

You can also turn your microphone on or off, and choose whether or not to have a small video of you in the corner of the screen during the recording. Note your choices along the top row for what you can record: a browser tab, your desktop, or just your webcam. When you click on the Screencastify icon (or press the keyboard shortcut), you will see the following window pop up: If you do not see the icon in your browser, remember that you can hit the keyboard shortcut - Alt+ Shift+ S on Windows or Option+ Shift+ S on Mac - to open the extension. Screencastify provides instructions here on recording and editing videos. Now you're all set to use Screencastify! Using Screencastify Screencastify will ask you to introduce yourself. Step 4 Check webcam and micĬheck Screencastify's instructions for setting up your webcam and microphone. Signing in with your Drew Google account takes care of this. This allows Screencastify to automatically save your recordings to your Drive - a safer place to store them than on your local computer. Tip: If you want to follow the setup in Chrome using the Sign in With Google option, make sure you choose your Drew Google account. You will need to allow cookies for this site (some people have them blocked, either in Chrome settings and/or with an extension.) You can also pin the extension by clicking the extension puzzle piece icon to expand the extensions menu, then making sure the pushpin icon for Screencastify is blue. Try using the keyboard shortcut - Alt+ Shift+ S on Windows or Option+ Shift+ S on Mac - to open the extension and prompt the setup steps. Note: If you don't see the extension, you might just have too many other extensions.

We recommend option 2, the Chrome web store. Install the Screencastify extension in the Chrome browser.
