Record
Create instructional videos by recording your tab, whole screen, or webcam. Make it personal by adding your face and voice; autosave to Google Drive.
User Guide - Getting Started
User Guide - Recording
- Record your desktop
- Record a browser tab
- Record your webcam
- Embed your webcam into a recording
- Trim your recording
- Annotate a Recording
User Guide - Tips & Tricks
- Record a video chat
- Record a Google Slides presentation
- Turn notifications on / off
- Discard your Recording
- Restart your recording
- Change the countdown before a recording
User Guide - Saving & Sharing
- Generate a QR Code
- Upload a Recording to Wakelet
- Upload a Recording to Remind
- Upload a Recording to Edpuzzle
- Enable Integrations from the App Smash Library
- Changing the Default Storage Location
Troubleshooting - General
- My extension keeps disabling itself
- I accidentally blocked Screencastify from accessing my webcam and microphone
- My recordings disappeared
- Change Screencastify's default encoder
- Drawing tools are unavailable
- I can't find the Screencastify extension
Troubleshooting - Recording
- My computer freezes when I start a recording
- Failed to Start Recording on MacOS Catalina
- I made an application full-screen and it wasn't captured
- My recording appears blurry in Screencastify
- Screencastify crashes in the middle of a recording
- I accidentally deleted a recording
Troubleshooting - Audio
Troubleshooting - Sharing and Exporting
- When sharing to Google Classroom, I get "There was an error. Please try again."
- People Have Trouble Playing Screencastify Videos
- I received a "youtube_quotaExceeded" or "youtube_dailyLimitExceeded" message
- My export to animated GIF failed
- I received a "youtubeAuth failed" or "youtubeCredentialsMissing" error
- I'm forbidden from uploading to Google Drive
FAQs - Using Screencastify
- Can I add captions to a Screencastify video?
- Can I flip my recording to get a mirror image of my webcam?
- Can I customize the thumbnail of my recording?
- Do I have the capability to see the activity of my videos in Google Drive?
- Can I use Screencastify while offline?
- What are the technical requirements for using Screencastify?