Screen Recording

Screencastify Chrome Extension

This is a Chrome extension that allows for quick and easy video creation by recording your webcam, your screen (screencasting), or your webcam and screen simultaneously. This is an ideal tool for very simply recording yourself reading aloud to students, providing simple instructions, or sending greetings/check ins.

Features:

• Record your screen, your webcam, or both

• Create instructional GIFs (great for embedding into slideshows)

• Annotation tools that you can use in real time while recording your video

• The video max for a free account is 5 minutes (upgrade to unlimited recording here: https://account.screencastify.com/user/subscribe using CAST_COVID)

  1. 1. Unlimited accounts are expiring on June 30th, 2020

• Videos save directly to your Google Drive for easy sharing

• Students also have the ability to add this extension to Chrome for themselves

I'm Ready To Learn More:

• Beginner's Guide to Screencastify: Includes Step by Step instructions for getting started with Screencastify.

• Master the Screencast Course: One hour course that goes over basic Screencastify features, tips and tricks, app-smashing and more.

• How to upgrade to an unlimited account (upgrade expires 4/30)

• See how to use Screencastify with Edpuzzle in the On Demand Professional Learning section below

Loom Chrome Extension

Loom Desktop App (available for Mac and Windows only)

Loom iOS App

Features:

• Loom Pro account is free for all teachers and students

  1. 1. You will have to fill out a verification form but they have committed to keeping this free forever for education.

• Ability to record screen and webcam, webcam alone or screen alone.

• Option to include tab audio

• Drawing tools are available in the Desktop App version only

• Videos are stored in Loom and automatically shareable via a Loom link generated once you publish your video. You also have the ability to download your video as an MP4 or a GIF.

• Ability to trim video is available

I'm Ready To Learn More:

• Guide to Using Loom for Education

• Introduction to Loom

How to record the screen on your iPhone or iPad

In iOS 11 or later, you can create a screen recording and capture sound on your iPhone or iPad.

Record your screen

1. Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap the green plus button next to Screen Recording.

2. Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen. On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later, or iPadOS, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Press deeply on grey circle and tap Microphone.

4. Tap Start Recording, then wait for the three-second countdown.

5. Open Control Center and tap the red circle. Or tap the red status bar at the top of your screen and tap Stop.

Go to the Photos app and select your screen recording.

Some apps might not allow you to record audio. You can't record your screen and use screen mirroring at the same time.