Try to use a background that is clean and uncluttered.
Be sure your battery is charged and you have enough memory to finish your recording.
If you’re holding the phone in your hand, try and hold it so that the crook of your elbow can’t be seen in the shot.
Make sure to leave room between the top of your head and the top of the screen.
The bottom of your screen should be around your third shirt button, or the base of your zipper on a quarter-zip top, or the bottom of the placket on a polo shirt.
Keep the phone between you and your primary source of light.
If you’re outside, stay away from windy areas.
If using a wireless microphone, put it inside your outermost layer of clothing to cut down on wind noise.
Wait two or three seconds to start talking after you begin recording.
Remember to look at the camera, not at the screen.
Hold still for two or three seconds after you stop talking, and then end the recording.
Test your recording before uploading to make sure the audio and video are good.
On Zoom
Be sure you have enabled recording in your Zoom settings.
Try to use a background that is clean and uncluttered
Don’t sit closer than 2 feet away or further than 3.5 feet away from your webcam.
In your Zoom settings, make sure your video settings have these boxes checked: Camera: 16:9 Widescreen, My Video: both "HD video" and "Touch up my appearance".
Keep the webcam between you and your primary source of light.
Frame yourself so that the top of your head is visible, and the fourth button down on a shirt would be, too.
Wait two or three seconds to start talking after you begin recording.
Remember to look at the camera, not at the screen.
Hold still for two or three seconds after you stop talking, and then end the recording.
When you end your Zoom meeting and the video is done processing, it will pop up in a folder, likely titled zoom_0. This is the file you want to keep. You can rename it for easier reference.
Test your recording before uploading to make sure the audio and video are good.