If you need help determining which software to use when recording and hosting your recorded lectures and classes, review the features included in all three of these UT-supported systems. 

Available Features

	Zoom Lecture Capture & Meetings	Panopto Lecture Capture	Canvas Studio Lecture Capture
Video Conferencing	A Zoom Licensed (Pro) account holder may lead sessions with up to 300 attendees. Expanded licenses are available, including Large Meeting 500 and 1,000, and Webinar 500. These licenses are assigned by request.
Sharing Recordings	Zoom recordings can be stored locally on the presenter’s computer or via Zoom Cloud. Zoom Cloud is integrated with Panopto and all recorded lectures are automatically imported into your Panopto user folder. Instructors can choose to share a live link, a link to the Cloud recordings, or share the recorded file.	Panopto videos are stored in the Panopto Cloud and can be shared individually with links or via Canvas integration. Videos can be embedded or linked on a webpage.	Canvas Studio videos are stored in the Canvas cloud and can be shared within Canvas.
Captioning	Automatic captions are enabled for all live Zoom sessions. Zoom cloud recording transcripts are also available, and may be edited for accuracy.	Each video is captioned using automatic speech recognition (ASR) captioning. Paid human captioning from a vendor is available upon request.	Each video is captioned using automatic speech recognition (ASR) captioning.
Video Search	Zoom recordings may include gallery or speaker view, for example, displaying webcam content, audio, and share screen content. A Search option is available in the cloud recording transcript. Zoom Smart Recordings include chapter and highlights, which may be edited by the session host.	Anything spoken or shown as text within a slideshow in the video presentation is searchable. Search results are also tied to playhead position within the video timeline.
Quizzing	Quizzes are available via the web interface but do not integrate with Canvas Grades.	Integrates with Canvas Grades.	Integrates with Canvas Grades.
Discussion/ Comments	An in-meeting text chat tool is available, and can be set to auto-save after the session ends. The option to download the chat log is also available if engaged in the leader’s account settings.	Comment section similar to a chat window. Comments are tied to playhead location on the timeline. Option to receive discussion notifications available.	Comments are integrated with the video timeline.
Analytics	Meeting leaders may access reports after the Zoom session, including a Participant report and Polling report (if applicable).	User-specific video views, overall video views, when users stop watching, and Google Analytics integration.	User-specific video views, overall video views, when users stop watching.
Assignment Submissions	Students can submit Zoom videos as assignment submissions, faculty can comment and grade them.	Students can record and submit their own video, faculty can comment.	Students can submit Canvas Studio videos as assignment submissions, faculty can comment and grade them.

Technical Specifications

	Zoom Lecture Capture & Meetings	Panopto Lecture Capture	Canvas Studio Lecture Capture
Storage	Zoom Cloud Recordings are stored for 120 days after the origination date. Meeting leaders receive an email notification from Zoom when recordings are available for viewing. Leaders also receive an email notification from Zoom when a cloud recording is approaching the 120-day storage limit.	No limits at this time.	No limits at this time.
Supported File Formats	.mp4 , .m4a, .txt (chat)	.avi, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, .mov, .qt, .asf, .3gp, .wma, .mp3, .m4v, others.	.flv, .asf, .qt, .mov, .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, .m4v, .wmv, .mp4, .3gp, .mp3, .wma, .wav
Live Audience Size & Limitations	Hosts up to 300 people with a standard license; this covers most use-cases. Expanded licenses are available upon request, including Large Meeting 500, Large Meeting 1,000, and Webinar 500. Live-streaming to Facebook and YouTube, for example, is also available.	Accommodates up to 1,000 viewers. If event exceeds that, we can accommodate with 2 weeks notice.