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Please refer to Panopto's support guide on How to Copy and Move Videos.
 

Video reference copies

'Reference copies’ is a new feature that helps you use the Panopto Portal to create an interactive experience for your students. By adding reference copies to your Panopto course folders, your student can find all their videos with just one click.
 

How can you tell if a video is a reference copy?

To the left of the video title, the video reference copy icon will appear. The icon resembles two linked squares:

 

Editing the original video

You can make edits to an original video and those changes will be reflected in any video reference copies of that video. Before you edit, a window will display the number of video reference copies that will be updated as a result of editing.

 

Editing a video reference copy

Before editing a reference copy you will need to unlink it from the original video, and a standalone copy will be created. Once you click the edit link on the reference copy a window will appear warning you that you are about to make a full copy of the original. You will also be given the option to edit the original (source) video instead.  

The standalone copy will retain all of the viewer-contributed metadata and statistics from the reference copy, including viewer statistics, comments, notes, bookmarks, and quiz results.

 

How to create a full copy of a source video

 To create a full copy of a source video, you have the following three options:

Option 1: You can create an initial full copy of the source video by following the steps below:

1.       Hover the cursor over the source video you want to make a full copy of and select ‘Settings

2.       From the top left-hand corner of the window select the ‘Manage Tab’.

3.       Scroll down to the ‘Copy video’ section

4.       The New video name will be automatically created followed by the ‘(copy)’ which can be changed if you wish to rename it.

5.       Under ‘Copy video to’, select the appropriate destination folder for the new Full Copy of the video.   

6.       Close the window and open the destination folder to check if a full copy of the source video was created.

Option 2: Unlink the reference copy from the source video to create a Full copy by following the steps below:

1.       Hover the cursor over the reference copy that you would like to Unlink from the source video to create a Full Copy and select ‘Edit’.

2.       Select the ‘Unlink and edit’ button from the ‘Edit reference copy?’ pop-up window.

Option 3: Unlink via the ‘Manage tab’

1.       Hover the cursor over the reference copy and select ‘Settings

2.       From the top left-hand corner of the window select the ‘Manage Tab’.

3.       Next to the ‘Copy status’ select ‘Unlink’.

 

 

For further information on Video Reference Copies please click here

 

How to batch copy and move videos

Please refer to Panopto's support guide on How to Batch Copy and Move Videos.