1. Add: Captions
Add captions to your videos to ensure they are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Who this helps
- Anyone with mild to profound hearing loss
- People with with decreased hearing due to aging
- People with damaged hearing from exposure to loud noises
- People with infections or injuries who may experience temporary or permanant hearing loss
- People taking medications that can affect hearing
Who this also helps
- Foreign language learners who may have diffculty understanding spoken words
- People working in noisy or sound-sensitive environments
- People with learning disabilities, attention deficits, and autism who use captions to help maintain concentration
- Everyone who may have trouble comprehending mumbled words, fast speech, or dialogue when there is background noise
Note: If you auto-generate captions, review them for accuracy. Panopto (like all auto-captioning services) does not always get it right.

Steps
- Click UATools in the Navbar and select Panopto from the list.
- Hover your mouse over the video and click the Edit button.
- Choose Captions from the menu.
- Click Import Captions and choose one:
- Upload Request Captions (to upload a caption file).
- Import automatic captions (to auto generate captions).
- To edit a caption, simply click on the text and type in your changes.
Note: Videos created in (or uploaded to) Panopto before December 17, 2016, do not have the autocaption option. You can download the video and re-upload it to get the option, or submit an email request to the Panopto Support Team (AcadTech@arizona.edu) to have your video "reprocessed". Include the name of your course site (as it appears in D2L) and the name of your video.
2. Use: Panopto Notes
Let students share notes using a Panopto channel.
For many students, notes are an essential study aid. However, not all students can pay attention to a lecture or video and take notes at the same time.
Who this helps
- Students with auditory processing problems whose notes may be sparse or unclear
- Deaf and hard-of-hearing people who need to watch captions
- Students with physical disabilites who find typing or writing difficult
Who this also helps
- Note-takers who may benefit from better focus, comprehension, and retention
- Everyone who uses notes as a study aid
In Panopto, users can take notes using a channel.
Steps
- Navigate to your Panopto video (and click to open it).
- Click the Notes tab in the navigation panel.
Note: You have the option to make any notes you add here either public (visible to students) or private (visible to yourself only).
- Click the Channel menu to open it.
- Select Join a Channel.
- Give your channel a name.
Note: Students can find and add notes by following the same steps 1-4 above, and selecting the group name. Be sure to tell them about the notes feature and how to find it.