![]() The first step is to install the SnagIt app and extension from the Chrome Store. If you are not using the latest version of Google Chrome, it may take a few steps to enable screencasting support inside your browser. Upload screencasts to YouTube or Google Drive The GIF is sent to your Google Drive for quick sharing or you can download it locally as well. The only condition is that the duration of your recorded video should be 20 seconds or less. The most recent version of SnagIt for Chrome can save your screencast video as an animated GIF, a format that is perfect for publishing quick & short demos. ![]() The recorded videos can be directly uploaded to YouTube or Google Drive from within the SnagIt app itself. The extension is free and it can capture screenshots of your desktop as well as screencast videos. Capturing images and videos lets students and teachers create some great classroom experiences.SnagIt, the popular screen capture program for Windows and Mac, is also available for Google Chrome. Snagit’s Chrome extension is a great free tool for that. If you’re like me, you have just a couple of go-to digital tools. For me, those tools make my life easier and I can’t imagine my life without them.įor me, Snagit is one of those tools. In fact, I use the full paid version of it for Windows, and it’s one of a few main reasons that I haven’t left my laptop for a Chromebook. ![]() Snagit is a screen capture and screencasting app. It allows users to capture images and video off their own screen, just as they view it on their own devices. Users can then add text, lines and shapes to images and save everything to their devices or upload them to Google Drive, YouTube and other locations. Snagit is available in a free Google Chrome extension. If you have the Google Chrome web browser, it can be installed and found as a little icon in the top right corner of the browser. (UPDATE: As of fall 2016, the Snagit Chrome extension has been retired. It’s no longer available for download from the Chrome web store. If you and your students already have it installed, you can still use it. TechSmith (the company that created it) is not providing support or updates to it anymore.Īlternatives to the free Snagit Chrome extension are suggested below in this post. You can also purchase the Snagit software for your computer, which has more features than the free Chrome extension did. Click here for details about purchasing Snagit.) Education pricing is $29.95 per license, which is 40 percent cheaper than standard pricing. The Chrome extension doesn’t have as many features as the Windows/Mac software, but there’s a lot you can do with what it has. Image capture: Once you’ve captured an image, you can add a rectangle outline, a circle outline, an arrow and text. Video capture: When you’re done recording, you can copy a link to the video you just created in Google Drive, upload the video to YouTube or create an animated GIF out of the video.Ĭlick here to get the Snagit Google Chrome extension.You can also get a link to your image to share with others and/or download the image to your device. Here are 20 things Snagit makes possible in the classroom: IMAGE CAPTURE IDEAS Need to see how it works? Check out the walk-through video below … Click here to see information on purchasing Snagit software for Windows or Mac (and be sure to click on the educator discount!).īecause it integrates so easily with Google Drive, Snagit is a wonderful partner for Google Classroom! Below, see all the ways you can integrate these activities with Google Classroom. (Note: There are lots of ways to take a screenshot with your device. This website has instructions for lots of different types of devices. Awesome Screenshot is another Chrome extension that many use to do what the Snagit Chrome extension used to do.)ġ.
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