Adding Zoom Recording Links to eLearn

Why use Zoom Recording Links?

Giving students access to the recordings of Zoom meetings in multiple ways allows for more student engagement. While students are able to access previous Zoom meeting recordings through the Zoom Meetings page, you may also want to add these recording links to the course's Content. Adding the recordings in Content allows the instructor to categorize recordings for students to find quickly and easily. Zoom recordings in Zoom also offer something that the My Media versions can't: meeting transcripts which include chat and speaker closed captions.

Finding Your Zoom Recording Link

There are multiple ways for you to find the link for your Zoom recordings.

Email

You will receive an email from Zoom after the recording of your Zoom meeting has processed, usually titled "Cloud Recording - (meeting name)." In that email, you will find the link that can be shared with viewers along with a host-only version. Make sure to only use the viewer option if you are planning to share the video. Using this method does not allow you to change any settings of how the recording before sharing it with viewers.

Zoom Web Portal (Recommended Method)

Open a web browser and log into volstate.zoom.us. Click to open the Recordings section on the left where you will find a list of all your meeting recordings. Click on the meeting name you want to share to bring up the Meeting Details page. Click the Copy shareable link button to copy the link that can then be shared to viewers. From this page, you can also change the sharing options of the recording by clicking the Share button and selecting the options you would like to enable or disable including allowing viewers to download the recording.

Screenshot of the cloud recording sharing options from Zoom including who can access the video and if viewers can download the recording.

eLearn

You can find recordings of previous Zoom meetings within the course the meeting was scheduled in. When logged into eLearn, open the course, click the Communication tab, and select Zoom Meetings. Click the Cloud Recordings tab to see the list of all the previous meetings' recordings. Click on the recording you want to share to see the main recording along with the audio-only recording. Beneath the recording you can find the Share button. Clicking this button allows you to copy the cloud recording information to share to viewers.

Adding Your Zoom Recording Link to eLearn

You can add your Zoom recording link to any part of eLearn (such as Content, Discussions, Dropbox, etc.) by using the Insert Quicklink button at the top of the HTML editor.

Selecting the text Chapter 1 - Introduction and Characters and then clicking the Quicklink button at the top of the HTML editor

Follow the steps below for the best results:

  1. Type the title of your Zoom Recording in a way that students will identify what was covered in the recording.

Typing the title Chapter 1 - Introduction and Characters into the HTML text box

  1. Select the title you created by clicking and dragging your cursor over it.

Selecting the text Chapter 1 - Introduction and Characters

  1. Click the Insert Quicklink icon at the top of the HTML editor.
  2. Choose the URL option from the list of Quicklink options where you can then paste the Zoom recording link you copied earlier.

Choosing URL from the Quicklink list and then pasting the recording link to insert it into the content

  1. Click the Insert button.
  2. Save the content you are editing to allow your students to access it.
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