Centrally configure Record extension for all G Suite users

If you're an administrator for your G Suite domain, you can centrally configure Screencastify for all of your users from the Google Admin Console.

Install Screencastify on all users' devices

1. Go to your Google Admin Console
2. Click "Devices"
3. Click on the "Chrome" drop-down
4. Choose "Apps & extensions" → "Users and Browsers"
5. Click on the yellow plus sign in the bottom right
6. Click on "Add from Chrome Web Store"
7. Search for "Screencastify"
8. Select "Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder"
9. Click on "Allow install" drop-down and choose to "Allow install," "Force install," or "Force install and Pin" 
10. Click Save

Here's a quick video walkthrough: 

Customize Screencastify's settings with configurations

There are a handful of settings in Screencastify that you can enable, disable or customize centrally. 

Follow the steps above to access the Screencastify Apps & extensions Management page in your Google Admin Console. From this page, you can upload your custom configurations in a .json file.

Below is an example of a setting you can configure, along with the configuration code.

Remove automatic pause on low disk space

This is recommended only for organizations with many shared Chromebooks that often have low disk space.

{
  "options": {
    "Value": {
      "driveSync": true,
      "enableDiskSpaceWatcher": false
    }
  }
}

Download .json file

NOTE

Contact us if you need a configuration not listed here. We're happy to create one for you.