Screencastify has been a ‘go to’ tool for our school, especially since it works so nicely with chromebooks. For those of you who have not used Screencastify, I highly recommend that you check it out.
There are many uses of the tool:
- Create a screencast demonstrating a task
- Create a screencast highlighting information
- Record conversation between people
- Record an audio recording (by using the camera feature but blocking the camera so that it only records a black screen and picks up audio only)
- Film scenes for a project
What I am most excited about is the fact that you can create your own shortcuts when using Screencastify. Sometimes, I do find it a bit clunky trying to start and stop the screencast without seeing the curser go off the screen. This can help with that. You can create (or use the existing) shortcuts for
Starting Screencastify
Pause/Resume Recording
Start/Stop Recording
Change Recording to Current Tab
Watch the gif below to see how easy this is.
For those of you who have never used Screencastify, or you want a resource for your students, scroll through the Google Slideshow below.
As always, if you have any questions about how you or your students can use this tool in your classroom, you know where to find me.
And that’s my spiel…
Craig M Sheil 