How do Zoom recordings work?

Zoom meeting hosts and co-hosts can record meetings. Participants can ask the host to record a meeting. When recording is active, everyone in the meeting sees a red flashing dot in the Zoom window.

For full Zoom recording documentation, see Zoom's support site: Frequently asked questions about Zoom recording

Who can record a meeting?

• The host can record a meeting.
• Any co-host can also record a meeting.
• Participants can request that the host record the meeting.

How to start, pause, and resume a recording

1. Join the live meeting.
2. On the main control bar at the bottom of the Zoom window, select Record.
3. After recording starts, the person who started it can pause and resume the recording during the meeting.
4. Everyone in the meeting sees a red flashing dot while recording is active.

What Zoom recordings include

Zoom recordings include:

• .mp4 audio and video
• .mp3 audio
• An audio transcript

Longer meetings may be split into multiple files of each type.

Where Zoom recordings are saved

Recordings can be saved either locally (to your computer) or to the Zoom cloud. All Zoom cloud recordings are automatically moved to Panopto (panopto.nd.edu). Zoom recordings in the Zoom cloud are  deleted after Panopto imports them and you must access your Zoom cloud recordings through Panopto.

The Zoom desktop client includes a toggle that shows a list of recorded meetings.

The cloud recording settings also include a toggle that can automatically record all hosted meetings as they begin.

Cloud recording retention

All Zoom cloud recordings are automatically moved to Panopto (panopto.nd.edu) and then deleted from Zoom.