can modify the caption, change searchable metadata, add a URL, delete the entire event and change the time the event is shown in the recording Additional information about thumbnail generation 1. For slides (PowerPoint or Keynote): they are generated every time a slide advances 2. For secondary video (screen cap, secondary camera): they are automatically generated every three minutes. You can add in events to supplement the three minute gap in secondary video.

How to modify the start time of a stream

1. Click the Streams tab 2. Click Edit on the stream you wish to modify 3. Change the start time as desired and click OK

Creating versions in the Panopto Editor The Save As feature lets you present the same session with different edits that can be distributed to viewers.

For example, if you had a seminar that was split into two halves (for instance, part 1 and part 2) you can use this feature to create a link with only the first part, and a separate link (version) to the second part. These will appear as individual links in the Panopto Web UI.

Important note: To use this feature, you must create a new version first, then edit and save that version.

In the editor, click ‘Save As’



Enter a name for the new version of your session and click OK.

The session will automatically change to the new version, in this case: v3. Any changes that are made will be saved to the new version and not the default.

Switching between different edits in the Panopto Editor You can use this easy accessible drop down menu to quickly hop from one version of the recording to another.

Inserting/Editing captions You can manually type in a caption stream for your recordings right from the editor. To do this, click on the captions tab – start typing in the text box – press ENTER when you want to add your captions. After saving and committing the captions, these will now be visible in the captions tab in the viewer. Useful Panopto Editor features.

1. Stop button. Clicking the stop button returns the video back to 00:00 2. Preview Edits. If checked, only the segments of video that are being kept will play 3. +/- controls. This allows you to zoom in/out of the recording 4. Clicking revert will undo all editing that has been done

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Splicing / Remixing

Remixing - Have you ever wished you could re-record part of a lecture? Introduce your video with a polished lead-in track? Show part of another video in your own presentation? Easily stitch several presentations together? Now you can, with Panopto's new remixing capability. With the easy-to-use Panopto editor, you can make your presentations richer and more engaging than ever before.

Find the session that you want to add content into and click edit.

1. Click on the + sign (next to the scissors icon) 2. From the ‘add another session’ tab, expand the Folder and click on the session that will be spliced in. 3. To add the new clip to: • the beginning of your video under New Session Position – select Start – then click OK • the middle of your video Under New Session Position – select Click to position – then click OK • the end of your video under New Session Position – select End – then click OK 4. The session will be added to the start/middle/end of the editor timeline (note: you will have to re-adjust the handles if you move the newly spliced in segment). 5. Click save then save and quit.

Adding PowerPoint presentation or single slide

You can add a PowerPoint (or an additional PowerPoint slide) to an existing recording via the edit screen. 3. Working in the 'Slides' tab, Click the 'Add a presentation' button then upload your presentation and/or single slide from your computer. 4. Once the Presentation has uploaded and finished processing you need to 'Add' each slide to a relevant point of the recording.

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Adding a Hyperlink You are able to add a URL link to a recording Event, this pauses the recording and displays the link in the main window. Users then need to click Play to resume watching. Note that some websites do not display well (known websites are YouTube and Vimeo). Also, this feature will only work if the viewer has an active internet connection while viewing a presentation. It will not load if viewed or downloaded offline.

1. From the Events tab, click the 'Add a new event' and Set the time, OR right-click the timeline where you would like the event and click 'Add new event' 2. Provide a title 3. Add the URL into the 'Url' field

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