Screencastify

Screencastify is a suite of video-creation tools for the classroom, from the company of the same name Chicago. It is used in K-12 classrooms around the world, for teachers and students, to create instructional videos, record presentations, and give better feedback, and to support remote learning.

As a screen recorder Screencastify boasts ease of use. Users can share video but then also share who viewed it and add checks for understanding (of use in educational settings).

Additional features supporting education use cases:

• Monitor Engagement - Use the Watch Page to see how viewers are engaging with the video, including how many times they’ve watched and when they viewed.
• Check Understanding - Add Interactive Questions to check viewer comprehension. Also, see the responses in real time.
• Built into Google Drive - All videos are saved in Google Drive automatically for easy access, or they can be shared to YouTube and more in seconds.
• Simplifed Security - Access to videos is controlled. Configure sharing settings by domain or through the video link.

As a video editor, users can import videos from Screencastify Record or any other video directly from acomputer or from Google Drive. Users can merge, rearrange, and zoom in on clips to create the perfect video with its browser-based editor. Users can also share texts to support collaboration, or as use as a note-taking tool.

With Screencastify Submit, student users can submit classroom assignments via video. Submit's goal is to give students a platform to create and teachers a new way to evaluate. The vendor's value proposition for the Submit tool is:

• Keeping students connected - Collect quick check-in videos to stay in touch with students and gauge their well-being.
• Probe student reflection - Encourage students to pause and reflect on the learning process through video.
• Capture student learning - Have students make quick videos walking through their response to a question or prompt.
• Enable peer learning - Facilitate students providing one another with video feedback and comments.

Screencastify is available free with limited functionality. Commercial plans start at $15 per month, though the company offers a significant discount for annual pricing (working out to about $7 per month, or $84 per year on the starter plan). The free plan supports a library with 10 videos, with 30 minute maximum videos and limited storage. Commercial plans provide unlimited video creation and video length, with the higher tier Pro plan adding additional storage over the Starter plan. The Pro plan also supports unlimited assignments per user (versus 1 active assignment per user on the Starter plan).