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Screencastify is a Chrome browser add-on that will allow users to record their screen, audio narrations and webcam video.
First Steps
First Steps
Screencastify requires a free Google account and will store screen recordings in Google Drive. Users can share, embed, or download the video to their computer. The free account allows for simple editing in the browser (trimming ends, adding another clip, etc.) and 5 minute videos. The upgraded account has advanced editing and longer video functionality.
Getting Started:
Getting Started:
Screencastify: Getting Started - Distance and Blended Learning Modules. This is an excellent walk through of exactly what you’ll see and do the first time you use Screencastify.
A Beginner's Guide to Screencastify for Educators
User Communities and Sites:
User Communities and Sites:
Instagram: #screencastify
Twitter: @screencastify, #screencastify
Technical Specifications:
Technical Specifications:
Screencastify is a Google Chrome browser add on and requires Google login (free or school account). This tool will work on any of the following:
Computer
Tablet
Smartphone
Learning Management System Integration:
Learning Management System Integration:
Users can set up assignments and integration within Canvas, Google Classroom, Google Sites, Padlet, Schoology, and Seesaw.
Instructional Design
Instructional Design
General Guides to Lessons and Classroom Use:
General Guides to Lessons and Classroom Use:
Screencastify Tutorial For Teachers 2020 - Using Screencastify to Take Your Video Lessons Online
50 ways to use Screencastify in the classroom
How to Share a Screencastify Recording to Google Classroom
Formative and Summative Assessment Options:
Formative and Summative Assessment Options:
10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment
How to use Screencastify to Give Student Feedback
Lessons and Applications:
Lessons and Applications:
Management
Management
Student privacy and security
Student privacy and security
Common Sense Education Review of Screencastify
Screencastify creates and saves videos to your private Google Drive. The user can choose if/when to share publicly. Screencastify also integrates with Google Classroom.
Differentiation and Adaptation
Differentiation and Adaptation
Diverse Learners:
Diverse Learners:
Recording feedback with Screencastify: This blog post by Tan Huynh explores how to provide teacher feedback using Screencastify. While the post is focused on English Language Learners, it can be applied to any teacher feedback scenario.
Adaptive and Assistive Features:
Adaptive and Assistive Features:
Screencastify includes a mouse spotlighting tool that helps focus student attention and makes it easy to see. It also includes a drawing pen and a click highlighter that allow you to draw attention to a particular section of the screen.
Hybrid Strategies
Hybrid Strategies
Record yourself to create a flipped lesson that students can watch at home, then discuss and practice what was learned from the video while at school.
Record directions for an activity so that students can review them at home for better understanding.
Screencastify Tutorial For Teachers 2020 - Using Screencastify to Take Your Video Lessons Online
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