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Panopto: Manually Creating an Assignments Folder

Updated on Jul 19, 2024

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Panopto Assignment folders are crucial for student assignments as they allow limited creator rights to the students enrolled in the course. Through your course's Assignments folder your students can record and upload video in D2L Discussions and Assignments. By default, students are not able to see or view other student submissions within the Assignment Folder. This can be changed within the Settings for the Assignment Folder. Instructions on this optional setting change are at the end of this article.

Assignment folders are now automatically created. All you need to do is add a Panopto access link in your course and then select that link.

For students to gain access to your course's Panopto they must first select the Panopto access link you include in your course. Selecting the Panopto Access link in your course will automatically create their account (if they don't have one already), and give them access to your Panopto course folder and the course Assignment folder.

Prerequisites

Have a Panopto access link set up in your course following the guide Panopto: Adding a Panopto Login to a D2L Course.

Step-by-step Directions

1. Select your Panopto access link in your D2L course.

Image of a module in D2L titled Panopto Access. Select the Panopto Video link set up previously.

2. Your course folder will open in Panopto in a new window. Select the triple dot menu and then select Settings.

3. Under the Overview tab, select the Create Assignment Folder link.

image showing the course folder settings pop-up window on the Overview Tab and the Create Assignment Folder link being selected under Assignment Folder.

4. The folder is created and will adopt the name of the course by default, followed by an [assignments] tag

image showing the course folder settings pop-up window on the Overview Tab and the newly created Assignment Folder being highlighted under Assignment Folder.

5. Congrats! The folder now appears in your course folder and will allow limited creator rights to students enrolled in the course once they access Panopto through your Panopto access link.

image showing the course folder and the Assignment folder being highlighted in the folder bar under the course folder name and search bar.

5. (Optional) Allow Students to View Other User’s Content in an Assignment Folder

5.1 Navigate to the assignment folder in the course folder that you wish to edit, and open up the Settings (gear) icon for the folder.

image showing the Assignment Folder page in Panopto with the Settings (gear) icon being selected in the upper right corner of the window.

5.2 Under the Settings tab, check the box next to Allow viewers to see each others sessions. After adjusting your settings, you can close the pop-up window by clicking Close (X) buton to finalize the changes.