Teaching with Screencastify

This is my storytelling self-portrait shot.

In our last post, we showed you how to create an account and record a quick video. This post aims to build on that with a few ideas.

If you missed the last post check out our video below.

Screencastify has a number of videos on its YouTube channel to check out.

A few things to consider before creating your first video.
1. Screencastify is limited to five minutes per video. Use this to your advantage, chunk the material into smaller parts.
2. Have your presentation, OneNote notebook or Chrome tabs ready to go before you start recording.
3. I always recommend having a script, even a few bullet points, before you click the record button. Having a plan will dramatically help you
4. Control the background noise if possible.
5. Have a consistent place you are going to share your recordings. It could be Canvas, Google Classroom or email. All of these are perfect as long as the kids know where to go to access your videos.
6. The kids miss you. Have fun and let your personality shine in your recordings.

Here is an example I did at home with my own kids. They were super thrilled! (joking... they are 14 and 16. Not super pumped with my ideas.)

My idea was to get them to write a little each day. If we are stuck at home for an extended period of time I wanted what they wrote to have some creativity and allow their own personalities to shine.

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Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

Zoom - How to connect to a Zoom meeting.

This post was created to help anyone who is attempting to connect to a Zoom meeting understand how the process works. Click here for a video tutorial on how to get started with Zoom Continue reading for details on how to connect on an iPad/iOS device, Android phone/tablet, Chromebook and a laptop. While this won't solve every issue, it should take care of getting you quickly connected. The post will be longer than normal, just scroll down to the device you are wanting to connect. Most of these steps only need to be done the first time. Joining the second meeting will be much easier, pretty much just click and join. Please note - I made this post super fast. There are bound to be small errors. iPad/iOS We are using an iPad for this demo. I imagine connecting an iPhone will be nearly the same. Start by downloading the Zoom app from the app store. This is the very first thing you need to do if you don't have the app first the process may be more confusing. You...

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