Introduction

In this article, you will know about how to record audio, video and screens in Google Classroom. Google has introduced built-in recording capabilities inside Google classroom, these features are much needed and they bring about many ways through which students and teachers can interact with each other and have a productive conversation on different educational topics. Now students and teachers won't have to depend on third party apps to send recorded audio, video and screencasts. This update promotes and enhances communication, feedback, and digital learning experience within the platform.

How are these new features helpful in an online learning environment

  1. Enhances Private comments and feedbacks
    Teachers can provide personalized, faster, and friendlier feedback to students on their submissions. For example, teachers helping students with language acquisition can share pronunciation and fluency feedback, and educators of technical subjects can walk students through complex material line-by-line using their voice and screen.
  2. Interactive Announcements
    Teachers can record audio and/or video announcements to improve engagement and connection with students. Students can also use this recording option for announcements if allowed by the teacher's controls. 
  3. Organized instructions for assignments 
    Teachers can record instructions for assignments, quiz assignments, materials, and questions, boosting clarity through multimodal instruction. This helps provide a pathway for every student to access instructions and content.
  4. Work submissions
    Students can record and submit multimodal responses to assignments, quiz assignments, and questions. This allows students to show what they know in multiple and accessible ways, which can help close learning gaps and check student understanding in new ways.

Availability & Access

This feature is rolling out to users of:

  • Google Workspace for Education Plus
  • Teaching and Learning add-on

It is available on web platforms, with broader support expected over time. Administrators do not need to manually enable this feature, but student posting permissions still apply as per existing classroom settings.

How to Record Audio, Video, and Screencasts Directly in Google Classroom

  1. Go to your Google classroom
  2. Select the class where you want to post the recordings.
  3. Navigate to either Stream to post as an announcement or to classwork to attach recording to an assignment
  4. Click New announcement in stream or click create assignment in classwork.
  5. In the assignment or announcement window, click add then select the Record video/ audio/ Record screen.
  6. Start recording by clicking on the Record button.

Potential Impact of These New Updates on Digital Education

This update signals that the world is moving towards multimodal learning, a world where communication is not limited to text. As digital learning continues to evolve, integrated audio and video tools help bridge the gap between in person and online learning experiences. Students can get a personal touch from their mentors without being present physically, this saves time and money.

Conclusion 

Hopefully after reading this article you are well informed about the latest update in Google classroom and you might have understood why these updates are important and what they project for the foreseeable future. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries by commenting below in the comment section, we will respond to your questions as soon as possible.

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