Also, expand the more options menu by clicking Show more options to set a time delay (default being 3 seconds) and other options. There will be choices to record all of these. To record screen, browser tab or webcasts click the extension icon. Select as needed and click Next.įinally, set up a general introduction to start using Screencastify. Next step is to allow for permissions needed for recording screen and webcasts.
This automatically can upload recorded videos to Google Drive from where they can be shared online directly. The first step will be to sign in to Google account from Screencastify. Once installed, it will show up with an arrow icon next to address bar. However, if you want to create short videos, the free version can be sufficient for that. Other features like crop, trim and saving as MP4/GIF are available only in premium version. The free version has watermark and can record 10 minute videos with upto 50 videos per month while the premium version has no such limits. The advantage of using it is that there is no need to install anything else and it can be used on PCs, Macs and Chromebooks. It makes it easy to record screen, browser tab and webcam. There are several cool Chrome extensions which can be used as a web server, or to manage time efficiently and so on.
