This guide explores the option of creating an assignment in Blackboard Ultra that allows students to submit a video from Panopto. Unlike the Panopto assignment folder, this process automatically makes an assessment folder for you.
Example scenario
For an assessment you want students to submit a written essay or a PowerPoint presentation and you would also like your students to submit a video presentation in Panopto. Ideally, you would like to keep all of the work collected together and be able to mark it in the standard Blackboard marking interface.
Previously the way to do this would be to create a Panopto assignment folder, then ask your students to submit to that and finally ask them to upload a document to an assignment system that included a weblink to the video.
With Blackboard Ultra courses this can be simplified further with a Blackboard assignment. If you create any assignment in Blackboard students will always have the option to upload a Panopto video as part of the submission. This means you can say to your students and in the assignment description that you wish to have a video submission without any further set-up.
How to set it up
On your Blackboard Ultra course set up an assignment as normal, we have instructions on how to do this.
Make sure that you explain to your students in the description and additional information that you wish students to submit a Panopto recording.
Alongside this information, you should link to our eLearn help guide for students on how to submit a Panopto recording.
Then students will submit any documents along with their Panopto video for the assignment.
In terms of marking you will then be able to mark the assignment the same as any other Blackboard assignment, but be able to see an embedded playable Panopto video submitted by the student.
If you would like to see a step-by-step guide for this Panopto has made a useful guide, however, our eLearn guides on Blackboard assignments will also help.