The first time you record, a 'Screencastify' folder is created in your Drive, making it always easy to find clips later.

I recommend checkmarking the 'Show Preview Window' option to make recording easier.īest of all, any videos made will automatically be saved to your Google Drive. While you can do traditional screencasting with the app, you can also choose the 'Cam' option to only record via the Chromebook's camera. The Lite version is free, yet fairly generous: your videos can be up to 10 minutes long, and you can record up to 50 videos a month. There are several Chrome apps and extensions that will do the job, but from anecdotes, reviews and personal experience, I recommend the Screencastify extension. So if not Screencast-o-matic, what are your options for video recording? (It's free for exported videos fifteen minutes long or less.) However, Screencast-o-matic won't work even within the browser of a Chromebook because of that elusive Java applet, and again, you can't install the program. Lastly, the video can be easily exported to your desktop or uploaded to your YouTube channel or Schoology Course. The final video makes a glowing holo around the mouse cursor to help track its movements and, if used intentionally while recording, can help bring attention to a particular word, phrase or part of a picture. It can be installed on your desktop (my recommendation) or ran inside of the web browser.

For example: for most laptops, my favorite screencasting program is Screencast-o-matic. However, you can't install programs on a Chromebook, and some sites require a Java plug in that won't run on the device. While this is useful, recording videos is a needed functionality for students to better demonstrate their understanding, or create engaging presentations. In terms of 'out of the box,' you can only use the webcam for taking still pictures. One of the struggles with a Chromebook is recording video.

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