Educators and students can use a variety of features to not only share their voices, but to share their ideas, stories, learnings, and more! Screen recording allows educators and students to record their screen directly in the Flipgrid camera.

This article includes how to take a screen recording and device permissions. 

Using the mobile app? For iOS: use the native screen recorder and import it to Flipgrid! For Android: you will need to download a separate app as there is currently no native screen recorder option. 

How to take a screen recording:

Once joining the Topic, you can record your screen in just a few easy steps!

1. Open the camera to Record a Response
2. Open the Options drawer
3. Select Record screen
4. Start the screen recording
   You can choose to record your :
   • Entire screen: captures the entire screen, including the video in the right corner.
   • A specific application window: captures only that specific window
   • A browser tab: which would capture a specific browser (Edge or Chrome only) tab 

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Screen Recording in @Flipgrid 🤯

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Enable screen recording permissions

On Mac:

1. Go to your computer's System Preferences
2. Select Privacy
3. On the left menu, select Screen Recording
4. Enable the Edge and Chrome browser to screen record
5. Restart your browser to make sure the permissions are saved
6. Any issues allowing permission, visit this Apple help article

On Windows:

1. Open Windows Settings
2. Select Privacy
3. Select Camera
4. Locate the toggle "Allow apps to access your camera" and set to "On"
5. Scroll down and ensure your browser of choice has individual permission to access your camera
6. Repeat this process for the Microphone setting