Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How can I help my students not feel isolated when we’re not meeting in person?

Communicate. Communicate. Communicate. There are several ways you can reach out to your students, some of which you may already be doing.

• Email your class regularly.
• Continue whatever system that worked for your in-person class.
• Use the Announcements feature to provide the housekeeping you usually share in class. Post an announcement at least once a week to keep everyone on track.

See other ways to communicate with students when teaching online.

How do I edit my Zoom recordings?

If you record your Zoom sessions locally, you will receive an .mp4 file that you can edit in any video editor. Zoom cannot edit these files. If you don’t have a video editor on your computer, try using My Mediasite’s.

1. Once you upload the file and it finishes processing, select “Edit Video.”
2. Then, drag your mouse to select sections to cut.
3. Edit the start time on the left, or edit the end of the video on the right.
4. When you’ve highlighted everything to cut, select “Commit to Current” in the Commit menu at the top, and your edits will be saved. The Commit Job menu on the right will show you its progress.
5. Once it is complete, it will automatically update your video in the catalog.

There are no other steps you need to take to get your changes to your students.

Chunking Videos by Topic

If you want to break up your lecture into smaller pieces, or chunks, so students can view your lecture by topic, select “Commit to New.” Then you can create new, smaller videos based on the cuts you make without changing the original video. Be sure to add new, descriptive titles for each smaller video.

Please note: Chunking videos by topic can greatly help students living in rural areas, due to their slow and/or spotty internet connections.

See So You’ve Made a Zoom Recording…Now What? for more information about handling your Zoom recordings.

How can I share my Zoom Cloud recordings with students inside a Canvas course?

1. To add Zoom Cloud recordings to the Zoom app within Canvas, go to the “Zoom” link in the course’s left-hand navigation. (You may be asked to click the link to launch ZOOM LTI Pro.)
2. Once Zoom launches in a new window:
   1. Click the three vertical dots menu next to “Schedule a New Meeting.”
   2. Click “Import Meeting.”
   3. Then, enter the recording’s Meeting ID. (You can find this in the Zoom web application.)

As long as there are no previous recordings with an identical Meeting ID, the recording will be added to the available Cloud recordings.

See So You’ve Made a Zoom Recording…Now What? for more information about handling your Zoom recordings.