Screencast-O-Matic recently rebranded to Screenpal, with a new look and feel website and desktop application. You can continue to use Screencast-O-Matic as is, or update to the newest Screenpal version. See Updating Screencast-O-Matic to Screenpal for more information. Updating the application does not affect your existing username/password, saved content, or settings. 

This help article covers using both Screenpal and Screencast-O-Matic (if you want to continue to use the older version). Scroll down to get to Screencast-O-Matic instructions.


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When you are finished editing a video and want to add it to Canvas (or elsewhere), click Done editing video.

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Click the options icon Image Placeholder to display a list of options. To add more publishing options (YouTube etc), click the more options icon Image Placeholder. To save the file for Canvas, click Save as Video File.

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When you choose to save as a video file, you are given a list of settings that you can click on and edit. To save the file for Canvas, select MP4 as the file type. Make sure to give the file a identifiable filename and indicate what folder on your computer that you want it to be saved to. Once you are happy with all of the settings, click Publish.

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The file will then be published in the folder that you specified.



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When you have a recording available which you would like to add to Canvas, you can do so by selecting the option to “Save as Video File”.

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This will provide you with a number of options on how you want to save the file
1. Type - the type of video file to be produced. This can be left as an MP4.
2. Filename - the name of the video file you will save
3. Folder - where the file will be downloaded to
4. Cursor - if you want the recording to show and/ or highlight the cursor to the viewer
5. Open Captions - if you want to add captions to the file
6. Quality - whether the file should be a high visual quality (but a larger file size) or a lower visual quality (but a smaller file size).
When you are satisfied with your options, you can press the green “Publish” button

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Your file will publish to a video file to the folder you selected


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When the recording has published, you can go to your module in Canvas and, under a unit, click on the plus sign on the right side of the unit to add a file.

To upload the recording, select the File option from the drop down menu, select [New File] and then click on the "Choose File" button to locate the video recording. Select "Add Item" to add your video



You may be presented with a message stating that the media is being qued for conversion". When this has finished, the recording will be available to students.