Kaltura-Zoom Integration: Zoom Recording Layouts

As of March 23, 2022 Kaltura and Zoom are integrated. Meaning your Zoom recordings will automatically be transferred and saved in Kaltura and be available at DU MediaSpace in your My Media. How your Zoom recordings get transferred to Kaltura depends on your Zoom cloud recording settings.  By default your Zoom cloud recording settings are set to Record active speaker with shared screen. 

This article covers:

What You Need to Know About the Kaltura-Zoom Integration

  • Zoom creates a separate recording for each chosen layout (active speaker, gallery view, shared screen). If multiple recordings of the same meeting are transferred to Kaltura, they are grouped together as one multi-stream video that can be viewed in the interactive player.
  • The Kaltura video player allows the viewer to control what they prefer to see (speaker, slides or both.)
  • Captions and speaker names will transfer to Kaltura with your Zoom recording. Learn how to edit captions in Kaltura here: Kaltura-Editing Closed Captions.
  • Poll questions and chat will not be transferred. Save your chat file on your computer by clicking Save chat to computer in your meeting settings. Save your poll results by clicking Download in the bottom left corner of the poll results window, after your poll is complete.   

Zoom Recording Layouts

There are 5 Zoom recording layouts that you make while in a Zoom meeting. You experience these layouts in Zoom as you navigate the view options during a Zoom meeting. These layouts will be recorded depending on how you configure your Zoom recording settings.

Active Speaker with Shared Screen

record active speaker with shared screen
  • Active speaker fills entire display when screen is not shared.
  • When screen is shared, active speaker appears in small window in corner of the display.
screen shots of active speaker with shared screen layouts depending on if the screen is shared or not.

Gallery View with Shared Screen

record gallery view with shared screen
  • All meeting participants appear in tiled windows filling the display when screen is not shared.
  • When screen is shared, active speaker appears in small window in corner of the display.
  • Similar to Active Speaker with Shared Screen layout.
screen shots of gallery view layouts depending on if the screen is shared or not.

Active Speaker Only

record active speak, gallery view and shared screen separately selected
active speaker selected
  • Active speaker fills entire display both when screen is or is not shared.
  • Select if you need a recording of the presenter.
screen shot of active speaker only layout

Gallery View Only

record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately selected
gallery view selected
  • Gallery view fills entire display both when screen is or is not shared.
  • Select if you need a recording of all participants in the meeting.
screen shot of gallery view only

Shared Screen Only

record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately selected
shared screen selected
  • Shared screen fills display when screen is shared, no view of speakers or participants.
  • When screen is not shared, display will appear black.
  • Select if you need a recording of the presentation without viewing active speaker or gallery.
screen shot of screen share only layouts depending on if screen is shared or not.

Zoom Cloud Recording Settings

By default your Zoom cloud recording settings are set to Record active speaker with shared screen. This means only 1 layout of your Zoom recording will be recorded and transferred to Kaltura and you will have a regular non-interactive video. Multiple layouts will only be recorded separately to create an interactive video, once you adjust your recording settings. If you want an interactive video adjust your recording settings here: https://udenver.zoom.us/

Tip: For a regular, non-interactive video with one stream, choose “Record active speaker with shared screen.” 

Screenshot of Zoom cloud recording settings showing the default setting "Record active speaker with shared screen."
See the default setting: 1 selected recording layout means only 1 recording will transferred to Kaltura.

Adjust your Zoom clouding recording settings:

  1. Log in to your DU Zoom account.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Select Recording and scroll to Cloud Recording.
  4. Choose recording settings based on the layout you want.
screenshot showing steps to access Zoom cloud recording settings: 1) Settings button, 2) recording tab, 3) cloud recording section.
The number of recording layouts you select is the number of recordings transferred to Kaltura that make up an interactive video.

Tip: For an interactive, multi-stream video choose “Record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately.”

For an interactive, multi-stream video select Record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately. Select the layouts you would like to be individually recorded and to be transferred to Kaltura.

screen shot showing setting option "record active speaking, gallery view and shared screen separately"
Each layout selected will be recorded separately, transferred to Kaltura, and combined to become 1 interactive, multi-stream video!

Interactive, Multi-stream Videos

Once transferred to Kaltura any layouts you recorded separately will be stitched together into one interactive video. This allows viewers to toggle through recorded layouts in the Kaltura player.

You may receive an email update for each separate layout recording transferred to Kaltura. Don’t worry! You will only have 1 interactive video once everything is done processing.

Using the Interactive Player:

  • Toggle between views.
  • Arrange layouts to appear side-by-side, picture in picture or single stream.
  • Swap streams in and out of toggle and arrangement features when your video contains 3 or more streams.
screenshot highlighting Kaltura interactive video player features including toggle, arrangement, and stream selection.
Kaltura interactive player combines all your Zoom recorded layouts into one video, and allows viewers to control how they appear.

Learn more about how to use interactive Kaltura videos here: https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/viewing-rich-media-in-the-kaltura-player