12 Recording Guidelines

As a general policy, students in Zoom-delivered classes, seminars, labs and other student meetings should not be routinely recorded. There is a real possibility that a student’s personal information (e.g., name, image, voice, personal views and opinions, course work) may be inadvertently captured in a recording.

It would be a rare circumstance that would necessitate the recording of the portion of a live Zoom session that includes student personal information (student images, voices, personal views and opinions, course work). There are few situations that could not be handled in a manner using pre-recorded lectures or recordings of the “non-student” portion of the session for posting on UR Courses (rather than recording a live Zoom interaction that includes student participation). However, if an instructor believes that such a recording is necessary, the instructor should discuss the situation with the Dean/Director or Associate Dean.^[1]

If you choose to record in zoom, you must:

• have permission from your Dean/Director or Associate Dean
• follow U of R recording guidelines listed below [see key resource link below]
• record to the zoom cloud, instead of a personal computer

Zoom offers a recording feature that results in providing a copy shareable link for students which can include: shared screen with speaker view, audio only, and audio transcript.