Zoom Retention Policy

Wesleyan University offers professional Zoom accounts to all Wesleyan faculty, staff, and students. Users can go to wesleyan.zoom.us and sign in with their Wesleyan username and password. More information on managing your account is available at https://www.wesleyan.edu/its/knowledgebase.html. 

Zoom allows users to store recordings of meetings locally on their own device or in the Zoom cloud. The Zoom cloud is not intended for permanent storage of your recorded meetings and/or classes. In order to responsibly manage our university’s Zoom cloud storage, beginning January 1, 2021, recordings stored in the Wesleyan Zoom cloud will be removed 180 days after they are created. You must download your recording if you would like to retain it and move it to one of our permanent storage options. 

Permanent storage options for your Zoom cloud recordings 

  1. Google Drive. Wesleyan users can download their cloud recording and upload it to their Wesleyan Google Drive. This is also a good option if you would like to share the recording with others. Instructions on how to do so are available here. 
  1. Microsoft OneDrive. Wesleyan users can download their cloud recording and upload it to their Microsoft OneDrive, which has up to 5 TB of space. This is also a good option if you would like to share the recording with others. Instructions on how to do so are available here. 
  1. BrightCove. Wesleyan users who want to post Zoom cloud recordings to the Wesleyan website should download their cloud recording and upload it to BrightCoveInstructions on how to do so are available here