Panopto will be bringing new features within the new update 5.6:
- Blackboard Gradebook integration — Blackboard users can now integrate Panopto’s video quizzes into their LMS as assignments, and access quiz results directly from within the LMS gradebook.
- Build video presentations in the editor — You can use the HTML5 editor to upload individual media files and slide decks in order to build new video and audio presentations. Note that this feature is currently available as a beta release, turned off by default.
- New analytics capabilities — You can now download an Excel spreadsheet that reports on usage by viewing type (mobile vs. embed vs. interactive vs. download).
- Support for 360-degree video — You can upload videos captured by 360-degree cameras and watch them using the interactive player, embedded player, and popular VR headsets like Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift, and Samsung Gear VR.
- Additional caption providers — New providers, Rev.com and Verbit.ai, are available to caption your videos.
- Departmental branding — You can now customize the look of your department folders by adding logos that appear in the video player and folder browsing experience.
Settings Updates
Panopto 5.6 will also introduce updates to several settings:
- Playlists — The Playlists feature introduced in Panopto 5.5 will be enabled.
- Resume from last position — Within the interactive player, videos will now automatically pick up from the position where each user last left off.
