Panopto vs. Zoom
Panopto
Panopto is, first, foremost, and almost entirely, a lecture capture tool with an unlimited media听repository. It enables faculty to create pre-recorded lecture materials, or to capture live lecture听via an integration with Zoom Cloud Recordings. As it is software-based, the recording software听can be accessed or installed on any computer, personal or 快活林性息-provided. Videos automatically听enter the media repository for management, and an integration with Canvas means videos can听be pushed into courses. Materials can also be recorded directly from Canvas and will听automatically appear in that course鈥檚 catalog.听
Panopto does not adequately support live streaming of its recordings, and should not be听considered for this purpose.
Panopto auto-captions videos that do not听already have them, which makes all videos fully听searchable by keyword.
Zoom
Zoom is for video conferencing and, therefore, live, synchronous meetings. It is useful for synchronous听classes. It does have a recording feature and can therefore be an effective听if at times clumsy way of听doing lecture capture.听
听are auto-captioned by Zoom after听the recording is complete and uploaded. Zoom does not offer live captioning or transcription at this time.听
Panopto-Zoom Integration
If a Zoom meeting is听, there is an integration between it and Panopto. The Zoom Cloud recording will be automatically imported into Panopto for听further manipulation.
Our recommendation is that if is a synchronous, live session, then use Zoom to record. If it is pre-recorded and meant for consumption later, use Panopto. In either case, all media ends up in Panopto which can then be pushed to Canvas.