{"id":18803,"date":"2020-03-04T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T21:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/?p=18803"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:43:41","slug":"record-your-screen-screencast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2020\/03\/04\/record-your-screen-screencast\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Your Screen (Screencast)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18803\" class=\"elementor elementor-18803\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6af04ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6af04ff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f32a6c2\" data-id=\"f32a6c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d4c17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3d4c17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>Among many other useful tools in MyVideoSpot is the Recorder\u2014a feature that allows users to produce a live recording of their screen while also capturing their voice. The result is a nicely packaged instructional screencast video that you can share with students. Common scenarios for creating a screencast include recording a slide presentation, modeling an exemplary piece of student work while discussing its merits, and instructing students on how to utilize a digital tool or app. Whatever the purpose, screencasts possess great instructional potential. Follow the instructions below and watch the tutorial video to learn how to create one for yourself!<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bb2e43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bb2e43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7a99ee\" data-id=\"c7a99ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-122c253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"122c253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recording Your Screen in MyVideoSpot<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8335cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8335cca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Log in to MyVideoSpot from the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/08\/08\/the-lps-portal\/\">LPS Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <em><strong>Recorder<\/strong><\/em> from the <b><i>Media Tools<\/i><\/b> menu on the left of your home page.<\/li>\n<li>Choose&nbsp;<strong>Standard Definition (480p)<\/strong> or&nbsp;<strong>High Definition (720p)<\/strong>.&nbsp;<em>(For a standard instructional video, the 480p option is perfectly suitable, but you may choose to increase the definition to 720p.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Click&nbsp;<b><i>Record Screen<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;to begin recording.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mac users may need to grant Google Chrome permission to capture your screen. In&nbsp;<strong><em>System Preferences<\/em><\/strong>, select <strong><em>Security &amp; Privacy<\/em><\/strong>, then choose <strong><em>Screen Recording<\/em><\/strong>. Make sure&nbsp;<strong><em>Google Chrome<\/em><\/strong> is checked in the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A window will pop-up with options for sharing your screen: the entire screen, an application window, or a particular Chrome Tab. Select the view that best suits your purposes, then click <strong><em>Share<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your screen recording will begin when you press the \u201crecord\u201d button (red circle) at the bottom of the player window.<\/li>\n<li><b>NOTE:&nbsp;<\/b>The beginning and end can be cropped out in the next section when you edit the settings of your video.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>When finished, press the red circle to stop the recording. Press the&nbsp;<strong><em>Publish to My Account<\/em><\/strong> button to keep the recording or the red <strong><em>Delete and Rerecord<\/em><\/strong> button to redo the recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96cbb28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96cbb28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f9289f\" data-id=\"3f9289f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a347f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52a347f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Editing the Settings of Your Video<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfee51a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfee51a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Once you have finished recording your video, you will need to edit the media settings so that students can access it. To do this, click the <strong><em>Home<\/em><\/strong> button in the menu at the top of the page, and find your recent recording among the media tiles (by default MyVRSpot names your video \u201cMy Recording &#8211; [date\/time]\u201d). Click the <strong><em>Edit Attributes<\/em><\/strong> button (pencil icon) within the video tile.<\/li><li>Be sure to rename your video so that it more appropriately describes the content. You may also choose to add a description.<\/li><li>Under the <b><i>Playback Options<\/i><\/b>\u00a0section you can control where the video will start playing (this section only appears once the video has finished processing).\u00a0 This allows you to cut out the beginning and end of the video where you were clicking the record button. Simply play the video and pause it where you&#8217;d like the video to start\/end and click\u00a0<em><strong>Use Current Playhead Time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>Then, toward the bottom of the page, under Media Permission, change the setting to <strong><em>Public<\/em><\/strong> (the default is set to <em>Private<\/em>).<\/li><li>Click <strong><em>Update<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bb25df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bb25df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2688f8c\" data-id=\"2688f8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da4766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2da4766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sharing Your Video<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecacc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ecacc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>After updating your media attributes, MyVideoSpot will automatically direct you to the landing page for your video.<ul><li>You can access this same page by clicking <em>Home<\/em> and then selecting the video thumbnail.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Just below the preview of the video, you will see several options to \u201cShare this video.\u201d To share your video via Google Classroom, click the <strong><em>Google Classroom<\/em><\/strong> button.<ul><li>If you are not logged into Classroom, you will be prompted by Google to sign in. In the <em>&#8216;Email\u00a0or phone&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>box enter\u00a0<em>username@class.lps.org.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>From the drop-down menu select the course where you would like to share the video and how you would like to share it (create an assignment, make an announcement, create material, etc.).<\/li><li>Click <em><strong>Go<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li><li>In a separate tab, go to your Google Classroom course page to ensure that the video has properly posted.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-628c76c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"628c76c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3300667\" data-id=\"3300667\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b97ba5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b97ba5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alternative Solutions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c65b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c65b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Google Slides, WeVideo, Zoom, and Quicktime (Mac users) all offer the ability to record your computer screen.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among many other useful tools in MyVideoSpot is the Recorder\u2014a feature that allows users to produce a live recording of their screen while also capturing their voice. 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