Screen Capture on Chromebooks via Studio (Arc)

Many school districts offer Chromebooks to students, our included. And one way that many teachers collect evidence of student learning is by having the students record what is on their screens - presentations, solving math problems, scores from formative assessment tools, digital source collection, and so on.

 

As a result, students cannot currently screen capture their Chromebooks via Studio since the recording software is the professional version of ScreenCastOMatic, which runs a .exe file, which cannot be run on Chromebooks. 

 

I propose that the developers at Canvas work with the developers at ScreenCastOMatic in creating a Chromebook-friendly way to screen capture. Sure, the students could just use a 3rd party tool like ScreenCasitfy, a nifty and robust Chrome extension. But if we are trying to keep our students engaged in Canvas and maximize the features of Studio, then a Chromebook-friendly method of screen capturing needs to be created.

 

Thank you for reading and I hope you vote positively vote for this Canvas enhancement.

 

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

For more information, please read through the  Studio Release Notes (2021-03-30).

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Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Status changed to: Completed
 
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Comments from Instructure

 

Chromebook users can seamlessly capture their screen or webcam and upload their video to Studio.

For more information, please read through the Studio Release Notes (2021-03-30).

KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
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Community Team
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Status changed to: Completed