1. A method comprising: receiving a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component, the layout including a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components; selecting one or more navigation options from a plurality of navigation options for navigating a visual presentation of the layout, the navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for the document components of the layout; communicating the selected navigation options to a graphical user interface for presentation to a user along with the visual presentation of the layout, the selected navigation options thereby being selectable by the user to request an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout; receiving a request according to one or more of the selected navigation options presented by the graphical user interface; and in response thereto, effecting an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout according to the request; and communicating the adjustment to the graphical user interface for presentation to the user.