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The following page reviews important steps to managing Zoom cloud recordings. (Please note that this page is in draft form and viewership is restricted.)

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Enabling Zoom Cloud Recordings

Zoom offers the ability to record meetings in the cloud. By default, cloud recordings are disabled. Follow the steps below to enable cloud recordings as well as to locate and download your existing Zoom cloud recordings.
 

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titleEnabling Zoom Cloud Recordings

Enabling Zoom Cloud Recordings

To enable cloud recording for individual meetings, be sure to check ‘Automatically record meeting’ and ‘In the cloud’ in the Advanced Options when setting up your meeting(s).

Zoom Auto Recording settings for meetings

To enable cloud recordings on an account level as the default behavior for future meetings, you’ll want to enable automatic cloud recordings. To do so, sign into the Zoom web portal, navigate to the ‘Settings’ tab and locate ‘Recording’. Next, locate ‘Automatic recording’ and click on the button on the right to enable it. Be sure to select ‘Record in the cloud’. Additional details and instructions are available on the Zoom Cloud Recording page.

Zoom Auto Recording settings for accounts

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titleZoom Recordings in Kaltura

Zoom cloud recordings has been integrated with Kaltura at Syracuse University. After a Zoom cloud recording has been processed (following the meeting's end) it is copied to Kaltura and will be available in your Kaltura My Media in both Kaltura in Blackboard and the Kaltura MediaSpace web portal.

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titleRecordings Prior to August 10, 2020

The Kaltura/Zoom cloud recording integration became live on August 10th, 2020. If you have Zoom recordings from prior dates and would like to add them to your Kaltura My Media, follow the instructions below to download them and then reference the ‘Upload Media to Kaltura’ instructions on the Kaltura MediaSpace web portal.






Managing Zoom Cloud Recordings


Accessing Existing Cloud Recordings
 

Accessing Existing Cloud Recordings
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titleAccessing Existing Cloud Recordings in Zoom
  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal at zoom.syr.edu.
     
  2. Click Recordings on the left hand side.
     
    arrow pointing to recordings tab
     
  3. Click on the topic of the meeting to view the cloud recording files.
     
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titleZoom Recordings in Kaltura

Zoom cloud recordings has been integrated with Kaltura at Syracuse University. After a Zoom cloud recording has been processed (following the meeting's end) it is copied to Kaltura and will be available in your Kaltura My Media in both Kaltura in Blackboard and the Kaltura MediaSpace web portal.

Downloading Zoom Cloud Recordings


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titleDownloading Zoom Cloud Recordings
  1. In a web browser, go to syracuseuniversity.zoom.us and, if prompted, click sign in and sign in with your NetID and NetID password.
     
  2. In the navigation menu, click Recordings then Cloud Recordings
     
    arrow pointing to recordings tab
     
  3. Find the recording you want to view (adjust the date range and use search, if necessary) and click the topic name.


    Tip
    Note: If your meeting has not finished converting, the recording will show in the list with a Processing Recording label; try again later.
  4. Click on ⤓ Download button to download all the recordings' files OR hold your mouse over one of the files below (e.g., Shared screen with speaker view, Audio only) and click the ⤓ download button to download just the file*.




    Tip
    Note: If you see several groups of recordings (Recording 1, Recording 2) during the Zoom Meeting, the recording was started then stop then started again

File types

  • Shared screen with speaker view: MP4 file with audio and video showing both active speaker view and shared content. 
  • Shared screen with gallery view: MP4 file with audio and video showing both gallery view and shared content.
  • Active Speaker: MP4 file with audio and video showing the active speaker view only.
  • Gallery View: MP4 file with audio and video showing the gallery view only.
  • Shared Screen: MP4 file with audio and video showing the shared screen only.
  • Audio only: M4A file with a recording of the audio.
  • Audio transcript: VTT file with a transcript of the audio only.
  • Chat file: Text file with the transcript of in-meeting chat.
     

Recovering Zoom Recordings From the Trash Folder 


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titleRecovering Zoom Recordings From the Trash Folder

Zoom allows you to recover a recording within 30 days of deletion.

Instructions

  1. Login to your Zoom account and navigate to the Recordings tab.
     
  2. If there are any cloud recordings in the trash, you will see a Trash link in the top right. Click this link to see any deleted cloud recordings within the past 30 days




  3. To recover the recording, click the Recover link on the right.



  4. Click Recover again to confirm. 



  5. Your recording will then be available again in your recordings list. 

Warning
Note: If you delete the recording from the trash or if the recording is in the trash for 30 days, it will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
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titleRecordings Prior to August 10, 2020

The Kaltura/Zoom Cloud recording integration became live on August 10th, 2020. If you have Zoom recordings from prior dates and would like to add them to your Kaltura My Media, follow the instructions above to download them and then reference the ‘Upload Media to Kaltura’ instructions on the Kaltura MediaSpace web portal.


Getting Help

For support on the information above, contact the  ITS Help Desk  by calling at 315.443.2677 or by emailing  help@syr.edu.