Enable Zoom Cloud Recording
You can now record your Zoom sessions directly to the cloud in Zoom. No need to record to your local drive and then manage those files.
Important Details
- Zoom cloud recordings will only be stored for 30 days from the time of recording
- If you need to permanently save your recording, you will need to download it to your own drive
- Be vigilant about sharing Zoom class sessions, as there is a potential for FERPA violations. We recommend not sharing a class session with anyone who was not enrolled in the class. It may be wise to simply let these recordings expire from the Zoom cloud at the end of 30 days. They should not be published in other classes or in future terms.
Update Your Settings to Enable Cloud Recording
Click any of the following to expand the steps for logging in to Zoom.
Open Recording Settings
- Sign in to the Zoom site
- Navigate to your Settings (located in the My Account area)
- Click the Recording tab at top
Update Settings
While logged in to the Zoom site, update your Recording Settings as follows:
- Local recording: Optional. Turn on or leave on if you want to allow users to make a recording of the session on their local drives.
- Cloud recording: Required if you want to record to the cloud. Turn this ON to record to the cloud. When you turn on Cloud recording, more options will appear below this setting.
- Automatic recording: Optional. If you turn this option on, be sure to select Record in the cloud. You will still be able to manually start recording to the cloud after you start a Zoom session.
- Require password...: Required. Password protect recordings to protect student identities for FERPA purposes.
Update Previously Scheduled Meetings
Updating your settings in Zoom may NOT affect any meetings you previously scheduled. Please be sure to confirm the meeting settings for any existing meetings and adjust as necessary. You will not need to delete or re-create your scheduled meetings.
While still logged in to Zoom...
- Click Meetings on left menu
- Click the topic or name of a scheduled or recurring meeting in Upcoming Meetings
- At the bottom of the page, click Edit this Meeting
- If a recurring meeting, you will be asked whether you want to edit one occurrence or all occurrences. Select All.
- Under Meeting Options, customize your settings
- Click Save at bottom
Zoom Recording Options and Settings
Zoom meetings can be recorded either automatically or manually, by either the host or attendees. Here are several ways in which you can enable, control, or manage Zoom recordings.
Enable Cloud Recording for Zoom Meetings
You can now record your Zoom session on the cloud -- no more need to save to your local drive. See the Enable Zoom Cloud Recording link at top of this page.
Start during a meeting
If your meetings do not record automatically and there is a need to record a meeting in progress
- Locate the Record icon in the Zoom toolbar
- Click the arrow to the right of the Record icon
- Select Record on this Computer
Pause or Stop recording during meeting
You can stop recording a meeting while the meeting is in progress. You can find these controls on the toolbar at the bottom of the Zoom window, or floating near the top left area of the active Zoom window.
If you pause a recording, then resume, Zoom may create a separate video file for each portion of the recording (before and after Pause is used).
Allow others to record during a meeting
Please see the "Set up in your options" section above.
Share Kaltura link to recording
- Share a link to your Kaltura video
- Links can be emailed, posted in a class, etc. Be sure to write your hyperlink text accessibly.
- Embed your Kaltura video in Blackboard
Zoom Cloud Recordings - Passwords and Sharing
For reasons related to privacy and FERPA, Zoom cloud recordings must be password protected. Zoom automatically generates a password for each new cloud recording. You can change or customize the password after a cloud recording is available.
Click any of the following to expand the steps for logging in to Zoom.
Edit Password on Existing Recording
Passwords can only be changed on the Zoom website. They cannot be changed within Blackboard.
- Log in to Zoom
- Enter the My Account area if not already there
- Click Recordings in the left menu
- Click the Cloud Recordings tab
- Next to the desired recording, click Share...
- Click Edit under "Password protection"
- Enter a new password that meets the displayed security requirements
- You can display and copy the recording information from this screen
Share a Cloud Recording
While there is a method of sharing a cloud recording within Blackboard, that method may not work with a password-protected cloud recording, as the password is not displayed within Blackboard.
- Log in to the Zoom website (3 methods are explained above)
- Enter the My Account area if not already there
- Click Recordings in the left menu
- Click the Cloud Recordings tab
- Next to the desired recording, click Share...
- You can display and copy the recording information from this screen
- Log in to Blackboard and create an item in which you can share the cloud recording information.
- IMPORTANT: Do not simply paste in the hyperlink. This does not meet ADA accessibility requirements and this will not create a clickable hyperlink for students. Instead, create text to use as a hyperlink (or use text already present, such as the meeting topic), select that text, then use the create hyperlink button in the editor toolbar to make a hyperlink from that text. See helpful links below.
- Be sure your hyperlink is set to open in a new window.
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