Zoom and Lecture Capture (EchoVideo) integration

Zoom meetings recorded and auto-uploaded to Lecture Capture for Instructors and Teaching Assistants.

As of Semester 1, 2022, Instructors and Teaching Assistants can find a copy of each of your recorded Zoom meetings in your personal Lecture Capture (EchoVideo) library. All recordings are privately stored in the EchoVideo system, and can be easily shared to students and colleagues within the LMS or by logging directly into Lecture Capture.

Previously, all Zoom meetings that have been recorded to the cloud are automatically archived from Zoom after 60 days, and deleted from the Zoom Cloud archive 30 days later.

Note: EchoVideo does not remove recordings from the Zoom Cloud. A copy of the recording will remain in Zoom Cloud until its scheduled removal. Recordings copied into your Lecture Capture library will remain after the scheduled removal from Zoom.

This Zoom/EchoVideo integration has been enabled for all staff at the University to ensure all recordings (including attached transcripts) are stored safely in our enterprise system and conveniently located together. All you have to do is ensure that you have:

  • logged into Zoom using SSO - This is your Unimelb staff account.
  • 'Record to the Cloud' selected - Use the Cloud option instead of “Record on this computer” during your Zoom meeting.
    • Alternatively, you can set all meetings to record to the cloud by default; Log into Zoom and set your configured meetings or personal Zoom Room default to Record to Cloud.
  • video enabled during the meeting - Ensure the meeting is not audio-only; you must have at least one video option displayed during the meeting.

Tip: Pause the recording during your Zoom meeting instead of stopping/starting the recording to ensure the entire meeting is uploaded as a single media file.

For more information about Zoom licencing and data retention, please refer to the Knowledge Base Article supplied by Learning Space Support: Zoom - Installation Guide (Staff login required).

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This page was last updated 24 Jan 2024.
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