Recording and Sharing Recordings

The Zoom Support page for Recording Links to an external site. contains a list of pages with more information about recording. A few key features are reviewed below.

TIP!

Enable automatic recording Links to an external site. so you don't need to remember to hit "record" at the beginning of every class!
(You can do this for all of your meetings or only for a specific meeting.)

UPDATE: Change in time new recordings will be retained in Zoom cloud storage.

Cloud recordings will now be maintained for 150 days.
Each week beginning Monday 3/08/2021, Zoom administrators will reduce the number of days that recordings are retained by 7 days (until reaching the final storage time of 150 days).
Any deleted recordings can be recovered for download up to 30 days after deletion.

Cloud recording vs. local recording

Most Emory University users can record Zoom meetings either locally (saving an audio file, a video file, and the chat as a text file to your computer) or to the cloud (uploaded to the Zoom cloud). Emory University users will need to be logged into Zoom with your Emory account to use this option.

Note that cloud recording is only available to paid subscribers and not available to Emory Users under our HIPAA account (covering SOM, SON, SPH, WCI, a few Emory College clinicians, and FSAP).

	Local recording	Cloud recording
Availability	Available to all subscribers Only available using the Zoom desktop client	Need to be a paid subscriber Available on all Zoom platforms, including the Zoom mobile app for Android and iOS
Starting recording	Can record the meeting in different layouts Can “pin” user videos to only record the video of those individuals Can give participants permission to record Recording depends on the computer and stable internet connection of the person recording	Can record the meeting in different layouts
Recording processing and access	Processing takes approximately half the length or the meeting time (may vary depending computer to computer) Recording is saved to your computer immediately after the meeting and is available indefinitely Produces higher video quality files that can be edited with any video editing software	Processing in the Zoom cloud takes approximately double the meeting time. There can be delays due to increased demand, so your recording may not be immediately available Limited Zoom Cloud storage space & automatic removal after 150 days You can Trim recording with “Set Playback Range”
Sharing recording	Can send videos via email, upload to Canvas Studio or elsewhere, etc.	Can easily share the recording through a link The host can download the video (but cannot reupload it)
Transcription	Can use an automatic transcription service provider to covert audio to text in multiple languages.	Automatic transcription by Zoom that is searchable

Adapted from https://otl.du.edu/knowledgebase/zoom-cloud-and-local-recording Links to an external site.

Cloud Recording

To record a meeting to the cloud:

Start a meeting as the host.
Click the Record button and select Record to the Cloud to begin recording. (This will only be available to the host unless the host has enabled the ability for participants to record a meeting.) You will see a recording indicator in the top-left corner of the Zoom window.
To stop recording, click Stop Recording or End Meeting. (Note that you can temporarily Pause Recording if you are sharing content that you do not want to be recorded.)
The recording must be processed before viewing; this will happen automatically after the meeting is ended. The host will receive an email notification when processing is completed.

Sharing cloud recordings

Zoom will send an email to the host's email address when the process is completed. The host will receive two links: one to manage the recording and another to share with participants. You can email participants the link to the recording and/or post the link on Canvas.

Additionally, the host can download the recording files and share them as they would any other file (via email, OneDrive, etc.). If you plan on using Zoom videos in a Canvas course, upload them to Canvas Studio Links to an external site. and add your videos to a page Links to an external site. in Canvas to avoid the file storage limits of your Canvas course.

Local Recording (to your computer)

Click Record. (This will only be available to the host unless the host has enabled the ability for participants to record a meeting.)
Select Record on this Computer. You will see a recording indicator in the top-left corner of the Zoom window.
To stop recording, click Stop Recording or End Meeting. (Note that you can temporarily Pause Recording if you are sharing content that you do not want to be recorded.)
The recording must be processed before viewing. After the meeting is ended, a Zoom menu will automatically open and begin converting the recording so you can access the files. Once the conversion process is complete, the folder containing the recording files will open. (Files will be saved to the default location set in Zoom; likely, this is in a folder titled Zoom in your Documents or My Documents folder). This process may vary depending on your computer but will take approximately half the duration of the recording.

Note: By default, the audio+video file (MP4) will be named Zoom_0.mp4. The audio only file (M4A) is named audio_only.m4a.

If you pin the videos Links to an external site. of specific participants of your meeting, only those participants' videos will be included in the local recording. This may be helpful for students revisiting recordings later, as a video recording of only the speaker/instructor may be less distracting. You can also record using the Side-by-Side: Speaker view if someone is screensharing.

Sharing local recordings

You can share your recording files as you would any other file (via email, OneDrive, etc.). If you plan on using Zoom videos in a Canvas course, upload them to Canvas Studio Links to an external site. and add your videos to a page Links to an external site. in Canvas to avoid the file storage limits of your Canvas course.