What is Screencastify?

Screencastify, the #1 screen recorder for Chrome, allows you to capture, edit, and share videos in seconds. The new "assess tool" will keep your students engaged by quickly assessing viewer understanding with your own interactive questions. There are options to include your own desktop screen, use your own webcam to showcase your presentation, or even using a combination of both.

Screencastify can provide multimodal learning, differentiation for varied student needs, and allow students to participate in self-directed learning.

Try It Out!

Click to view the video below and experience the student view.

Ideas for Use

Teachers

Record a "Welcome Back" or "Meet the Teacher" video for students & parents
"FLIP" your classroom! Record your lesson for students to view independently at home or in stations. Use your class time to focus on practice and interaction with your students.
Customize learning for your students by recording your answers to a question, or working through a problem, and send them to students who require the extra support.
Create feedback videos to save time and increase your impact.
Divide and conquer with your content area! Divvy up common misconceptions or skills and create a video "FAQ" for students to access whenever they need it.
Provide station-by-station instruction for students.
Create video lessons for absent students.
Create a "best of the year" video at the end of the school year. Use the videos (or bloopers) that you made in conjunction with student videos.
Add QR codes to your video in printed physical newsletters or material to make them more dynamic.
Add a QR code to your video in the corner of a certificate so a student can scan and see a video of their teacher congratulating them for receiving the award.
Videos included in educational playlists
Classroom or Digital Scavenger Hunts
Build an exemplar library of products with explanations.
Record directions or modeling of activity
Quick instructional videos with interactive questions to check for understanding

Students

Video journalling
Book reviews/book reports
Showing how to work out a math problem
Practice foreign languages or public speaking.
Students can record their presentations rather than presenting in front of an entire class. This is great differentiation for your students. It provides them several opportunities and "takes."
Tell a story before writing a story. This could be a great brainstorming tool!
Add "video" to your choice boards!
Have students make videos to showcase their work. This could be especially cool for art or industrial technology! Post QR codes to their videos in the hallway to share with others!
Write then recite! (poetry, arguments, etc.)
Video discussion boards
Pronunciation/Oral Language Exercises
Build communication by dubbing videos. This will improve important story-telling and communication skills.
Students can combine videos from group work participants.
Reading fluency

Supporting Universal Design for Learning Pillars

ENGAGEMENT: Using video as a tool in UDL classrooms. Students can choose to learn, self-paced, by video or choose to show what they know through video. Instructional videos allow material to be consumed at their own pace.
REPRESENTATION: Make title cards to incorporate a variety of activities. Use audio and video to meet learning preferences and needs of more students.
ACTION & EXPRESSION: Student video assessments with Screencastify Submit. Create an online debate, digital discussion board, or virtual gallery walk for your class. Students can create presentations in any format they choose (Slides, Canva, etc.), and they can add audio and video elements. Students could also present their presentation and talk through it while recording. It's great for students being able to pause and record in small chunks.

Getting Started

Apply It!

Create your own Screencastify for your students. Record the lesson details and link below so we can share our ideas with one another! Feel free to share it in the Shout Out too!

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