Adding video to Blackboard

Choose one the following options for how you would like your videos to appear.

Automatic

  • A few clicks and no more work needs to be done for the rest of the term.
  • Suitable for videos that do not roll over from one year to the next.
Blackboard page. Menu down left that includes recorded sessions. Right has content including two videos with thumbnails and links to videos.
The default: Automatically added. Click to enlarge.
Automatic video lists are created when following these provisioning instructions

Manual

Embedded as a Panopto Video Embed

  • Quicker to add the video and no copying and pasting.
  • Students can continue reading your text while watching the video.
  • Suitable for videos that rolled over each year (Important: requires adding videos to the correct folder).

Instructions for a video embedded

Embedded as a content item

  • You can add additional text to the video.
  • Students can continue reading your text while watching the video.
  • Suitable for videos that roll over each year (requires adding to the correct folder).

Instructions for a video embedded as a content item

Linked with the Panopto insert video tool

  • Nothing to copy and paste.
  • Simple choices from a drop down list.
  • Not suitable for content that rollover from year to year without removing features from the automatic “Recorded Sessions” area.
Panopto page with menus for adding content. Two items of content, both a clickable link with the Panopto logo, a description of the video written underneath.
Available from the tools menu. Click to enlarge
Instructions for using the Panopto insert video tool