Zoom can also be used as a simple tool to record your lectures. Jeffrey Ackerman from the Colorado School of Mines has created a simple YouTube video explaining this process; you can view this video below.
We do have a couple of notes that relate to our setup at MCS.
- Using Zoom for recordings, where no one else is present in the meeting with you, you will not be subject to a meeting time limit. In other words, you can record as long as you like!
- Using Zoom, you can create your recordings showing just your webcam video, just your screen, or a combination thereof.
- Before you record an entire lecture, we recommend recording a short video to make sure everything this working as expected. This way, you won't record an entire lecture only to find out something wasn't working right!
- In this video, Jeff starts his Zoom session using the Zoom website. While you can do this, we recommend simply using the Zoom shortcut on your desktop and clicking New Meeting.
- Jeff shows how to upload the video to a number of different online storage services. Please note that MCS does not use Dropbox; please do not use this service. All MCS faculty and staff do, however, have OneDrive, Google Drive, and YouTube accounts available issued by the school. You may use any of these services. When sharing through Google Classroom, we recommend using Google Drive or YouTube to upload your video, since these are Google products that will best integrate with Classroom.
- If you want to make simple edits to your recorded video, you can use the "Video Editor" app included with Windows 10. Simply search in your Start menu for "Video Editor" and open the app to get started.