Here’s a quick overview of Loom and why I like it.
What’s Loom?
Loom is a video recording / screencasting tool. It is available as a Google extension. I first came across this tool after reading this post last year. It includes a good video tutorial for how to make vids.
How can I get it?
Basically, Google ‘Loom for Chrome’, add the extension, then pin it to your browser. Whenever you want to record a vid of you/your screen/you and your screen you just click the Loom button and you get a drop down recorder appear:
When you start recording you choose if you want to record the entire screen, a window or a tab. When you finish recording the video automatically uploads to your Loom library.
You can share these videos easily by copying and pasting the video link into Google Classroom (or wherever). The best thing for me is what you can do after that (see speech bubbles in next image).
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