Integrating your EchoVideo and Zoom accounts lets Zoom cloud recordings automatically save to your EchoVideo library, making it easier to store and share with students. Unlike Zoom’s 120-day cloud retention, EchoVideo content has no retention limit.

• Only recordings made after integration will be copied; previous recordings won’t transfer.
• Do not enable this if you use Zoom for HIPAA-sensitive tele-health purposes, as all cloud recordings from your UMass Zoom account will be copied to EchoVideo.
• Recordings in EchoVideo are private unless you share them or add them to a course.
• You can still manually download and upload Zoom recordings to EchoVideo without integration.
• Ensure you have access to both EchoVideo and Zoom accounts before starting.

Enable the integration between EchoVideo and Zoom

1. Log in to Echo360.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
2. On the Library page, click the blue gear icon (Settings) at the top.
3. Select Account Settings from the dropdown.
4. In Account Settings, go to Zoom Settings.
5. Toggle on Automatically copy Zoom recordings to EchoVideo.

Set an alternate Zoom email

If your preferred email isn’t NETID@umass.edu (e.g., jsmith@department.umass.edu), please follow these steps for Zoom and EchoVideo to recognize you correctly:

1. Log in to Echo360.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
2. On the Library page, click the blue gear icon (Settings) at the top.
3. Select Account Settings from the dropdown.
4. In Account Settings, go to Zoom Settings.
5. Click Alternate Zoom Email.
6. Enter your NetID@umass.edu (omit any department identifiers).
7. Click Save.
8. Check your email for a confirmation from EchoVideo and follow the instructions to complete integration.

Automatically publish scheduled Zoom recordings to EchoVideo course

You can set scheduled Zoom meetings to automatically publish cloud recordings to an EchoVideo course for immediate student access once processed. This works only for meetings scheduled in Zoom.

1. Schedule your meeting in Zoom.
2. Log in to Echo360.umass.edu with your NetID and password.
3. On the Library page, click the blue gear icon (Settings) at the top.
4. Select Account Settings from the dropdown.
5. In Account Settings, go to Zoom Settings.
6. Under Automatically create Zoom lessons in EchoVideo sections, view your scheduled meetings. If none appear, click Reload My Zoom meetings.
7. Find the meeting to publish, and from the EchoVideo section dropdown, select the active EchoVideo course section.
   Note: Only active courses can be selected; inactive or out-of-term courses will show but cannot be chosen.
8. Click Save all changes at the bottom.

Considerations and limitations

• Zoom can create multiple cloud recording files per meeting (e.g., shared screen, speaker view, gallery), but EchoVideo imports only one file per meeting, based on this priority:
  • Shared screen with speaker view (audio + video of active speaker & shared content)
  • Shared screen only
  • Shared screen with gallery view (audio + video of gallery & shared content)
  • Active speaker only
  • Gallery view only
• Using Pause/Resume during recording creates a single continuous file: if you start/stop recording multiple times, Zoom produces separate files for each segment, all of which EchoVideo will copy individually; they won't be combined. This can help break lectures into parts.
• Zoom meetings longer than 8 hours cannot be copied; recordings must be split into segments under 8 hours.
• EchoVideo’s “meeting now” feature is currently not recommended due to limited controls; this may change as updates are released.