How to Record a Presentation on Zoom [Detailed Guidance]

Zoom, as one of the popular online communication tools, is mostly used to launch and record online meetings. Besides the internal recording feature, it also comes with tools that make screen sharing, webcam capturing and annotation process simple. Therefore, it can not only make Zoom meeting recordings but also produce a video presentation. Since you may not hear this method before, here we will talk about how to record a presentation on Zoom with explicit wizard for you.

Using Zoom to Record a Presentation Video

You can initiate a Zoom meeting without any other participants since you still have all of Zoom’s presentation tools at your disposal as well as the ability to record. First and foremost, you need to register a free Zoom account and then follow the guidance on how to record a presentation on Zoom.

Settings about PowerPoint: If you are using PowerPoint, you are suggested to make configuration as below: Open the PowerPoint file >> Click Slide Show>> Click Set Up Slide Show >> Under Show Type choose Browsed by and individual (windows). This operation will allow you to present in slideshow view without being in fullscreen mode since fullscreen mode will cause more difficulties to make recording with Zoom.

Now let’s turn back to the kernel aspect of Zoom to record presentation videos.

Start screen sharing of PowerPoint slides and webcam
Step 1: Open the Zoom app on your computer and then initiate a New Meeting to begin a video conference session. If you’re asked to choose an audio conference option, click Join with Computer Audio.

Step 2: Now you will find the Share Screen option at the bottom of the Zoom window, choose it to enter the next operation interface. In the Share window, you need to select the active window display your PowerPoint slide. Check the box for Share computer sound and Optimize Screen Sharing for Video Clip options if your presentation includes sound and a video.

Step 3: Once you click the Share button, you will see your face on the screen. You can reposition and resize the webcam window as needed. When a window is being “shared” in Zoom, the Zoom control bar will minimize and move to the top of the screen. You need to keep on the sharing status during the recording process.

Start video presentation recording in Zoom
Step 1: To begin recording in Zoom, find out the More icon in the Zoom control bar. There are two options for recording: Record on this Computer (files can be saved on your computer as mp4 file) and Record to Cloud (files will be uploaded into the Zoom Cloud server). Here you can decide according to your actual needs.

Step 2: Now you’re recording and ready to give your presentation. It’s highly recommended that you practice using Zoom before recording so that you’re comfortable with the controls before you record your presentation. Here you can do a short 30 seconds test run and publish your video to make sure that it sounds and looks good.

Step 3: You can change the window being recorded with ease during the recording process. When you are finished, click as below to end: More>> tap Stop Recording in the Zoom control bar at the top of the screen >> choose Stop Share>>End Meeting >>End Meeting for All.

Now you’ve got the recorded presentation video with Zoom but there are still some limitations by virtue of this method.
1. The whole process is a little complicated since you need to start a screen sharing process and then record in Zoom.
2. If your video was 10minutes, it could take 20+ minutes to process on the Zoom cloud server. Besides, you need to guarantee the internet connected status all the time.
3. You can’t make changes to settings and parameter like format, quality.

Record a Video Presentation with Better Alternative of Zoom

It can be denied that Zoom owns the basics of recording a presentation video. But if you want to produce professional-looking presentation videos, you are suggested to work with RecMaster. As a multi-function screen recorder, RecMaster is competent for online meeting saving including recording Microsoft Teams meeting, Zoom meetings as well as Webex Meeting capturing. Besides, it also performs well to create presentation involving videos like Keynote presentation video recording, PowerPoint screen recording and more.
Additionally, it embeds all-in-one operation feature and carries out screen recording offline. At the same time, some advanced tools like editor, mouse cursor effect and annotation are all accessible. To sum up, with the help of RecMaster you can easily make slideshows as expressive videos. Now let’s see the workflow of RecMaster.

Step 1: Please download and install RecMaster on your computer in advance and follow the wizard to have an overview of this tool.

Step 2: Under Full screen mode you can display the whole content of your PowerPoint. If you only want viewers to focus on the slide at present, you need to choose Custom area option.

Step 3: Using a webcam plugged-in will make your video more reliable and personal. Besides, you’re suggested to turn on microphone button so that your real-time narration can be recorded as well. If you’re making presentation videos for social platforms like YouTube, you are suggested to record as popular formats like MP4. >>Best formats for YouTube upload, download, record etc.

Step 4: Now it’s time to make PowerPoint as videos by pressing REC button. You can highlight key points or add mark-ups by means of mouse cursor effect and annotation tool.
Step 5: End the recording process with Stop icon. Here you can perfect your recorded video by cutting out unwanted clips. When all the processes are over, you can upload the video to YouTube or Google Drive in one-click workaround.

Conclusion
This article illustrates how to record a presentation on Zoom and at the same recommend the easier solution for presentation video making. You can choose the suitable one as you like to assist your recording work.

See also:
How to record Webex meeting on computer
How to record GoToMeeting on your computer
How to record Google Hangouts/Meet video or voice call