![]() In conjunction with this announcement, Relay is offering a 50% discount for single edu licenses purchased through their web store until June 10, 2016. Their plans for lecture capture app Relay weren’t mentioned in the announcement, which can be found here. They indicated this move will help them increase their focus on flagship offerings Snagit and Camtasia. TechSmith, which expanded its array of products and services in recent years ( ) will also discontinue support for ScreenChomp, the Teach apps, and their Google Chrome browser extension. I’ve tested this on Elementary OS Freya and Snagit worked like a charm (even on dual monitor setups).TechSmith recently announced that they are ending support for Knowmia, a video recording app for iOS which allows users to record videos that can then be uploaded to, a searchable learning object repository. In fact, any platform running Chrome (that allows the installation of extensions) will work with Snagit. avi format).Īlthough Snagit doesn’t offer a lot of options, it does an outstanding job of capturing screencasts of your Chromebook.Īs a bonus, Snagit doesn’t only work on Chromebooks. Your videos will automatically be uploaded to your Google Drive into a newly created TechSmith folder (in. When you stop a video, a new window will appear allowing you to give the video a name ( Figure D). Click on the square button and the recording will stop. Once the recording starts, dismiss the popup window and then, once you’re finished recording, click the Snagit icons in the toolbar and a popup will appear with an X (for cancel the recording) and a Square (to stop the recording). That’s okay, because there’s another way to stop the recording. That popup you see (where you stop the recording) will appear in your video. There is one caveat to recording the Internal Display. In that notification ( Figure C), is the Stop button you will use to end the recording. After you’ve made your selection, click Share and a notification will appear. If you plan on changing windows (or opening up an app), click Internal Display. If you will remain within that single window, click the title of the window you want to record (which will be the title of the tab you are working in). You have two options at this point: Record your internal display, or record a single window. Click Allow and a new popup will appear ( Figure B).įigure B Getting ready to record your screen. Click on Screen and you will be prompted to give permission to the app to use your device mic (only on first run). In the bottom half of the sidebar you will find the VIDEO section. If you want a screenshot, select from a Region, Visible (whole screen), or Scrolling (which enables you to get a screenshot of a, say, a full web page). Snagit can not only record video screencasts, but take screenshots. If you click that icon a sidebar will slide out ( Figure A). Once installed, you will find a new icon in your toolbar (a small white S in a black/blue gradient). Even though Chrome OS might well be one of the most user-friendly platforms on the planet, you might have web-based tools that aren’t so easy to use (tools that could greatly benefit from a screencast). Why is this important? Screencasts are a great tool to help train users. That all changes, with the likes of Snagit. Why has this been an issue? Because Chrome OS doesn’t support the Java plugin used by most of the available screencast tools. ![]() One feature that has been missing from Chrome OS, for quite some time, is the ability to take screencasts. Jack Wallen shows you how with the help of TechSmith Snagit. If you've been longing to get screencast videos from your Chromebook, wait no longer. How to get easy screencasts from your Chromebook
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