Using the Document Camera in a Panopto Recording

Centrally Scheduled Classrooms are equipped with document cameras (doc cams, also known as Wolf Visualizers). These doc cams are connected to the internal PC so you can share whatever you write on the doc cam in your Panopto recording.

Operating System: All

Applies To: UB Faculty and Staff

Last Updated: November 18, 2025

Instructions

Record the doc cam as the only secondary source

  1. Open Panopto
  2. Under Secondary Sources:
    1. Uncheck Capture PowerPoint
    2. Uncheck Capture Main Screen
    3. Click Add Another Video Source
    4. Choose Wolfvison UVC Camera or WolfVision Video Capture II
  3. Start recording
  4. Minimize Panopto
Zoom image: location of WolfVision doc camera selection as described stepwise above location of WolfVision doc camera selection as described stepwise above.
Tip:

You can check Capture Main Screen and record the main screen as well as the doc cam, but viewers will need to manually switch between those sources when they play the video.

Record the doc cam and computer screen at the same time

If you would like viewers to see the doc cam (and another program such as PowerPoint) at the same time, without manually switching between them, you can view the doc cam on the Internal PC and show it on the desktop beside any other program:

  1. Open VLC Media Player from the desktop
  2. Click the VLC menu, upper left corner
  3. Click Open Media > Open capture device
    • Video device name = Wolfvison UVC Camera or WolfVision Video Capture II
    • Audio device name = None (any other choice will result in audio feedback)
  4. Click Play
  5. Open the other program you want to display
  6. Resize the windows so they appear side-by-side
  7. Open Panopto
  8. Under Secondary Sources, uncheck Capture PowerPoint
  9. Start recording
  10. Minimize Panopto

The PC screen will be captured showing both VLC and any other program you’ve opened so they can be seen at the same time by viewers and people in the classroom.   

Zoom image: Picture of both screens displayed Picture of both screens displayed.

Note: If sharing a PowerPoint along with anything else, we suggest adjusting the show type so the slide show appears in an adjustable window rather than full screen.

  1. Open the PowerPoint
  2. Click Slide show > Setup Slide Show
  3. Under Show type > select Browsed by individual (window)
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