Recording policies
Each event has one policy:- Disabled: recording cannot start.
- Manual: a host or moderator starts and stops recording in the live room.
- Automatic: recording is requested when a live session starts.
Recording controls in the live room
For manual recording, a host or moderator opens More in the bottom control bar and selects Start recording. The same menu provides Stop recording while a recording is active. The room header identifies the current recording state and source. If a whiteboard is open when recording begins, Classroom requires an active screen share so the board is visibly included. The presenter chooses the correct browser tab, window, or screen before capture begins.What is recorded
Classroom supports two recording sources:Camera grid
When no screen presentation is active, the recording uses the published camera and audio tracks. A participant with their camera off may not appear as a visible tile in the finished video even if the live room shows their placeholder.Shared screen
When screen sharing is active, the shared screen becomes the main content in the recording. The presenter chooses the screen, window, or browser tab using the browser’s sharing menu. A whiteboard shown with Present board is not included automatically in the video. To record it, share the browser tab or screen containing the board before starting the recording. Stopping the recording does not stop the screen share.Start and stop lifecycle
Manual recording moves through a short sequence:- Preparing while Classroom starts the recording;
- Recording while the live room is being captured;
- Processing after the recording is stopped;
- Ready when the video can be previewed or published.
preparing → recording → processing → ready
The video is not available immediately after clicking stop. Processing time depends on the recording length. A recording that cannot be completed is marked Failed so a manager can distinguish it from one that is still processing.
Separate recording segments
Stopping and then starting again creates another numbered recording for the same session. It does not append to the first MP4. A new segment can start while an earlier segment is still processing, provided school recording quotas allow it.Publication and visibility
Ready recordings are private by default. Event managers can preview them, then publish or unpublish them. Ordinary event viewers discover and play only published recordings. This prevents every completed recording from becoming student-visible automatically. Recordings play in the built-in video viewer. Fullscreen and download availability depend on the user’s browser and the actions allowed on the recording.Recordings after the event
Open the event details page and find Recordings. Each recording identifies its numbered segment and associated live session.
The session timeline also shows recordings belonging to each live run. Students see only published ready recordings.