THE recording tool

Are you into recording? If not, do you want to be into it? If you do, things get easier and easier for you here. Because if you want to create training videos, classes videos, product reviews, tutorials for teachers, reflections for students, recording directions, and much more, or if you want to avoid the hassle when trying to explain a task to a freelancer, client or colleague, now it is all very simple. All that you will be needing to feel complete is Screencastify.

As the name suggests, a Chrome browser extension allows you to record your screen (aka. screencast recorder). So, how does this work? You install the extension in your browser, and then you can start making recordings, so, YES, it is an ultra-simple screen recorder that will supercharge the way you communicate at work and in life. It can record all screen activity inside a tab, including audio. Just press record, and the content of your tab will be recorded!

You will be amazed by the possibilities of recording, editing, and sharing HD videos in seconds that this extension presents. I mean, you can make a video in seconds showing what you are doing on your screen and record an accompanying audio track, which is useful if you’re narrating a tutorial or something.

There are loads of different screen recording software options out there, but we are talking about 8,000,000 weekly users, one currently being used in almost 190 countries. Well, that, my friend, is a famous tool.

More than meets the eyes

The great thing about Screencastify is that it does not depend on any external software (like Java, Flash, or other plugins), running on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes: So, in a nutshell, video recording happens completely locally unless you want it any other way. What are the implications, then? Well, you will see that your recordings will not be transferred to any remote system unless you choose to upload them, so that will impact your local storage space.

But in that regard, you will be allowed to choose to store your recordings on Google Drive, helping you save local storage space (especially on Chromebooks) while allowing you to access your recordings from other devices.

It also supports desktop capturing, allowing you to record anything on your screen, not just Chrome's tabs).

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

On the good side, it will help you capture several steps you can take in a short video and share this with your work teams or friends, even if they are in a different time zone. From there onwards, it will just keep improving, as when you start working with it for some time; you will realize that things will be getting faster for you. Efficiency-made flesh, my friend, does not require a big size to operate on the desktop.

On the bad side, you will find that it only saves the video to a specified file type in your Google Drive. Why is that a problem? Well, in truth, if you want to upload that file to another program or download it to send it as an attachment, it will be an issue for you.

On the ugly side, I mean, this item is not a bad nor a good thing; it is only ugly. The extension gets updated so often that it is hard to keep track and keep up on that. It ends up being ugly since there usually are no major changes, just simple and small changes.

To record, or not to record

Screencastify, as a screen capture/screencast software, was created ONLY for use with Chrome browsers, but it also runs on Chromebooks. Before getting started, be sure to ALLOW Screencastify access to your microphone to enable voice recordings. In the end, you will choose to record in your job, to record in your life, learning what efficiency means, and you will find out that you will not be able to keep on living without this amazing extension.