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The following steps by step instructions show how to add a media component to a course announcement. If step by step video instructions work better, click the following link: https://pgcc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=4933b751-745c-4d04-9b5c-af9300f6c6c7 or visit the Panopto Faculty Channel to view this and other helpful videos.
- Select Announcements from the course navigation.

- Select +Announcement on the right.

- Provide a title in the a) Topic Title field.
In the b)Description field, type any message you want to be included with your video.

- Click the plug icon in the toolbar of the Rich Content Editor (RCE).

- Scroll down and Select Panopto Videos.

- There are 3 options for adding a video to an Announcement.
- a) In the first option Choose: allows the ability to select from videos already created.

- b) The second option Upload: provides the ability to upload videos or audio located on the computer.

- c) The third option Record: allows the ability to record a new video or audio file from the two recording option provided in Panopto: Capture(via the browser), Panopto for Mac/Windows(via the app).

- To record in the browser select Launch Capture.

- After clicking Launch for a brief moment the loading screen might be seen.

- Capture* will open in a new browser tab.

*if you need a recording refresher https://pgcc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=803332e2-d913-445c-ad85-af85014adf5d
- After recording the video will load in the Panopto Videos interface.

- When the video loads. It will look like this in the interface.

- a) Additional options 1: If the video folder requires relocation. Select the Choose a folder or start typing to search dropdown

- b) Additional options 2: Select the Video Embed Options dropdown, if the size, start location, interactivity, autoplay, enable ‘watch in Panopto’, show title, show logo, or show captions should require any changes.

- Select Insert.

- The video will load in the + Announcement interface.

- a) Post to: Canvas will send your announcement to all sections within your course. To select specific sections for your announcement, click the Post to drop-down menu and select sections from the list provided.
- b) Attachment: To add click the Choose File button.
- c) Options: delay posting(which allows you to schedule the announcement for a future date), allow users to comment, users must post before seeing replies, enable to podcast feed, or allow liking can be selected before posting the announcement.
- Click the Publish button.
