Since we implemented our auto-archive policy after 2 years of not being viewed (a great feature!), a couple faculty said they were frustrated that they didn't get notifications about the move to archive—which takes 2-3 days before the videos can be recovered. While system admin get the notifications, it would clearly help our users to get that notification, too, so they can prevent their media from being moved to the archive—if that's important to them.

Thanks!

Had a faculty member reach out: Is there a way to prevent students from downloading the captions transcript file in a Panopto video? currently teaching a summer class, and one of the students let them know that others are downloading the transcript file and then uploading it to ChatGPT, so they'd like to prevent them from being able to download the file if possible."

As more AI ins found around campuses, allowing creators to control what downloads the vieweres have access to on a more modular level can hep creators. At the moment, there is an all or nothing site-wide option on such settings.

Please add a Multifactor Authentication setting for Panopto accounts

When I'm going over material I've previously recorded, sometimes I want to clarify or supplement what's in the video with my own clip as an annotation. The process now is to go back to a previous tab where I can access "+ Create" and record myself and the screen via Panopto Capture in the browser. However, I think it would be really helpful if one could just record a new clip straight from the editor using "Add Clip", having a recording feature available there so I could insert it straight to the timeline right there where I want it in the editor instead of having to back track to "Panopto Capture", record the clip, and then insert it from where I saved it. Might there be a way to implement a solution like this?

It would be helpful to have access to what sessions are currently in flight from the archive back to live storage.

Currently, Panopto accounts are created for users if they access a Panopto link and login using SSO via our institution.
However, once someone leaves our institution and we remove their account from our Active Directory, their Panopto account is not removed accordingly.

As confirmed by Panopto, Panopto does not provide this functionality (automatically delete user accounts upon deactivation/deletion in the SSO provider).

We'd like this to be investigated and this feature introduced.

I believe this was raised previously - FR-3847

Another feature request from a faculty member: you can drag the playhead slider around within a video, but the displayed frame only jumps to show the new frame at the moment when you stop dragging. It is easier to locate a particular segment in a video if the player updates the frame continually as you drag the playhead (scrubbing).

Video.js, for instance, has this behavior which can be seen if you drag the circle on the timeline on their demo video. Here's a mention of scrubbing in their API docs. I don't think you're using video.js but wanted to mention it.

When it comes to video, most of my instructors only want to do one simple thing: record a video of themselves delivering a powerpoint presentation, to be viewed later as a "video lecture." It should not be as difficult as it is to do this using Panopto.

Ideal State:

Instructors can view the shared presentation, their own webcam, and the Panopto controls (record, stop, etc), simultaneously, while presenting, with only one monitor. Ideally there would be an interface that shows all of the streams being captured, side by side. I can think of several different ways this could work.

The current "solution" involves very carefully alt-tabbing between applications, and anything that involves keyboard shortcuts that have to be memorized is a non-starter for a significant segment of my population. Also this "solution" does not work for the desktop clients, and is dependent upon both operating system and browser, making customer support a nightmare. Many of my instructors find it easier to make a video like this using Zoom. I find that to be a very inelegant, inefficient solution, but I can't blame them for defaulting to that.

We have been considering using Panopto for some recurring events but the fact that we would have to update the embed code on a website at least weekly (if not more frequently) doesn't make it a very viable solution. Being able to re-use the same embed code for multiple or recurring live streams would be a huge plus for us as well.

Ideally, session owners and department admins will get automated e-mails that list all their sessions that are scheduled to be archived and/or deleted via the content retention policies. The e-mail should include instructions on how to change the retention policy on their individual sessions (and folders) to prevent the automatic action if the owner wants to protect the session(s). The time interval the e-mail is sent out prior to the archive/deletion date should be adjustable by administrators.