Panopto and Echo360 Crosswalk

This crosswalk aims to assist you in transitioning from Echo360 to Panopto by comparing common actions such as recording, editing, organizing, and renaming videos. If you would like more information on Panopto, see this Getting Started with Panopto guide.

I want to open Panopto

In Echo 360:

Opened Echo360 through a web browser or favorited site.

or

Launched through Canvas

In Panopto

Open https://uncw.hosted.panopto.com in my web browser

or

Select Panopto Video in Course Navigation from my Canvas course.
- I may need to go to Settings to add Panopto to the Course Navigation.

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

Accessing Panopto from Canvas.

I want to record a video

In Echo360:

Clicked the Create button in Echo360's web browser or
Opened the recording program that I downloaded to access the screen capturing tool.

or

Recorded in Zoom and then uploaded to Echo360.

In Panopto:

Click the Create button from Panopto's web browser.
Choose the recording option that best fits the video creation needs.
Select the necessary audio, video, and screen inputs.
Click the red record button to start and stop the recording.

or

Record my video in Zoom.
Locate the Zoom recording in "My Folder" in Panopto

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

Panopto Create button
Panopto for Windows
Panopto Capture

I want to rename my video

In Echo360:

Clicked the Edit Details button from the video.
In the General tab, changed the name.

In Panopto:

Hover over the desired video and select the Settings button.
Click Edit to the right of the video's name in the settings window.
Type in the new name and click save.

or

Immediately after recording with Panopto, update the name in the video details box in the video upload and processing window.

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

I want to edit my video

In Echo360

Hovered over the video and selected Edit Media.

or

Opened the editor through the Media Details page of the video.

To trim a video:

Dragged the pink vertical bars at the beginning or end of video to the desired start or stop location.

In Panopto:

Hover over the video in My Folder and click the Edit button.

or

Click the Edit button from an opened video.

To trim a video:

Click the scissors icon for the cut tool.
Ensure the red vertical bar in the timeline is placed where you'd like the video to start.
Select the cut tool, click and drag the gray line to trim out the section of the video.
The same process can be used to trim the end of a video.

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

How to Edit a Video

I want to organize my videos

In Echo360

Videos were located under the Library.
Collections created a grouping of videos and could be collaborative.
Classes held videos that students could view such as lecture and presentation recordings.

In Panopto:

Videos are located in My Folder. New sub-folders can be created.
Folders and videos can be shared with others
Classes...

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

I want to share my video

In Echo360

In Canvas, a video was embedded using the Echo360 button in the rich content editor.
To share an individual video, the Share button was used to add a colleague.

In Panopto:

In Canvas, a video is embedded using the Panopto button in the rich content editor.
The share button on videos or folder is used to invite other uses, generate a shareable link or an embed code.
A Playlist can be created and shared with users.

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

I want to view analytics about my video

In Echo360

For an individual video

From the Media Details page of the video, the Analytics tab provided information on number of views, view time and average play-through
Analytics based on time ranges and media location and user-level data were available.

For Course and Student Data

In the Course view, the Analytics page showed student participation data for each class.
The student tab of the Analytics page provided more detailed data about each student.

In Panopto:

For an individual video use Session Statistics

Hover over the video of interest, click the drop-down menu option and select Stats.
Review data on views and downloads, viewer engagement, and top viewers.

For Course level data use Folder Statistics

Hover over the folder of interest and click the drop-down menu option.
Select Stats to review Views and Downloads and data about Top Sessions in the folder.

Use the following Panopto resources to learn more:

Learn About Folder and Session Level Statistics