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Panopto – How to record your screen and microphone on mobile/tablets

You may have tried to use the Panopto app, but found it only records video from your camera and not the screen. Which is not useful if you wish to record something in an app or do a presentation.

This is a work in progress limitation that Panopto aims to fix with having the ability to make recordings from the web app. However, this feature is not yet out.

In order to make a screen recording with you talking over it, you need to use your devices inbuilt screen recording features. Then you can use the Panopto mobile app to upload your recording to Panopto.

iOS users

iOS users can use ‘Screen Recording’, which is a feature you might need to activate on your device first. Apple have a guide on how to activate screen recording and how to select your microphone.

After you have made your recording, you can use the Panopto mobile app to upload your content.

Android users

On Android you will find there is a screen recorder waiting to be used. To use the recorder there are a few steps you need to do by using an Android guide on how to activate screen recording.

After you have made your recording, you can use the Panopto mobile app to upload your content.

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