Recording Your Video
From the left menu, click Meetings. From the Meetings tab, click Personal Room.
At the bottom of the window, click Start.
Check the bottom toolbar to make sure you are not muted and that your video is on.
Background Settings: If you need to edit your background, click the chevron next to Stop Video from the bottom toolbar and then make a selection from the available options. Make sure your background is appropriate for K-12 students to view.
Screen Sharing: If you plan to share your screen so you can record narration while displaying a file (e.g., PowerPoint presentation, Google Slides), click Share Screen from the bottom toolbar, select the file or window you want to display in the Zoom window, and then click Share. If you have videos in the file, click Share sound to capture the video’s audio during your recording.
From the bottom toolbar, click Record, and then click Record to the Cloud.
NOTE: The recording will begin immediately.
When you’re finished recording, click Stop Recording from the bottom toolbar.
Click Yes to the question, Are you sure you want to stop recording to the cloud?
From the bottom toolbar, click End and then click End Meeting for All. You will receive an email notification when the cloud recording is ready.
Downloading Your Zoom Recording Files
Once your recording is ready, log back into your WIU Zoom account on the Zoom web portal, click Recordings from the left menu, and then click the name of your recorded meeting.
You will see a list of three recording files. Click the video’s play icon.
The text of the transcript displays on the right-hand side of the video. Hover your mouse pointer over a phrase you want to edit and click the pencil icon.
Make any changes to the text and then click the blue check mark. The updated version of the text is displayed when you play the audio or video file.
Click Download (3 files) at the top right of the page.
Go to your device’s Downloads folder for the three files: video recording (.mp4); audio recording (.m4a); audio transcription (.vtt).
Upload the video recording (.mp4) and audio recording (.m4a) to your WIU Google Drive folder. Make sure the file permissions are set to Anyone with the link with the role of Viewer or your students won’t be able to see the recording.
You will need to convert the audio transcription (.vtt file) and save it as a Google Doc so you can share it with your students.
In your Downloads folder, double-click the audio transcription .vtt file and select Notepad (PC) or TextEdit (Mac) to open the file.
Create a new Google Doc in your WIU Google Drive folder. Name the file the same as your video and add the word Transcript to the end of the file name.
Copy and paste the audio transcription text from Notepad or TextEdit into your Google Doc and edit the text as needed. Edit the file permissions so that anyone with the link can view the file.
In your course page, create a link below your video that reads, Click here to view the video transcript - opens in new tab. Copy the Google Doc's URL and paste it in the link for the entire sentence. Remember to underline the link.