Table of Contents

• Before You Begin
• Join a New Zoom Meeting
• Zoom Meeting Controls
• Record Your Lecture
• Send Recording to Students
  

Before You Begin

While Zoom is typically used as a collaborative tool to meet with colleagues and students, it also provides a simple way to record lectures or presentations to share with students regardless whether anyone else joins the Zoom meeting.

The first step is to install Zoom on your computer. If your computer is provided by the university, you might already have Zoom installed. If not, instructions are available here: How to Install Zoom on Your PC, Browser, or Mobile Device.

Join a New Zoom Meeting

Once Zoom is installed, you will launch a new meeting, record the meeting, and then send the recording to the students. Remember, no one else needs to join in order for you to record your lecture.

1. Open Zoom.
2. You should see four buttons. Click the orange New Meeting button.
   
   
   
3. A new Zoom meeting will automatically launch.
   
   

Zoom Meeting Controls

1. Test microphone and speaker connection: After you start your new meeting, you will see a button to Join with Computer Audio. Right below this button is a link to Test speaker and microphone. You can choose to use your laptop's internal mic and speakers or an external headset/camera with a microphone. A separate headset will provide clearer audio if it's available. When you have confirmed your microphone is working and you can hear audio, click Join computer audio. If you continue to have audio issues, contact the Help Desk.
   
   
2. Hover your mouse over the Zoom window and look for the in-meeting controls that run along the bottom of the Zoom window (see below). You will see the Mute/Unmute microphone and Start/Stop Video camera on the bottom left. In the middle of the toolbar, you will see a green Share Screen button and a Record button. You will be using this toolbar for recording your lecture.
   
   
   
3. Mute/unmute microphone: Once you join the meeting, to mute/unmute click the microphone icon in the bottom left navigation. When unmuted, you can test your microphone. Talk and make sure you see a green bar jumping up and down within the microphone icon.
   
   
4. Turn your camera on/off: Click on the Start/Stop Video button directly to the right of Mute to turn on/off your camera. Just make sure your camera turns on successfully. During the class, your camera should be on as much as possible.
   

Record Your Lecture

1. Record your meeting: Press the record button and choose Record in the cloud. The meeting will be recorded in Zoom's cloud and made available in the Panopto Video Platform.
   
   After the recording begins, you can pause as needed by using the Pause/Stop Recording buttons.
   
   Please note: if you intend to record your meeting, you must first make sure you are logged in to Zoom before you start your meeting.  If not, you may receive an error message when you click the record button indicating "Please request recording permission from the meeting host."  
   
   
2. Share your Screen After the recording begins, you will likely want to share your screen
   in Zoom. This will be used so students can see what is on your screen, whether it be a PowerPoint, your Canvas course, or a website. As you are sharing your screen, everything will be recorded so you can present and talk as you normally would in the classroom, in a one-on-one, or in a regular Zoom meeting.
   
   Recording Tips: Record a short practice run and view the recording to ensure the recording worked. Keep your lecture recordings short, ideally under 10 minutes. It is easier to re-record small chunks of lectures if needed and students are more likely to watch six 10-minute recordings vs. a single 50-minute recording session. Don’t worry about perfection. If you stumble over your words a bit just continue on. Your students won’t mind. If you need a laser pointer or to annotate/draw during your session, look for Zoom’s annotation tools.
   
   
3. End Meeting: Once finished with your lecture, you can simply click the red End Meeting button in the lower right corner. The recording will begin processing immediately.

Send the Recording to Students

After the meeting, the Zoom recording will be processed in Panopto and an email sent from Panopto letting you know it's ready. 

For more information on sharing your Zoom recording in Panopto, see this guide.