Recording and sharing Zoom meetings
Learn how to save Zoom meeting recordings to the Zoom Cloud, UB Panopto or your hard drive, and how to share recordings to UB Learns and elsewhere.
Recording a Zoom meeting
Instructions
- On the Zoom toolbar click the Record button
- From the pop-up menu, choose either:
- Record on this Computer - Saves a file in mp4 format on your computer's hard drive
- Record to the Cloud - Saves a file to the Zoom cloud and Panopto*
- Meeting recordings on Zoom and Panopto are private until you share them.
- Editing the security settings or any other attributes of the recording on one platform does not affect the other
* In order to take advantage of saving Zoom cloud recordings to Panopto, you must have logged into your UB Panopto account at least once before starting a Zoom cloud recording. Any new Zoom cloud recordings will then be copied to UB Panopto > My Folder > Meeting Recordings.
A recording will process once the meeting ends. Longer recordings will take longer to process. You will receive a confirmation email when your recordings are ready online.
Where are recordings stored?
- Recordings in the cloud save to the host’s Zoom account. Log into the Zoom portal and click Recordings.
- Zoom cloud recordings copied to Panopto are saved to the host’s Meeting Recordings folder in Panopto (if they have signed into Panopto at least once). Log into the Zoom portal and click Recordings.
- Local computer recordings are saved on the computer used during the meeting.
By default, computer recordings are placed in these directories:- Windows: C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\Zoom
- Mac: /Users/[Username]/Documents/Zoom
- Linux: home/[Username]/Documents/Zoom
See finding and viewing local recordings for more details.
Automatic deletion of Zoom cloud recordings
Zoom cloud recordings are moved to the trash after 180 days. Recordings remain in the trash for 30 days at which time they are permanently removed. You will receive a warning seven days before your recording is permanently deleted from the trash.
If you set up Panopto as described above, copies of your Zoom cloud recordings will remain intact in Panopto even after deletion from Zoom.
Sharing options
Do not publicly share videos containing restricted or sensitive information.
Share to UB Learns
Your UB Zoom cloud recordings can be shared to your UB Learns course through Panopto. See Panopto and UB Learns >
Share from Panopto
Share from the Zoom Cloud
Share with the UB community
- Log into the UB Zoom web portal: buffalo.zoom.com
- Click Recordings on the left-hand side
- Click the Share button next to the recording you want to share
- Under Who can view, choose Signed-in users in my account. Viewers will be required to sign in with your complete @buffalo.edu email address and password (recommended)
- Click Copy to copy the shareable link
- Paste the contents of your clipboard into an email or other platform for sharing.
Share with People outside UB
- Log into the UB Zoom web portal: buffalo.zoom.com
- Click Recordings on the left-hand side
- Click the Share button next to the recording you want to share
- Under Who can view choose Everyone with the recording link
- We recommend adding a passcode to recordings shared this way:
- Go to Share settings and enter a Passcode
- Click Copy to copy the shareable link
- Paste the contents of your clipboard into an email or other platform for sharing.
Common questions
Can I save recordings to UBbox?
Can you record a session without any participants? For example, a tutoring session that can be uploaded to UB Learns?
Yes, you can record without any participants. The recording will capture your audio and video, if on, and any screen sharing.
How do I move or copy my recording to the cloud storage of my choice?
You will be emailed a link to your recording which you can then download and save to any location.
Note: Zoom cloud recordings are automatically saved to Panopto if you have activated your Panopto account by logging into Panopto’s web portal
See also