Unfortunately, recording can be a pain on some of the bigger video-conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet, because a) you usually need to be on a paid plan,ī) you have to be an admin to enable recording (and be a meeting host to start recording a meeting) and c) there's no easy way to organize and find what you need from recordings. And you can share and provide context to team members in different time zones who couldn't make the meeting.

Select the view you wish to edit.Recording meetings is a great idea in a remote work environment, because you'll always have a point of reference to go back to if you need it.

The steps below are instructions for downloading the recording from Zoom onto your computer. Using editing software on your own computer is outside of the scope of this support document. You will need to download your recording from Zoom in order to be able to edit it offline. The campus provides licenses to Adobe Premiere and Camtasia to faculty and staff. If you need to make more extensive edits, or trim out portions of the middle of the recording, you will need to edit offline using video editing software. You can use the arrows on the handle to advance one second at a time, or you can drag it to where you want using the mouse

Position the Playback end handle where you want the video to end.

Position the Playback start handle where you want the video to start.

When in doubt, Shared screen with speaker view is a safe choice

Select Recordings from the list on the left.

Navigate to and sign in with your SF State credentials.

Editing cloud recordingsĮditing cloud recordings is done through your browser.

Cloud recordings can also be downloaded and edited locally using video editing software on your own computer. Zoom has tools built to allow trimming the beginning and end of cloud recordings.

Zoom video recording