Question: How do I pause and resume a recording?
Answer: You can pause and resume your recording on the toolbar, the extension, or by using a keyboard shortcut.
There are three ways to pause and resume your recording:
Pause and resume your recording with the Annotation Toolbar:
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- During your recording, click on the pause button on the toolbar to pause the recording
- To resume the recording, click on the play button
Pause and resume your recording with the extension
- During your recording, click on the Screencastify extension in the top right corner of your Chrome window
- Click on the pause button to pause your recording
- To resume the recording, click on the play button
Pause and resume your recording with a keyboard shortcut
This method is only available when recording a Chrome window.
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During a recording, you can press Alt (or Option) + Shift + P to pause the recording
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To resume the recording, press Alt (or Option) + Shift + P again