Adding & Using Screencastify

Adding the Screencastify Extension

1. Click the three dot button at the top right corner.

2. Choose More Tools...Extensions…

3. At the bottom of the page that opens, choose Get More Extensions.

4. In the Search The Store box, type Screencastify…

5. When you see this option, click Add to Chrome.

6. You’ll know you have the right extension when you see this icon at the top right of your browser:

Getting Started With Screencastify

1. Click the Screencastify extension icon:

2. Click to sign in with Google...

3. Give Screencastify the permissions it requests…

4. If you’d like to view the Help video, it should allow you to do so...

5. Close the Screencastify setup window and click the extension icon again.

6. The recording options box will open up where you can choose specific criteria for making your video. You can choose to record either a single tab or your entire desktop. You can also choose to include the webcam if you’d like.

7. Videos you create save to your Google Drive.

Want to add audio narration to your Google Slides (or students' Slides)?

Adding audio is pretty simple once you get the proper add-on.  Unfortunately, Slides does not allow you to insert audio files, but with the Screencastify add-on, you can record a video, then shrink that video on the slide or hide it behind a text box, leaving the audio narration playing.

Here is a handout I shared with my students.  It includes some simple how-to videos from another teacher who used Screencastify with her class.  I'm happy to help if this is something you would like to use in your classes!