Create a Screencast in Google Slides

Google recently added the ability to make a video recording of your Google Slides directly with in their platform. You can record up to 30 minutes, but keep in mind that viewership and attention go down significantly after 6 minutes! After recording you can choose to Re-record or Save to Drive.

Record a slideshow

Important:

• There’s a 30-minute limit to every recording.
• Information about Slides recordings isn’t available in Revision History.
• If you exceed your Drive Storage quota, you can’t create more recordings.
• You must have edit access to the slides in order to create a new recording.

1. To open your presentation, go to Google Slides.
2. To record your slideshow, in the top right, click Rec   Record new video.
3. To start recording, in the middle, click the red record button.
   • To start over, pause and click Re-record.
   • To save your recording, pause and click Save to Drive.

Find your recording

1. On your computer, go to Google Slides.
2. Open the presentation where you created the recording.
3. Click Rec .
4. Select your recording from the list that appears.

Tip: Recordings are saved into a My Drive folder called Slides recordings.

Share your recording

Recordings can be shared to collaborators on the document immediately after creation.

1. On your computer, go to Google Slides.
2. Open the presentation where you created the recording.
3. To share your recording, click the title of the recording from the list.
4. The video in the full-screen player layout appears.
5. In the top right, you can find the option to share.
   • Select the user, audience, or URL visibility rules.

Tip: Alternatively, you can share a recording like you would share any file in Drive. Learn how to share files from Google Drive.

Student & Teacher Usage Ideas

• Record yourself giving directions that you would give the same way to the entire class
• Record yourself going through your daily agenda slides and post for absent students
  • Tip: If you post the link in Canvas, make sure you click the spacebar so you have a clickable link! Avoid this unclickable link:

• Have students insert a picture of their work on a slide and record themselves reflecting on their work
• Students can record a presentation they created for class

Tip: If you want to embed videos in Canvas, then Canvas Studio is a better option. Canvas Studio Guide – Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)