Getting Started with Screencast-o-Matic

Download Screen Capture Application pop-up window. There is a red box around the "Download" button.

Open Studio using the button on the Global Navigation menu.
Select the Create + button in the upper right corner.
Select the second option, Screencast-o-Matic.
If this is the first time using Screencast-o-Matic on this computer, you will need to install the Screen Capture Application. Select the Download button from the pop-up menu, click on the downloaded file to run the installer and follow the prompts. You do not need admin privileges on the computer to install this application.
If you have multiple monitors, the monitor it will record is the one where the black settings bar appears. To choose a different monitor, click on the bars on the black settings bar just to the left of the Rec button and drag the settings bar to the correct monitor.
Select what you wish to record: screen, webcam, or both. If you want to switch between the camera and screen capture during recording, be sure to select Both. Select the initial camera view that you want from the icons bottom of the webcam window.
If you wish to record the computer audio (e.g., include the audio from a video you play on your computer), select Computer Audio and change it to Yes.
If you would like to turn on/off the recording annotation toolbar, click on the pencil icon to the left of Cancel on the black settings bar.

If you would like to more about the settings you can change, watch the following video.

Recording with Screencast-o-Matic

Select red Rec button. A display counts down from 3 before the recording starts.
Use the pause button as needed. Each time you use the pause button, you make a bookmark that you can jump back to. This lets you re-record from the most recent bookmark without having to re-record the entire video if you make a mistake.
If you would like to turn on/off the recording annotation toolbar, pause the video. You can then click on the pencil icon to the left of Cancel on the black settings bar. Select the red Rec button to resume recording.
You can use the annotation tools while paused or during recording. When you are done making annotations, you must select Exit Drawing from the upper right corner before you can click on the screen (e.g., advance to the next slide or click on a link).
If you selected to record Both (screen and webcam) before recording, you can switch how the camera input is displayed. To switch between a large screen view of the camera, the a picture-in-picture view of the camera, and no camera (just the screen), use the icons at the bottom of the camera view. You can change views while paused or while recording, but not while annotating.
When you're done recording, select the pause button then Done. To delete the recording and start over, select the trash can icon.

Watch the video below for more recording tricks.

Editing Videos with Screencast-o-Matic

Screencast-o-Matic has powerful video editing tools, however they are only available before you upload the video to Canvas. After you are finished recording a video, once you select the Upload button, you are limited to the basic cuts and trims available with the Edit Media option in Studio Library. Use the Edit button to make all the edits you want before you select the Upload button. Watch the video below to see some of the common editing tools, but there are many more you can play with.