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Panopto Captions

Pre-Recorded Videos

Panopto is CSUN’s online video platform for recording, hosting, and sharing video. With Panopto, you can simultaneously record video from a webcam, capture your screen, and audio from a microphone, or upload your own video files. Panopto also makes any classroom on campus lecture capture-ready. With Panopto's integration with Canvas, you can share your videos throughout your courses wherever you find the Rich Content Editor. Once in Panopto, you can share your videos with students, anyone in the CSUN community, and beyond. With Zoom Cloud Recording enabled, your meetings are automatically added to your Panopto library. Learn more about CSUN Panopto and FAQs

Panopto also auto-captions your videos and provides an intuitive editor to correct captions so they meet accessibility standards. Viewers can search for any word spoken or shown in any video using Smart Search technology.

Are videos automatically captioned in Panopto? Are the captions good enough for students who need accommodations?

All videos are automatically captioned in Panopto. However, since they are computer-generated and not 99% accurate, they are not acceptable for students that need accommodations. If you have a student with an approved accommodation request please contact the National Center on Deafness (NCOD) on campus for support at ncod@csun.edu.

Can I correct captions in Panopto?

Yes. Only creators/owners can edit captions in Panopto. If you “hover” your mouse pointer over a video title, select Edit, then select Captions in the menu on the left of the screen, you can directly edit the captions while watching the video. Once you have edited the captions, select the Apply button in the top-right corner to save the changes.

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