Overview

UC San Diego offers users the choice to enable an integration between Zoom and Kaltura. After it's enabled, all future Zoom cloud recordings transfer to Kaltura automatically. (Read our KBA Opt in to the Kaltura-Zoom Integration to learn how to enable this feature for your account.) One side effect of this integration is that you can use it to create "dual-stream" videos in Kaltura if you configure your Zoom cloud recording settings in a particular way. This document shows you what to do.

These instructions apply to any member of the UC San Diego community with active directory credentials.

Critical Concepts

Prerequisites

• Zoom is installed. You need to have installed the Zoom desktop application on your computer.
• You are recording your camera and screen. In order to make a dual-stream video, you need to have 2 video streams. That's almost always your camera and screen.
• You've opted into the Kaltura-Zoom integration. For your Zoom recordings to transfer automatically to Kaltura, you need to join a particular user group. Read our KBA Opt in to the Kaltura-Zoom Integration to learn how.

Things to Keep in Mind

• What's a layout? If you configure your Zoom recording settings on the web (ucsd.zoom.us), you're offered several options for what you want to record, such as "record active speaker with shared screen," "record gallery view with shared screen," and so on. In this document we'll refer to these options as "layouts."
• Don't elect to record more than 2 Zoom layouts. Though it might be nice in Zoom to have the option to record a bunch of different layouts so you can pick and choose what you like to keep, in Kaltura all the layouts will be grouped together into one multi-stream video. Anything with 3 or more streams gets really confusing in the Kaltura player.
• The chat log will be a public "attachment" to the Kaltura entry. Any public chat that occurred during the Zoom session will also be added to the Kaltura entry. It will end up in the "attachments" section, a tab that's only visible to viewers if you publish the entry to a Canvas Media Gallery or a channel in MediaSpace. There are no "visibility" settings for attachments, though—so if there's an attachment, viewers can see and download it.
• Be patient. The Kaltura-Zoom integration takes a little while. Your recording has to be processed by Zoom, then sent to Kaltura, where it's processed again. Kaltura is vague about how long you should expect it to take, but it could take several hours (depending on the length of your video).

Steps to Take

To create a dual-stream entry by leveraging the Kaltura-Zoom integration, you need to complete 2 main tasks. Feel free to use the list to jump to either section below:

1. Configure your Zoom cloud recording settings
2. Record your dual-stream video in Zoom

1. Configure your Zoom Cloud Recording Settings

1. In a web browser, go to https://ucsd.zoom.us. If you're not already signed in, do so.
2. In the left navigation, click Settings.
3. Click the Recording tab at the top of the screen.
4. Scroll down to the "Cloud Recording setting" section.
5. Uncheck any boxes for layouts that are already checked.
6. Check the box that says Record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately. Additional options should populate below.
7. Check the 2 boxes for Active Speaker and Shared Screen.
8. Scroll to the bottom of the section and click Save.

You've now configured Zoom to record two separate videos to its cloud:

• your screen and microphone
• your camera and microphone

Follow the instructions below to record your Zoom video.

2. Record your Dual-Stream Video in Zoom

1. Open the Zoom desktop application on your computer.
2. Click the Home icon at the top of the screen. (Zoom may open to it by default.)
3. Click New Meeting.
4. Within your Zoom room, turn on your camera and microphone by clicking the microphone icon and the camera icon. (To make a nice shot, center yourself in the frame horizontally and make sure your eyes are in the top third of the frame vertically.)
5. Click Share Screen and select the screen or application that you want to record.
6. Click More and select Record.
7. Select Record to the Cloud.
8. When you're done, click the red Record button and select Stop Recording.
9. Confirm by clicking Stop recording.

Your video will need to be processed for a little while by Zoom, then it'll be sent to Kaltura, where it will also need to be processed. So it may be several hours before it shows up in Kaltura.