How to Record a Zoom Meeting &
Upload It to Canvas
Task #1: Record a Zoom Meeting to Your Local Computer
Step
1
Launch your Zoom
application, go to the bottom
menu and click on the
<Record> button.
Step
2
After clicking on Record,
choose the option <Record on
this Computer> to record
your Zoom meeting.
• During the recording
process, you have the
option to Pause or
Stop the recording.
• After your meeting,
your video recording
will get converted
to .mp4
Tutorial Summary: This tutorial consists of two tasks. The first task will walk you through the process
of recording a Zoom meeting to your local computer. The second task will show you how to upload
your recorded Zoom meetings to Canvas.
Step
3
Task #2: Upload a Video Recording File From Your Local Computer to Canvas
Step
1
Before you upload your file,
locate your video recording
files in your Document
folder. Zoom generates
several files after you finish a
meeting session, please
remember to choose the
recording file with the .mp4
extension, which has both
audio/video.
Step
2
Go to Canvas and select the
module where you want to
upload the video recording
file to, then click on the plus
sign <+> to add the file to
the module.
Next, access the video recording files from your local computer:
• If you have a PC, then your recording files will be here:
o C:\Users\User Name\Documents\Zoom
• If you have a Mac, then your recording files will be here:
o Mac: /Users/User Name/Documents/Zoom
Step
3
After clicking on the <+>, you
will add a file to the module
by clicking on the dropdown
triangle and select <File>.
a. Select <New File>
b. Choose <Browse>
to select the video
recording file for
upload from your
local computer.
c. Click on
<Add Item> to
complete the upload.
d. Upload wait time.
Depending on the size
of the file and
internet connection,
there may be a short
waiting period. On
average, a file of
150MB will take about
6-8 minutes to
upload.
Step
4
Once your file has been
successfully uploaded to your
Canvas module, you will see
the green check mark next to
the item.
a. Video Conversion
Wait Time. Canvas
may need a few
minutes to convert
your uploaded video
to be viewable online.
