Zoom meetings can be set to record the active speaker, gallery view, and shared screen during Cloud Recordings as separate video files.  The recording, if played in Zoom, will show all enabled views simultaneously, but DELTA does not recommend keeping recordings in Zoom Cloud storage long-term because recordings are only kept for 2 years. For any Zoom recording that must be kept for more than 2 years, we recommend moving them to Panopto.

Panopto's session editor enables different video streams to be viewed at the same time.  This means that after recording the Zoom views separately, they can be uploaded to a Panopto session for viewing, and then shared as a single video using Panopto.

This article provides instructions for setting up Zoom Cloud recording to separately record different meeting views, and for setting up a Panopto session using all recorded files.

Enabling Separate Recordings in a Zoom Meeting

To record active speaker, gallery, and shared screen views separately, the cloud recording settings for the individual user will need to be updated.

Navigating to Cloud Recording Settings

First, navigate to the Cloud Recording settings page:

1. Log into the NC State Zoom portal.
2. On the left-hand side of the page, click the Settings tab.
3. At the top of the Settings page, choose the Recording tab.
4. Enable Cloud recording by clicking the slider next to the section title.

Here, changes can be made to an individual's cloud recording settings.

Change Cloud Recording Settings to Record Separate Views

Three separate views can be recorded:

• Active Speaker
  • This is the user detected to be speaking for a period of time in the meeting.
• Gallery View
  • This is the view of all meeting participants in a grid.
• Shared Screen
  • This is the view of any screens shared during the meeting.
  • If there are no actively shared screens, then this will display a black screen.

To enable separate recordings in a Zoom meeting:

1. In the Cloud recording section of the Recording settings page, enable Record active speaker, gallery view, and shared screen separately using the checkbox.
2. For each view that should be recorded during the meeting, enable it using the checkbox. 
3. Click the Save button at the bottom of the cloud recording settings list.

These changes will apply to any future Zoom meetings chosen for cloud recording.  These changes do not function with local recording, which is limited in terms of what it can record.

Creating Panopto Session with Multiple Video Streams

To upload the separate view recordings to a single Panopto session, they'll need to be downloaded from Zoom as MP4 files.  Follow the instructions in the "Downloading Zoom Recordings" article to download the recording files.

Following that, to create a new session, follow the instructions in Panopto's "How to Use the Build a Session Feature" article.  Use the gallery view or active speaker view as the primary stream, and use shared screen view and other views as secondary streams.

The video can also be edited or cut as needed using the instructions in Panopto's "How to Edit and Add Streams in the Editor" article.

Additional Resources

Finding Zoom Recordings (DELTA Knowledge Base)

Adding Panopto Videos in Moodle (DELTA Knowledge Base)

For additional assistance, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk at learntech@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-7094, or via the Get Help form on the DELTA Knowledge Base.