Recording your events and meetings is a great way to capture content live and continue to engage community members with replays and post-event content sharing.
Meetings
Meeting events and meetings held within livestream and hybrid events can be recorded natively in Gradual by the assigned host(s) or staff members. They can record the entire meeting or record segments of the call. Learn how to assign hosts and staff to a meeting and the controls and features available to them here.
Roundtables
Roundtables held within livestream and hybrid events can be recorded natively in Gradual by the assigned host(s). They can record the entire call, or segments of the call. Learn how to assign hosts to roundtables and the controls and features available to them here.
Currently, roundtables at the community level cannot be recorded.
Livestream Events
Gradual does not record livestream events natively, so be sure to hit record in the streaming service you are using to capture the event recording.
Recording a meeting or a roundtable
In the event:
Hosts can hit record live, during the event
Select the Record button from the settings menu at the base of the screen.
A pop-up will appear to confirm you want to stat recording, select 'Yes, start recording. '
Note: There is about a 10-second delay between when you select the record button, and when it starts actually recording. The recording icon in the upper left will be grey during that time.
3. Once recording, the recording icon in the upper left will turn to red and remain red until you end recording.
4. End the recording by clicking on the Record button.
All recordings are saved as mp4 files and are accessible from the dashboard, within the event, in the Recordings tab. If there are multiple recordings for one event, they will be listed in chronological order and show the duration of the recording in the Time column.
If a video was played during the event via YouTube, it will not appear in the recording. Learn more about video playback in meetings, webinars and roundtables here.
Auto-record [Meetings only]
Dashboard admins can opt to have the meeting auto-record when host(s) join the meeting event
Navigate to the event in the dashboard
Select the Meeting Room or Webinar Room tab
Toggle the Automatic Recording on
The recording will start when host(s) join the meeting - it will end if all attendees (hosts and panelists included) are in breakout rooms, and will restart when they rejoin the main room
Manipulating and Configuring the Recording View
What will be displayed in the event recording will be equivalent to the display configured by the host who records that event. Learn all about spotlighting and manipulating what is shown in the recording here.
Post-Event Replays
After an event takes place you can publish the event recording and add it to the event as a Replay. This not only adds to the value of your content library but provides a great feature for anyone who has missed the event or wants to rewatch. This also ensures anyone returning to the event page can easily find the replay for that event.
For meetings and roundtables, all recordings are saved as mp4 files and are accessible from the admin dashboard, within the event, in the Recordings tab. If there are multiple recordings for one event, they will be listed in chronological order and show the duration of the recording in the Time column.
Learn more about publishing replays of events here.