Recording Webex Meetings

This article is for students, faculty, and staff seeking information regarding Webex's Record feature and accessing their recorded Webex meetings. Users can share their recording with a public link, or restrict their link to UConn members. Users also have the option to download a mp4 file of their recording. 

Recording Locations

1. Record to Cloud - recommended option
   1. Unlimited Cloud storage
   2. A transcript will be automatically generated. Learn about Webex Transcripts.
   3. Recording is online and ready to be shared.
   4. If you loose power or drop out of the call, the recording will continue.
   5. Recording can be downloaded as an mp4 file in the original content-participant layout.
   6. Content and Participant videos remain separate. You may switch between viewing content and presenter, or just the presenter. Note: If you download the recording, the .mp4 file on your hard drive will not have this feature.
   7. This recording location will give you the best possible recording quality because the recording happens at the bridge (Webex server), rather than what arrives at your computer. 
2. Record to local storage - not reccomended
   1. Uses space on your computer's hard drive
   2. A .mp4 file will be saved to your Documents folder, unless you choose another folder after clicking the Record button.
   3. Content and Participants' cameras will be in the original content-participant layout.
   4. Your microphone will always be unmuted in the recording (microphone mute will work during the meeting).
   5. Recording is offline and ready to be edited by a third-party video editor.
   6. Recording will have to be uploaded in order to share (Kaltura, YouTube, Facebook or other).

Related Recording Guides

How to Record a Meeting as Host

1. Begin the Meeting
2. You may begin and stop the recording as many times as you wish. Each recording will be a separate file in your My Recordings list.
3. Click on the Record button in the bottom row of buttons in the window
   
4. A small window will appear. In this window, you have the choice of where to save the recording. Choose to save the recording in the cloud (refer to the reasons in the section above). In this window is the button to begin the recording.
   

Pause or Stop the Recording

Once again, click on the Record button to make the small window pop up. Make the choice of pausing the recording, stopping the recording, or click the small X in the top-right of this window to close the window and continue recording.

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2. When you click Stop, another window will pop up asking if you are sure that you want to stop. This window will remind you of your ability to pause the recording in case pausing is more appropriate.
   

Set Scheduled Meetings to Record Automatically

You have the option of setting Scheduled Meetings to record as soon as they begin. This will remove the worry of forgetting to start the recording and missing important information. You may also trim the recording if confidential contents are shared before or after you would have normally started/ended the recording; this may be done by downloading the video file and uploading it to Kaltura to be edited. 

If your Meeting is set to automatically record, you may still pause, stop, and restart the recording as you desire. Each recording will be a separate file in your My Recordings list.

1. Sign into webex.uconn.edu
   1.  Click here to learn how to sign in to webex.uconn.edu

      1. Go to webex.uconn.edu.

      2. Click the green UConn Webex Login button. Click here to see the button
         

      3. Click the blue Sign In button in the top-right corner of the window. Click here to see the button
         

      4. Enter your UConn NetID to sign in.
2. If you would like to set this option on a previously scheduled meeting, click on "Meetings" in the left-hand menu. Then find and click on your Meeting in the list. Next click on the pencil icon to the right of the Meeting name to Edit the meeting settings. Choose "Edit the entire series".
3. If you would like to set this option as you are scheduling a new Meeting, continue on to the next step.
4. Click on "Show advanced option" to expand the options menu.
5. Click on "Scheduling Options" to expand the scheduling options menu.
6. Check the box for "Automatic Recording".

Recover Deleted Recordings

Deleted recordings will remain in your account for 30 days

1. Sign into webex.uconn.edu
   1.  Click here to learn how to sign in to webex.uconn.edu

      1. Go to webex.uconn.edu.

      2. Click the green UConn Webex Login button. Click here to see the button
         

      3. Click the blue Sign In button in the top-right corner of the window. Click here to see the button
         

      4. Enter your UConn NetID to sign in.
2. Click on Recordings in the left-hand menu.
3. Click on the drop down menu under "My Recorded Meetings".
4. Change the selection from "All" to Deleted".
   

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