Zoom -- Recording -- Share or Download from Zoom or Kaltura Drexel Streams
Quick Instructions
- All recordings to CLOUD done with your Drexel Zoom Pro account and/or at https://drexel.zoom.us are AUTOMATICALLY backed up to Kaltura Drexel Streams, within 30 minutes to a few hours or so after the end of the recording.
- Kaltura Drexel Stream recordings or videos are available within Bb Learn "Week" or other content areas from the "Build Content" drop-down button (scroll down after clicking within the menu), or at https://drexel.edu/it/streams
- You can just record yourself in a Zoom meeting your schedule.
- Or you can record a meeting with others, if you are doing group work.
- Do a 30-second test recording first.
- Make sure your mic is picking up sound in the recording.
- Make sure you screenshare if you need to demonstrate something on your computer.
- Turn on your webcam in Zoom if you need to record yourself.
- Below is how to enable/use the cloud/online recording option in Zoom.
- https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203741855-Cloud-recording
Record to the Cloud (Online) in Zoom
- Personal Meeting Room recordings may NOT be automatically uploaded to Drexel Streams (Kaltura).
In that case, see the "Download Recording in Zoom" section below. - When you record a Zoom meeting, you have 2 options.
"Record to the computer"
"Record to the cloud" - We recommend "Record to the Cloud."
Drexel Zoom Pro recordings made to the cloud are backed up to Drexel Streams (Kaltura).
And the recordings are more easily accessible and less likely to be lost in the cloud.
We'll cover how to find/obtain either option here. - Do NOT edit recordings in Zoom.
They are not real edits.
When you download from Zoom, your unedited video will be downloaded, not your edited video.
Find Recordings in Zoom
- Visit https://drexel.zoom.us in a web browser.
(Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, etc.) - Sign in on the Drexel Connect screen (if prompted).
Approve MFA if prompted. - Click "Recordings" in left nav.
- If you recorded to your computer:
The Local Recordings tabs you what computer name and folder path to find where the recording was saved.
If you moved the recording on that computer later on, then this info may not be accurate.
If you're not sure of your computer's name, check each of the computer's you use. - If you record to the cloud:
The Cloud Recordings tab will list your recordings in the Zoom's cloud storage system.
Recordings to Cloud for Drexel Zoom are kept for 126 days in the Zoom cloud. Then deleted.
Recordings to Cloud for Drexel Zoom are also automatically backed up to Drexel Streams (Kaltura).
The Drexel Streams (Kaltura) copy remains indefinitely.
Share or Download Recordings
You can Share or Download these recordings in a few ways.
- Download and Share from Zoom
- Share from Drexel Streams (Kaltura)
- Download from Drexel Streams (Kaltura) is Complicated
We'll cover each in turn below.
Download and Share Recording in Zoom
- https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205347605-Managing-and-sharing-cloud-recordings
- Downloading is highly recommended from Zoom.
- Sharing from Zoom is NOT recommended.
- Open the Share option for the recording
- Sign in to your Zoom web portal.
- In the left menu, click Recordings & Transcripts.
- Make sure you’re on the Cloud recordings tab.
- Find the recording you want to share.
- Click the three-dot menu (⋯) on the recording card, then select Share.

- Choose who can access the recording:
- In the Share window, use the field “Add contacts, channels, or emails” to add specific people (recommended for private sharing).
- Review People with access to confirm who can view.
- Under Link access, choose the access level you want (example shown: Anyone with the link).
- Use Copy link with passcode to copy a shareable link (includes the passcode automatically).

- Open “More settings”:
- In the same Share window, click the gear icon (⚙️) in the top-right.
- This opens More settings, where you control download/transcript/passcode options.
- Look up the image above
- Control downloading, transcript visibility, and passcode
- In More settings, set the options you want:
- Viewers can download: Turn ON to allow downloads, turn OFF to prevent downloads.
- Viewers can see transcript: Turn ON/OFF depending on whether you want viewers to read the transcript.
- Passcode: Keep enabled if you want extra protection for the shared link.
- Click Save
- In More settings, set the options you want:

- What viewers see when downloading is allowed
- When someone opens the shared recording link, they’ll see the playback page.
- If Viewers can download is enabled, they can click Download (… files) in the top-right.

Share from Drexel Streams (Kaltura)
Download from Drexel Streams (Kaltura) is Complicated
Notes
- Downloading Drexel Streams or Kaltura video is NOT necessary, generally, if you record to cloud (except for Personal Meetings).
- You can play Drexel Streams or Kaltura videos fine in your web browser.
- If you are not the creator/owner of the video, downloading a video is complicated.
- Downloading video is not necessary for submitting assignments, generally.
- Few instructors need it. A few may want it, and will tell you that, but very, very, very few will actually need it.
- Recordings cannot be downloaded from an embedded player window in Bb Learn.
- Links to the video on the Drexel Streams website can allow downloads.
More information at link below.