Teaching Tips and Tools: Screencast-o-Matic
Looking for a simple, made easy screen capture recording program?
Check out Screencast-o-Matic
Screencast-o-Matic is a simple screen capturing video recording program that will work on Windows
or Mac computers. You don’t need to create an account to start using this program, but you can
choose from a free account or a Pro account. The features of the free account include 15 minutes of
recording time per video you produce, free hosting up to 15 minutes, record screen and webcam at the
same time, publish to YouTube, and publish to MP4, AVI, FLV movie. The Pro account allows you to
have unlimited recording time per video, publish screen shots, include no watermark on published
videos, password protect uploads, editing tools, scripts tools, screen shot tool, record system audio,
webcam only recording, draw & zoom while recording.
So how can you use Screencast-o-Matic in your class?
1. This program is perfect for sharing videos with online classes.
2. Free program allows you to make small videos that are perfect to create for students’ attention
span. Pro program allows you more recording time for those longer topics or demonstrations.
3. You can record yourself through your webcam while presenting materials on your computer.
4. You can record from just your webcam or just your computer screen with voice over.
5. Your students can use this program as means to create a presentation to share with classmates!
6. Program is quick and easy to upload materials directly to YouTube.
The nice aspect about this program is that is it very user friendly and has helpful guiding aspects to the
program to help you create your videos. All you have to do is click on the start recording option as
seen below and you will be creating videos in no time!