Accessing Recordings

Zoom meeting recordings that are saved to the cloud can be found in the following locations:

  • Recordings tab of a Canvas course site (Jump to section)
    • Recordings appear here if the meeting was scheduled through Canvas.
    • NOTE: Will show only recordings for that individual class.
  • Recordings tab on the Zoom web portal (Jump to section)
    • Zoom web portal Links to an external site..
    • The Zoom web portal will aggregate all of a host's cloud recordings, including meetings scheduled through the web portal and those scheduled through the Canvas integration.

 

Access Recordings in Canvas

To access recordings in Canvas, follow these instructions:

  1. Log in to the Zoom web portal at https://northwestern.zoom.us/ Links to an external site..  
  2. In another tab, log in to Northwestern's Canvas site.
  3. Click on the desired course site.
  4. In the course, click on Zoom in the left-hand menu, and click the Cloud Recordings tab.
    • This will bring up a list of all recordings from that particular course similar to the list seen on the Zoom web portal. 
    • Remember, this list contains just the recordings for this individual course. 
    • If a recording lists one file, that file is a video. If a recording lists two files, the second file is likely a transcript of the audio.

NOTE: It is necessary to first open the Zoom web portal and then Canvas in concurrent browser tabs because when a Zoom recording link is clicked from Canvas, it triggers a new browser window to open zoom.us instead of the Northwestern-specific web portal. If you're already logged in on the browser to your Northwestern account, you avoid this issue.

Zoom cloud recordings tab

 

Access Recordings on the Zoom Web Portal

To access recordings on the Zoom web portal, follow these instructions:

  1. Log in to Northwestern's Zoom page Links to an external site.. 
  2. Click on Recordings in the left-hand menu.
  3. Select the Cloud Recordings tab.
    • Remember, this list should contain all of a host's cloud recordings, including those scheduled through a Canvas course site. 
    • Students will not see recordings from their courses listed here unless they scheduled the meeting. Only the host of a meeting will see it listed in the Zoom web portal. 
    • If a recording lists one file, that file is a video. If a recording lists two files, the second file is likely a transcript of the audio.

Zoom web portal recordings tab