Accessing Recordings

Recorded Zoom Meetings

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

  • Recordings tab on the Zoom web portal (shown below)
    • 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.
  • Recordings tab of a Canvas course site (shown below)
    • Recordings appear here if the meeting was scheduled through Canvas
    • NOTE: Will show only recordings for that individual class.
  • Meeting Recordings folder on Panopto (shown on the next page)

What if a meeting recording is deleted?
  • If a user deletes a Zoom cloud recording from his or her Panopto account, it still exists on the Zoom web portal.
  • Similarly, if a user deletes a cloud recording, a copy is available on Panopto.
  • However, if a user deletes a cloud recording from the Recordings tab in Canvas, it will also be deleted from the Zoom web portal.

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.
  4. In the list that appears, click on the Share button next to any recording to access sharing information.
    • Remember, this list should contain all of a host's cloud recordings, including those scheduled through a Canvas course site.
    • If a recording lists 1 file, that file is a video. If a recording lists 2 files, the second file is likely a transcript of the audio.
Cloud Recordings

Access Recordings in Canvas

To access recordings in Canvas, follow these instructions:

  1. Log in to Northwestern's Canvas site.
  2. Click on the desired course site.
  3. In the course, click on Zoom in the left-hand menu, and click the Cloud Recordings tab.
Access Recordings in Canvas
    • This will bring up a list of all recordings from that particular course similar to the list seen on the Zoom web portal.
    • Click on the Share button next to any recording to access sharing information.
      • 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.