Panopto at USC
It's common for instructors to host course videos on Panopto at the university, as Panopto can be integrated directly within Blackboard LMS. Now that the university also has an enterprise license for Zoom, online classes that are recorded on Zoom can be saved to the cloud and then accessed through Panopto.
When a video is uploaded to Panopto (e.g., from Zoom), Panopto will auto-generate captions and a transcript for your video. It's important that you edit these captions for accuracy if you plan on sharing your video recording—consider spelling, grammar, punctuation, speaker identification, and timing of your captions.
Example of Editing Captions in Panopto
In this example, we will walk through how to edit the captions for a video that was recorded on Zoom.
- Once your video has finished processing, open your video in Panopto.
- Select the Edit button in the top toolbar to edit your recording.
- Select Captions from the tab options on the left to reveal the video's captions.
Caption Text Caption Start Time Mary Prouty: Hey, everyone! 0:14 Mary Prouty: This is a test of the
automatic, live captioning and
transcription that zoom provides by
default0:16 Mary Prouty: now, due to the
inaccuracies of automatic live captioning.0:24 Mary Prouty: It is important
that instructors, faculty members, or anybody
using the Zoom client that is, recording
their meetings0:30 Mary Prouty: and sharing
those recordings afterward0:38 Mary Prouty: is editing those captions for
accuracy within the Panopto client.0:42 Mary Prouty: Thanks everyone, and that's
all, for now.0:47 - Fix any spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes in the captions.
Caption Text Caption Start Time Mary Prouty: Hey, everyone! 0:14 Mary Prouty: This is a test of the
automatic, live captioning and
transcription that Zoom provides by
default.0:16 Mary Prouty: Now, due to the
inaccuracies of automatic live captioning,0:24 Mary Prouty: it is important
that instructors, faculty members, or anybody
using the Zoom client that is recording
their meetings0:30 Mary Prouty: and sharing
those recordings afterward0:38 Mary Prouty: is editing those captions for
accuracy within the Panopto client.0:42 Mary Prouty: Thanks everyone, and that's
all for now.0:47 - Identify the speaker only when the speaker changes.
Caption Text Caption Start Time Mary Prouty: Hey, everyone! 0:14 This is a test of the
automatic, live captioning and
transcription that Zoom provides by
default.0:16 Now, due to the
inaccuracies of automatic live captioning,0:24 it is important
that instructors, faculty members, or anybody
using the Zoom client that is recording
their meetings0:30 and sharing
those recordings afterward0:38 is editing those captions for
accuracy within the Panopto client.0:42 Thanks everyone, and that's
all for now.0:47 - Break your caption text onto one or two lines per caption.
Use "Shift + Enter" to add a soft line break where appropriate within each caption frame.
- Try to include no more than 42 characters per line of each caption.
Caption Text Caption Start Time Mary Prouty: Hey, everyone! 0:14 This is a test
of the automatic live captioning0:16 and transcription
that Zoom provides by default.0:20 Now, due to the inaccuracies
of automatic live captioning,0:24 it is important that
instructors, faculty members, or anybody0:30 using the Zoom client
that is recording their meetings0:34 and sharing those recordings afterward 0:38 is editing those captions for accuracy
within the Panopto client.0:42 Thanks everyone,
and that's all for now.0:47 - Edit the timing of your captions to line up with your audio, if they aren't already
in sync.
- Try to include no more than 42 characters per line of each caption.
- Play your video to verify the accuracy and quality of your edited captions.
Additional Captioning Tips
Check out Panopto's guide for more ways to edit or delete your captions in Panopto.
For a more general set of captioning guidelines, check out The Captioning Key, developed by Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).