Overview
Approving videos for students access
Content is only viewable to students once it has been approved:
1. Locate your recording
You can access your recording, so you can approve it, in one of three ways:
- Follow the 2nd hyperlink in the Panopto notification email your are sent.
or
- Go into the Panopto block on the DLE module page and click on the recording. As a teacher you will be able to see recordings that are not yet approved.
or
- Open Panopto: plymouth.cloud.panopto.eu
2. Videos waiting for approval will be labelled as ‘waiting for approval’ in the folder you have saved them in.
![An image of a video card from the Panopto videos list with the waiting for approval text highlighted.](https://digi-ed.uk/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/waiting-for-approval.png)
3. Click on ‘Settings’ and click ‘Approve’ to make this visible to students.
If you move the video to a different location- you will need to Approve the video again.
![An image of the overview tab of a video with the approve video button highlighted.](https://digi-ed.uk/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Approve.png)
Students can now see the recording
- Once approved the students will access the recording via the Panopto Block linked to their module page on the DLE or via the Panopto Activity.
- Once a recording has been processed and approved it will become visible to students in the completed recordings section of the block. Clicking on this link will play the video.
![The apnopto block in moodle showing the approved videso in a lits.](https://digi-ed.uk/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Panopto-Block.png)
Panopto Activity
You can also use the Panopto activity within Moodle to embed your recordings into your course page. Click here to learn how to use the: Panopto Activity.