Creating Quizzes and Adding Captions

Panopto Update 5.3 included the ability to create quizzes directly in your video as well as adding computer generated captions. 

Creating Quizzes in Panopto Videos  

Tip: To use the quiz feature in Panopto, provide students with the link to the Panopto video. Quiz questions do not show up in embedded videos or podcast downloads. 

Key Steps:

• Open the editor for the specific video.
• Select "Quizzing" on the left-hand side of the editor. 
• Click "Add a Quiz" at the point in the video where you want a question. 
• Select your type of question, write your question, click Done. 
• Finalize your options, click "finish" and "publish."

* When you want to see the results of the quizzes, follow this step by step guide. Links to an external site.

Adding Captions to Videos

Adding captions to your videos benefits everyone Links to an external site.. Traditionally, this process was either very time consuming or very expensive. Now with auto-captioning, you can have your video captioned automatically. The technology isn't perfect nor 508 compliant, yet it is at least a step in the right direction.

As of Spring 2024, all new videos added to Panopto will automatically have machine generated captions. If you have past videos that still need automatic captioning, follow the instructions outlined by Panopto on how to add automatic machine captions to your videos Links to an external site.. If you have a DAS request for accommodation that requires captioning, please reach out to your instructional designers to help get you connected to professional captioning.