Zoom meetings are a great way to virtually communicate with coworkers, clients, customers, students, and more. However, as anyone who’s sat through a long meeting before knows, it can be difficult to keep track of everything said during a long call.
If your team or group struggles with these issues or includes people who can’t attend all the meetings in their calendar, the obvious solution is to start recording them. Recording makes it easy to remember key points, share meeting content with others, and preserve important conversations for the future.
In this guide, we explain how to record a meeting while using the popular video conferencing platform and share ways to ensure your recordings are as high-quality as possible.
Key Takeaways
- Recording a Zoom meeting is quick and easy, with only a few steps in the process.
- You can save the recorded meeting to your computer (computer recording) or the Zoom Cloud (cloud recording).
- Find your Zoom meeting recordings in either your Documents folder or the Recording tab of the Zoom app or web portal.
- To improve the quality of your recorded Zoom meetings, ensure you have HD enabled, use a quality mic and camera, and make sure the lighting is correct.
To start recording a meeting in Zoom, just click the More menu at the bottom and select Record. Source: Tech.co testing
How To Record a Zoom Meeting in 4 Easy Steps
- Recording a Zoom meeting is quick and easy if you follow these steps:
- After starting a Zoom meeting, click the “Record” button at the bottom of the meeting screen to begin recording.
- If you have a paid account, choose to record to either your computer or the cloud. When using a free account, you’ll be able to use computer recording only.
- You’ll see a recording indicator at the top left corner of your screen. You can pause, start, and stop the recording at any time by clicking the appropriate icon.
- Stop the recording or end the meeting, and Zoom will convert the recording into a file you can view, rename, and share.
It’s worth noting that Zoom is one of the few video conferencing platforms that allows users to record meetings via the free plan. However, you’ll only be able download the recordings locally, as the Zoom free plan does not offer cloud storage.
Check out our Zoom pricing guide to learn more
Where To Find Recorded Zoom Meetings
Unlike recording with Google Meet, the exact location of your Zoom recordings depends on the recording option you choose.
If you record a Zoom call with your computer, you’ll be able to find recorded meetings in your Documents folder, within a file called “Zoom.”
For cloud recordings, open the Zoom app or web portal and go to the Recording tab, where you’ll find the footage of your prior meetings.
You can manage your recordings directly in the Zoom platform, regardless of whether they’re in cloud or local storage. Source: Tech.co testing
How To Ensure Recorded Zoom Meetings Are High-Quality
There are several steps you can take to improve the quality of your Zoom meeting recordings:
- HD Video: Go to your Zoom settings and ensure that HD video is enabled. (Keep in mind that free accounts aren’t able to enable HD video quality.)
- Touch-up appearance: You can also turn on the “Touch up my appearance” feature, which smooths skin tone and reduces blemishes.
- External camera: Consider getting an external camera to record with, as many integrated laptop cameras have subpar quality.
- Optimize lighting: Face a light or open window to ensure you’re well-lit, and never have a light source behind you, as it can produce shadows across your face.
- Location: Record your Zoom meetings in a quiet location with minimal distractions or background noise sources.
- External microphone: Consider investing in a high-quality mic and set it up properly. It’ll sound better, pick up less background noise, and make it easier for people to understand you.
- Internet connection: Ensure your internet connection is stable, as it’s a significant factor in your video and audio quality. A slow, shaky connection will likely result in an unstable, glitchy meeting recording.
- Limit background downloads: Consider stopping background downloads and ensure others on your Wi-Fi aren’t using too much bandwidth when recording Zoom calls.
Final Thoughts
Whether you’re a remote worker looking to refer back to important meetings or an educator wanting to send lectures to students or trainees, recording Zoom meetings is a huge help.
It takes only a few clicks to record a meeting, they’re easy to find, and there are several straightforward ways to ensure your recordings are high-quality.
Interested in learning more about Zoom? Consider checking out guides about its time-saving AI features or how to easily create and send clips of a meeting with Zoom Clips.