How do I record my lesson in the italki Classroom?

Many students and teachers have requested the ability to record their italki lessons. We can now offer this function for the italki classroom. This function in the italki Classroom is currently only supported in the Chrome, Edge, and Firefox web browsers. If one person is not using a supported browser, the recording function will be unavailable for that user only.

italki takes student and teacher privacy very seriously. For the recording to be made, BOTH the teacher AND the student must agree to allow recording.

When you turn on the Record Lesson button, you will be asked to give permission for screen sharing. Please agree to share your screen. It won’t conflict with the screen-sharing feature.

After you start recording, you can choose to stop or restart recording at any time. When you finish recording, the video will be saved automatically to your default drive for browser downloads on your computer.

Where is the video recording saved?

Recordings of italki classroom lessons will be saved locally on your computer. The videos will be in a WEBM format and should be viewable with a supported web browser.

The video recording is not saved or uploaded to any online server. The recording is only saved on your computer. italki does not have access to your video and does not have a copy of the video.

Responsible video use

• If any users have concerns about lesson recordings, we recommend not allowing lesson recording.
• Students and teachers should always ask the other person for permission to record a lesson. Lesson recordings should only be used for personal review.
• Allowing recording authorization does not give a person (the student or the teacher) the right to use the video for any other purposes (including, but not limited to, commercial use, promotional use, resale, etc.).
• italki does not take responsibility for any lesson recordings. Teachers and students who allow lesson recording are responsible for their own behavior. italki is not responsible for improper use of recorded content.
• Lesson recording is a feature that is offered as-is. The recording quality can be affected by a user's equipment, internet connection, browser, etc. italki is not responsible for any losses or damages caused by recording or saving failures.