Case Study: Tohoku University leverages learning data to enhance educational capabilities with Panopto

Leveraging Learning Data to Enhance Educational Capabilities

Tohoku University, a leading national university in Japan recognized for top rankings in education and research, needed to modernize its long-standing on-site lecture capture system. The aging server-based setup caused costly maintenance, long recovery times after outages, and limited scalability, so the university sought a more expandable, resilient solution to support its growing digital education goals.

The university adopted Panopto’s cloud-based video management platform, integrating it with existing LMS and web conferencing tools for scalable streaming, on-demand viewing, and robust analytics. As a result, faculty can access viewing histories and engagement data to make evidence-based improvements, use built-in quiz and assessment features, and move toward personalized, data-driven instruction—forming the foundation for Tohoku’s broader digital education innovation.

Tohoku University

Mitsuishi Takashi

Associate Professor