Can you use Zoom to record your PowerPoint presentation?

As well as being a video conferencing tool, Zoom can be used to record and deliver presentations.  Computer Tutorng's newly published training video 'Is using Zoom to record your presentation a good idea?' will show you how using Zoom to record your PowerPoint presentations is possible and effective.

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Learn how to:

  • Use Zoom to record your PowerPoint Presentation
  • ​How to present your PowerPoint slides as a virtual background.

Whether you are recording a PowerPoint presentation in Zoom for your work colleagues, Webinar or using Zoom to record a PowerPoint presentation for future use this Zoom Tutorial will give you all the knowledge you need to record a professional presentation.

Furthermore, you will understand the answers to common problems.  For example: 'why do boxes appear when screen sharing on Zoom?' 'why does my video appear to the right of the shared screen on Zoom?'. 

If you would like to skip ahead to pertinent points please find the videos time stamp below: 

01:30 - Reasons for Recording
03:05 - Preparation
07:10 - Silencing the Noise when using Shortcut Keys
08:00 - Global Keyboard Shortcuts
10:00 - Recording a PowerPoint Presentation in Zoom
15:55 - Sharing and Recording a Video on Zoom
18:31 - Using PowerPoint presentation as a Virtual Background
22:50 - Problem of boxes on screen when sharing screen
25:07 - Problem of video appearing to the right
27:40 - Where does Zoom save my recordings?
28:55 - Is using Zoom to record your presentation a good idea?

Computer Tutorng hopes you find thie useful! We'd love to hear from you if you have any feeedback at all! Please feel free to email: info@computertutoring.co.uk 



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