Panopto: The Best Video Player for Online Learning

An advanced platform where viewers can search and forward to the moment

Knowing the fact that technologies are continuously emerging and altering human existence, Panopto, a video-based learning platform has taken an approach towards optimized online learning. Considering visual learning in the future, the company mostly targets the current generation to encourage about learning environment. For a few years, learning is by far the one reason that people watch online videos. According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, 51 percent of YouTube users find the platform very important helping them figure out how to do things they haven’t done before. However, only 28 percent of respondents said that they use the site for just passing the time for entertainment purposes. In comparison, YouTube’s own data suggests 86% of viewers regularly tune-in to learn something new. Supporting such importance, Panopto through its video-learning platform introduced new playback capabilities for mobile devices, including:

• The desktop version supports HTML-5 based video player, which is already optimized for interactively and active learning.
• The platform has multi-camera support that enables viewers to see the instructor and their content simultaneously along with the option to change camera angles or video feeds anytime during playback.
• Through the inside-video search facility, viewers can find and fast forward the précised moment based on words spoken or shown in videos.
• Quizzing and live webpage embedding help to improve knowledge re-calling ability and make video playback an interactive experience.
• Time-stamped is a social note where viewers can bookmark important points in the video and collaborate with peers.
• The built-in table of contents and thumbnails simplify navigation.

The features are added in order to make the video-learning more interesting. People may find that how all these translated into mobile devices? Cisco explains in its Visual Networking Index Report, which says the video has already accounted for more than half of all mobile data traffic. Between 2017 and 2022, mobile online video is expected to grow 9-fold. Panopto, giving the growth, fulfilled the need for mobile playback experience with online learning videos that do not sacrifice interactive functionality on smaller form factors. The player sets a new standard for an interactive video on smartphones, tablets, and when watching recordings embedded in learning management systems and other web pages.