August 25, 2025 at 10:52 am
On August 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m. PST, we upgraded the Zoom integration in Canvas to a new version to improve stability and performance. The upgrade completed successfully; however, certain Zoom settings were reset in Canvas and may require re-adding Zoom to areas of your Canvas course.
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Posted in Canvas News, Zoom News
March 28, 2024 at 4:55 pm
You were previously informed that the new Zoom video retention policy would come into effect on March 31, 2024. That is no longer the case, as the policy rollout date is being postponed. Zoom videos that are a year older or more will not be deleted on March 31 and links to Zoom videos will continue to work past that date.
To ensure a smooth transition, the postponed policy rollout will also happen with a change in how we store Zoom recordings. Rather than store these videos in the Zoom cloud, videos will instead be stored in Kaltura. Kaltura is the media platform that is built into Canvas and is also accessible through the UBC Teaching & Learning Media Portal.
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Posted in Kaltura News, Zoom News
October 18, 2023 at 2:15 pm
Starting October 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024 respectively, UBC will begin removing video recordings from Microsoft Teams and Zoom automatically, one year after each video is recorded. This new video retention policy affects all faculty, staff, and student employees who use UBC accounts to record with these tools.
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Posted in Microsoft Teams News, Zoom News
October 28, 2022 at 10:15 am
Starting in October 2023 and March 2024 respectively, UBC will begin removing video recordings from Microsoft Teams and Zoom automatically, one year after each video is recorded. This new video retention policy will affect all faculty, staff, and student employees who use UBC accounts to record with these tools.
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Posted in Microsoft Teams News, Zoom News
August 23, 2020 at 9:00 am
UBC Zoom data has moved to Canadian data hosting, allowing us to enable cloud recording for Zoom sessions and to integrate Zoom and Canvas.
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Posted in Canvas News, Zoom News