

If access has not yet been set or has already been denied, you can still launch Universal Capture and see the desktop, camera, and microphone inputs as source options. Click Open System Preferences to manually enable access to the desktop.
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If you choose to click Don't Allow at this point you will need to manually update your System Preferences to be able to record from a microphone in the future.

If someone else logs into that same classroom computer using another user account, they will also have to enable access, because each user on a computer controls their own permissions.Īs of the release of macOS 11.0 (Big Sur), all applications now additionally require a System Administrator to set the permission in order to be able to record the Desktop (Screen Recording). Individual permissions means that if you enable access to these inputs on a Classroom computer, permission is ONLY granted for the specific user account you are current logged in with. As of the release of macOS 10.15 (Catalina), all applications require individual user permission to be able to access the Camera and Microphone (a Security and Privacy feature that has long been in effect for iOS), and for each user to manually set the permission to record the Desktop (Display).
