Recording Videos

Panopto Recorder (Windows 10/ MacOS)

https://support.panopto.com

Teaching staff can use the Panopto Recorder software to create engaging teaching videos. The following links offer further guidance:

• Downloading Panopto Software
• Recording with Panopto for Windows
• Recording with Panopto for Mac

Open Broadcaster Software (Windows/ MacOS / Linux)

https://obsproject.com/

Especially useful for Linux users, OBS is a powerful open source 3rd party video capture application. Videos created with OBS can then be uploaded to Panopto for sharing with students. Further guidance is listed below:

• Downloading OBS
• OBS Quick Start Guide
• Uploading videos to Panopto

Capturing Writing

It is possible to capture both digital and traditional writing surfaces for use in online teaching and there a number of tools available to support this:

Digital (Touch screens/ writing tablets)

• https://openboard.ch/
• https://whiteboard.microsoft.com/
• https://jamboard.google.com/
• PowerPoint + Ink Tools

Traditional (Pen and Paper/ whiteboard)

Visualizers

Visualisers are desktop ‘document’ cameras that are designed to capture handwriting for video feeds. Whilst feature rich models are often used in lecture theatres, there are a number of affordable USB desktop models that are designed for personal use. For recommendations please contact av-support@eng.cam.ac.uk

Webcam

A webcam positioned above a piece of paper or pointing at a whiteboard can do a good job of capturing writing. For recommendations please contact av-support@eng.cam.ac.uk

Smart phone

• DroidCam
• NDI
• EpocCam
• ManyCam

Video Editing

Panopto video editor