Screencastify

A Chrome extension for capturing, editing and sharing screencasts. Save recordings automatically to your Google Drive or publish directly to YouTube.

Freemium

with over 5 million installs, screencastify is the most popular screen recorder extension for google chrome.

first, choose what you want to record. you have 3 options your current browser tab, entire desktop, or just your webcam.

include your microphone audio to narrate over your recording, or embed your webcam into a corner of the screen to add a personal touch.

during your recording, use the annotation tools to spice up your video. for example, focus a spotlight on your mouse or draw with the pen tool.

once you're finished recording, your video will automatically save to your google drive.

premium users can edit their video with our browser based video editor (crop, cut, trim, merge, etc.) and export their video as a .mp4 or animated .gif.

**lite version (free forever)** 10 minute recording limit per video 50 videos per month screencastify watermark

**premium features** unlimited recording time and videos no watermark export as mp4 and gif edit video

learn more at https://www.screencastify.com/buy .

screencastify does not depend on any external software (like java, flash or other plugins), so it also runs on chromebooks and chromeboxes.

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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Sync with Google Drive Share Videos Capture Video Upload directly to Google Drive Record desktop activity Record videos Upload directly to YouTube

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