{"id":1983,"date":"2021-07-22T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1983"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:17:02","slug":"why-cant-my-students-see-my-panopto-video","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/why-cant-my-students-see-my-panopto-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Approving Panopto videos for students access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approving videos for students access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Content is only viewable to students once it has been approved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Locate your recording<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access your recording, so you can approve it, in one of three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follow the 2nd hyperlink in the Panopto notification email your are sent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Panopto:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/plymouth.cloud.panopto.eu\/\">plymouth.cloud.panopto.eu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2.&nbsp;Videos waiting for approval will be labelled as &#8216;waiting for approval&#8217; in the folder you have saved them in.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1906\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.png\" alt=\"Panopto screenshot of video waiting for approval\" class=\"wp-image-8544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.png 1906w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-1024x238.png 1024w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-768x179.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-50x12.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-1536x357.png 1536w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-60x14.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-100x23.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1906px) 100vw, 1906px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Click on &#8216;Settings&#8217; and click &#8216;Approve&#8217; to make this visible to students.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you move the video to a different location- you will need to Approve the video again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.png\" alt=\"Panopto screenshot showing overview settings and session information. Approve highlighted.\" class=\"wp-image-8545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.png 831w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-768x650.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-50x42.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-60x51.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-100x85.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Students can now see the recording<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once approved the students will access the recording via the Panopto Block linked to their module page on the DLE or via the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/using-the-panopto-activity-to-link-to-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panopto Activity<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the DLE Panopto block,\" class=\"wp-image-8547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3.png 320w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-41x50.png 41w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-49x60.png 49w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/3-81x100.png 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panopto Activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>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:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/using-the-panopto-activity-to-link-to-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panopto Activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will explain how to approve your Panopto video so that students can view it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[62],"ht-kb-tag":[137,165],"class_list":["post-1983","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-panopto","ht_kb_tag-approval","ht_kb_tag-approving"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8548,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1983\/revisions\/8548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1983"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}