Panopto: Quizzes

Panopto enables video Creators to add quiz questions at any point in a recording. This can be a good way to keep students engaged and measure their understanding of a recording's content.

Before you start, you will need:

  • A Creator role in your course folder within Bryn Mawr's Panopto site

Setting up a Panopto Quiz

  1. Find the video to which you want to add a quiz and click Edit.
  2. Move your recording to the time where you want to add a quiz question.
  3. Select Quizzes > Add a Quiz.
  4. Your primary video feed will move to the side and be replaced by the input screen for a quiz question.

Panopto quiz question entry menu

  1. Enter the following details for your question:
    • Question (Question Title for the Fill in The Blank question type): the text of your question.
    • Select: this is where you choose your question type. You can choose True/FalseMultiple ChoiceMultiple Select, or Fill in The Blank.
    • Answer 1, Answer 2: List your answer options. Click Add answer... if you want to add more options (for the Fill in The Blank question type you won't put in answers, but instead add your prompt in the Question field).
    • Correct answer explanation (optional): provide the correct answer to viewers after they've submitted their answers. 
  2. Click Add a Question to add more questions at this moment in the video. Otherwise, select Done
  3. This will take you to a new page where you can make final edits to your question:

Final editing menu for quiz questions

  • Quiz Position lets you change the point in the video when this questions appears.
  • Allow viewers to retake this quiz: can be checked or unchecked.
  • Show grade after taking this quizcan be checked or unchecked. If checked, you can also choose whether to 
  • Block advancing in the video until answering this quiz: can be checked or unchecked. Even if checked, however, this feature will turn off once a viewer has finished all quiz questions.
  • Questions: use this to reorder and delete questions 
  1. Click Finish when done.

As viewers begin taking your quiz, you can view their results by selecting Settings  on the video where you've added the quiz. A pop-menu will open; select the Quiz Results tab within it. From this page, you can select Download to collect your results in a CSV.

Caution: Students can only answer Panopto quiz questions if they are logged into Bryn Mawr's Panopto site. Direct them to Panopto: Get and log into your account if they're having login issues.

Connect a Panopto Quiz to the Moodle Gradebook (Optional)

Before you start, you may need access to the following:

To connect a Panopto quiz to your Moodle grabeook, you will have to add the Panopto activity to the Moodle course:

  1. Navigate to the course in which you’d like to integrate a Panopto quiz and turn on Edit Mode.
  2. Click on Add an Activity or Resource. From the options, choose Panopto. list of activities and resources, including Panopto
  3. Click Select Content and choose the video in Panopto to which you've already added a quiz. When you've made your choice, click Insert. The activity name will pre-populate with your video’s title; you can edit this if you like.
    Screenshot of two Panopto videos listed under the option Choose
  4. Under Privacy, make sure all three boxes are checked: Share launcher’s name with the tool, Share launcher’s email with the tool, and Accept grades from the tool. This will ensure that student data feeds from Panopto to Moodle.
  5. Under Grade, you can set a point value for the quiz grade and choose a Grade category.
  6. You can also control other common Moodle activity settings, such as Restrict access and Activity completion, if you’d like.
    An image of common Moodle activity settings, including the categories
  7. Once you have the settings you want, hit the Save and Display button at the bottom of the screen. 

Once students starting taking the the quiz, you can view their grades by clicking on Grades in your course-level menu. You will see an entry for the Panopto Quiz activity and grades for students who have completed the in-video quiz.

A screenshot showing the Panopto icon in the Moodle gradebook, followed by the assignment's title

Videos & further reading on Panopto Quizzes

Questions?

If you have any additional questions or problems, don't hesitate to reach out to the Help Desk!

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Email: help@brynmawr.eduService catalog
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