I'm not seeing student faces

If you have created a screencast recording, you can now edit it to be a webcam recording moving forward.

When you choose to create a webcam recording assignment, students will be asked to create a webcam recording. Here's what the experience looks like for students. 

 

If you have chosen a webcam recording and you are seeing black screens instead of the student's faces, it is likely that they have their webcam covered.

What if my students do not have a webcam? 

If you have students that don't have access to a webcam, one of the things we recommend is creating two assignments: 

1. The first captures the student's webcam
2. The second captures the student's screen

For example, you could make an assignment with (webcam) in the title that asks students to demonstrate something using their webcam. 

1. In the settings, choose to capture their webcam and their microphone. 
2. Once you hit next, you can immediately make a duplicate of this assignment by going back to the "Details" and changing the title.

For the second assignment, you can add (screen recording) to the title and ask students to demonstrate something using their screen. 

Now, you have two versions of this assignment, one that uses a student's screen and one that uses a student's webcam. You can post both links to Google Classroom or another LMS, and have the student choose the one that works best for their situation.