How to record lectures and meetings
Recording your lectures and meetings is a great way to make your work more accessible. People who missed the lecture can watch it later, and recorded meetings will be automatically captioned.
How to record in Zoom
Recording in Zoom in UM Learn
- Start your Zoom meeting, open your presentation (if applicable), and wait for the participants to join your meeting.
- When you are ready, click on the Record button from the toolbar and select Record to the Cloud to have your recording saved in your course in UM Learn.
- A notification will appear indicating that your recording has been started and participants will be prompted to provide their consent to be recorded in the meeting.
- You can pause and resume your recording at any time using the icons in the toolbar.
- To stop recording, select Stop icon and click Yes when asked for confirmation.
Note: You will receive an email when the recording is processed and available for you to view.
Accessing your recordings in UM Learn
- Log into UM Learn (umanitoba.ca/umlearn) and select your course.
- Select Integration > UM Zoom.
- Click Cloud Recordings and select the title of the meeting.
Recording on your local computer
You can also record your meeting on your local computer instead of your course in UM Learn.
- Click Record button located on the tool bar and select “Record on this computer”.
- A notification will appear indicating that your recording has been started and participants will be prompted to provide their consent to be recorded in the meeting.
- You can pause and resume recording at any time using the icons in the toolbar. To stop the recording, select Stop icon.
- The recording will be converted after the meeting ends.
- You can access the MP4 file in your Documents > Zoom > folder titled the same as your meeting
How to upload recordings to UM Learn
Video tutorial - How to upload recordings to UM Learn
- How to upload an MP4 file to course content
- In your course, click on Content (on the navbar).
- Select the module to which you would like to add the recording.
- Within the module, click New > Video or Audio.
- Select the Upload tab > Browse.
- Locate the file you wish to upload and double click on it.
- Wait for file to upload. This could take a while (5-10 minutes), depending on how large your file is and how strong your internet connection is. Technically the maximum file size is 2GB, however, if your internet connection is not strong, you may not be able to upload a file of that size.
- Give a title for the recording and click Save.
- View preview of the video.
- Confirm the video appears in content in the correct module.
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