

You can learn more about these tools at the Screencast-o-matic Tutorials page. Editing tools include cut, copy, insert another recording, speed up or slow down sections of your recording, insert a pause or freeze frame, resize, crop, flip your video horizontally or vertically, add transitions, adjust volume, and add drawing overlays like boxes, arrows, or text on top of your recording.Done button: click when you are ready to save your video.Timeline and Tools: The play button, the Tools menu, and the Timeline where you can see your audio, and where you can drag the playhead (vertical line) to any specific point in your video.Canvas, Audio, Show: Choices that impact the entire video: size, whether the video has narration, whether the webcam is on or off, whether the cursor is hidden or not.


Record options: choose “ Screen” only or “ Webcam” only (record your face), or “ Both.” If you choose “ Both” you can remove your webcam later.Start Screencast-o-matic (SOM) then click the red “Record” button.Record a new video (for additional help, watch: Welcome to Screencast-o-matic).Before you begin screencasting, download a 6-month license for Screencast-o-maticįor MacOS from the UVM Software Download archive (alphabetical list)įor Windows from the UVM Software Download archive (alphabetical list).You can also download a PDF version of these instructions that includes screenshots. These are step-by-step instructions for recording a screencast with SOM.
