Setting Up Zoom Cloud Recordings and Transcripts

Enable Cloud Recordings

Sign in to your Zoom account at Pasadena EDU Zoom Sign-in to manage your recording settings.

Click the Settings menu on the left side of the screen.
Click the Recordings menu at the top of the screen.
Enable Cloud Recording.

Enable Automatic Transcripts

Checkmark Automatic Transcripts.
(Learn about Automatic Transcripts)

Screenshot of Zoom settings page showing Cloud Recording and Audio Transcript options enabled — Zoom Settings page showing Cloud Recording and Audio Transcript options

Turn ON Automatic Recording

Immediately underneath where you enabled cloud recording in the previous step, there is another setting to enable Automatic Recording. Please enable Automatic Recording. This is an important safeguard to ensure that your instructional meetings will be recorded so that all of your students will be able to benefit from your instruction, not just the ones who have access to technology at the time of your live session.

Screenshot showing the Automatic Recording option in Zoom settings — Automatic Recording option in Zoom settings

Note: If you are having office hours or a confidential conversation with a student that you do not want to record, you can simply stop the recording for that session (see "Stopping or Pausing a Recording" below).

Stopping or Pausing a Recording During a Session

During a Zoom recording, a user can Stop or Pause the recording. If a user stops the recording and starts it again, a new video file will be created for the next recording segment. If a user pauses the recording and starts it again, Zoom will record to the same video file for the recording segment.

Method 1: Using the Toolbar

After a recording has been started, click Pause or Stop Recording from the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

Screenshot showing the Pause and Stop Recording buttons in the Zoom toolbar — Pause and Stop Recording buttons in the Zoom toolbar

Method 2: Using the Recording Indicator

The recording can also be stopped or paused by clicking the indicator in the top left corner.

Screenshot showing the recording indicator in the top left corner with pause and stop options — Recording indicator with pause and stop options

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