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Overview

When a BigBlueButton conference or activity is enabled for recording, you can use the Start/Stop button in the live session to generate a recording. It is important to note that enabling your conference or activity to be recorded when it was created is not an auto-capture function. You must still use the start/stop record button in the live session for a recording to process.
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The recording icon is located in the top centre of the BigBlueButton interface to the right of the session title.

Start the recording

To start the recording, select the Start Recording button:
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When started, the recording icon will change to red and a timer will begin counting up the total number of recorded minutes captured.

Stop or pause the recording

To stop or pause the recording, select the red icon and timer:
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The recording processing takes approximately the same amount of time as the full duration of the live session and does not begin until the session has ended or all attendees have logged out of BigBlueButton.
All sessions have a duration of 9 hours.