How to Record a Presentation on Zoom

Sometimes the documentation is not easily understood and requires little more elaboration on some points, and everyone complains the same about it. The same goes with the zoom documentation.

In this article, we are going to tell you all about zoom, how to record video locally, how we can assign the recording task to a partner or a participant, how to record multiple audio files, etc. In the last section, we will tell you an alternative to zoom that includes more recording features than zoom.

The extensive use of zoom

Since the start of the pandemic, everything shifted from the physical version to the remote or virtual version. Whether it is our earning, learning, or meeting people, we are doing all such activities on the internet.

Zoom is the name that we all started to hear after a few months of the pandemic beginning, and then we were all or under the zoom's wave. We started our schooling on zoom; our professional meetings went on the zoom, we started meeting our friends and relatives on the zoom.

In a matter of time, zoom has become a daily part of our life. Now, everyone knows how to operate zoom, record zoom meetings, etc. But if you don't know, then don't worry, we are going to cover up all the things related to zoom recording in this article.

How to start local recording for your presentation

Zoom provides the free service of recording your audios and videos locally on the desktop computer. These locally recorded videos are then saved into the cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and other services if you connect with them.

Before enabling the option of local recording, you must know the prerequisites and limitations of it.

Prerequisites of local recording

For enabling the local recording option, you must perform the following tasks.

• Be sure that you have a zoom desktop client for Windows, macOS, or Linux, version 2.0 or higher.
• Free account of the zoom or above of it.
• If you want to record locally on Android and iOS devices, then this option is not available on mobile devices yet.

Limitations of local recording

Some of the limitations of local recording that you must know are listed below.

• You cannot get timestamps on your local recordings.
• Participant names cannot be seen in the local recording.
• The user cannot get the recording of the active speaker, Gallery View, and shared screen separately.
• Audio transcription is not available on the local recording.
• Recording with IOS and Android devices is not available.

Enabling the Local recording feature

You can enable the local recording feature with the accounts, as a user and a group. Below are the ways to enable the feature.

Account

To record locally for all the users in an account.

• Sign in or login into the zoom account as an administrator.
• Click on Account Management, then Account Settings.
• Now, click on the recording tab.
• Click the Local Recording toggle to enable or disable it under the Recording
• Click Enable or Disable to verify the change if the verification dialog box appears.

Group

Now, to enable or disable recording for the group of users, follow the steps below.

• Sign in or login into the zoom account as an administrator.
• Click User Management, then Group Management in the navigation menu.
• Now, click the applicable group name from the list of users.
• Now, click on the recording tab.
• Click on the Local Recording toggle to enable or disable it under the Recording
• Click Enable or Disable to verify the change if the verification dialog box appears.

User

To enable or disable local recording for your own use, follow the below steps.

• Sign in or login into the zoom account as an administrator.
• Click Settings in the navigation panel.
• Click the Recording tab.
• Click on the Local Recording toggle to enable or disable it under the Recording
• Click Turn On to verify the change if a verification dialog displays.

Start Local Recording

• Start the zoom meeting as the host.
• Now, click on the record button.
• Select Record on this Computer if there is a menu.
• If you want to see the participants, then click on the participant tab.
• Zoom will convert all your recordings into the MP4 format and save them into a separate folder.
• Click Pause or Stop Recording at the bottom if you want to stop or pause the recording.

How to assign recording privileges to a participant

Zoom also allows you to assign the recording part to a participant who will start or stop recording on your behalf. All you have to do is.

• Click participants in the zoom meeting.
• Navigate to the participant to whom you would like to assign this task under the participant tab.
• Click on the More option available next to their name.
• Click Allow record.
• The selected participant will be notified about this.
• The participant menu will display a recording icon next to the participant's name when a participant is recording.
• Click More next to the name, then click Forbid Record to take the privilege of recording from the selected participant.
• The participant will be notified about this.

How to record multiple audio files

The most needed feature of the zoom is that you can record the multiple audio files of each participant in the meeting. To enable this feature, follow the below steps.

• Launch the Zoom application and navigate to the settings.
• Now, click on the recording tab.
• Enable the option of recording a separate audio file for every participant.
• Record and save the meeting to your Computer.
• After the recording has been done, it would be processed and MP4 and audio files.
• The audio file will be available under the recording folder, and each participant's audio will be available in separate files.
• This option is only available on local recordings.

How to record zoom presentation with DemoCreator

To cope with the Zoom limitations, we recommend that our readers use DemoCreator by Wondershare. The DemoCreator developed by Wondershare is the audio and video editor; moreover, the application integrates a powerful screen recorder to ease the recording tasks of the users.

• DemoCreator is a powerful and exciting application that enables its users to edit any type of audio and video easily. A user can also record his screen, webcam, and audio separately or at the same time.

• The application is free to use; it has more than five hundred video editing resources that allow users to do any type of editing. You can add captions, texts, stickers, emojis, annotations, transitions, sounds with DemoCreator.

The application allows you to record the gameplay, too, as it has the separate option to record and edit the gameplays.

Below are the steps that are given to make you easily record the zoom presentations with DemoCreator.

Record screen, audio, and webcam

To start recording the zoom presentations. Download and install the DemoCreator by Wondershare and complete all the downloading and installation formalities.

• After installing the application, launch it.
• A window will appear asking you for different recording options and video editing options.
• Click on the screen recorder and webcam option.
• A small horizontal window will appear that will prompt you to set the video recorder before starting the zoom meeting.
• Set your microphone, webcam, and capture area on the window.
• Click on the start button to start your recording from the same window.
• You can also press the shortcut keys like F10 to start or stop the recording and press F9 to pause or resume.

A separate Feature

DemoCreator by Wondershare is the most efficient application for editing and recording purposes. The application allows you to use multiple recording tracks.

With DemoCreator, you can separate your recording by recording your zoom presentation on different tracks on DemoCreator. Audio, webcam, and screen recording are on the different timeline tracks.

Cut the unwanted part, Add annotation, sticker

DemoCreator allows you to edit your recordings and videos efficiently. You just have to import videos to the application and start editing them. To cut the unwanted part, add annotation, sticker, etc., follow the below steps:

• Launch the DemoCreator application after downloading and installing it.
• A window will appear asking you to record videos or edit them.
• Click on the video editor.
• Now, import the videos you want to edit by clicking on the folder icon option on the leftmost of the screen and then clicking on the import button.
• After that, all your videos will be added to the project panel of the application.
• Now, right-click on the videos and then click on Add to timeline and playhead option.
• After that, all your videos will be added to the timeline that is available below the screen.

Now to cut the video clip.

• Right-click the clip that you want to cut on the timeline. A small window will appear with multiple options.
• Click on the cut option.
• Place your playhead before the section you want to cut and split the clip into two to cut a section of a clip. Again place your playhead at the end of the section and split it completely.

Add annotations and stickers

Now, you have learned how to import your video from the above section.

• Again import your video and add it to the timeline by the above-cited method.
• On the leftmost of the screen, click on the annotations option. A window will appear with multiple annotations.
• Select and drag them to the timeline at the section of the video you want it to be.
• The same method for adding stickers will be followed. Below the annotation option, you can choose more multiple options and drag them to the timeline.

Import in different formats or directly upload to the cloud.

DemoCreator allows you to import your files with different formats and export them efficiently to the cloud, youtube, and in your local storage. Click on the export option available at the right top of the screen.

Conclusion

Now, you have multiple options to record your meetings. This article has also taught you how to record your videos from both the zoom and DemoCreator applications. Choose the application that most fits your needs.