The Flipgrid camera is the heart of Flipgrid. Our camera empowers learners to creatively share their voices, ideas and more using a variety of features.

Camera Options

Upload a video clip - Add a video clip from your device to your Flipgrid recording.

Mirror video - Flip the camera reflection. This is helpful for showing books and text that appear backward

Audio Off - Turn off the microphone to remove audio from the recording.

Record your screen - Share your screen (available on Edge and Chrome). Present your Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Slides, a news article, and more!

Camera Effects

Filters - Apply a fun filter to the camera. Filters include rainbow, pixel, black and white, and more filter to express a mood.

Frames - Apply a frame around the camera. Frames allow you to become a newscaster to a fish underwater!

Emoji - Add one or multiple emojis to the recording. Browse the library or search for a specific emoji.

Text - Add text to your recording with various fonts to express yourself.

Draw - Choose the color, size of the pen, and ink over the recording.

Board - Apply a whiteboard, chalkboard, graph paper, and more to showcase your ideas. Split the screen to show the camera while you ink on the board! 

Upload an image - Add a custom image from your device to the camera.

Resize emojis, text, ink, and images by focusing on effect and then use on-screen controls, mouse or touch to adjust.

Other features

View Topic - Participants can select the book icon to view the Topic details in the camera. This is helpful for referring to what the Topic discussion includes.

Sticky Note - Participants can type notes to view when recording. These notes are not included in the submitted video. Educators also have the option to turn this setting off in the Topic settings.