Recording screen

Recording screen

In this article, you will learn how to do screen recordings in SPAN.

Before you begin

Screen recording can only be done within existing folders. To learn how to create and manage folders, refer to this article.

Starting the recording

  1. After opening a folder, click on the "Add Files or Record Screen" button with the "+" sign positioned in the top-left corner of the page.
  2. Once clicked, it will redirect you to a page where you can see three button options: "YOUTUBE/VIMEO," "LOCAL FILE," and "SCREEN RECORDING." The first option is opened by default.
  3. Click on the "SCREEN RECORDING" button if you wish to record your screen.
  4. Upon clicking, it will show a red colored button named "Start Screen Recording."
  5. Click on that button.
  6. Once clicked, a dialog box will appear, offering different options to choose from: recording a single tab, a single window, or the entire screen.
  7. If you choose to record the entire screen, click the "Entire screen" button.
  8. Then, click on the "Entire screen" window to enable the "Share" button.
  9. Once the "Share" button is enabled, click on it.
  10. Upon clicking, a dialog box will appear with a 10-second countdown before the screen recording begins.
  11. After the countdown, you will hear a beep after the countdown to indicate that the screen recording has started. Do not close this browser tab while the screen recording is in progress.

Stopping the recording

  1. Once the screen recording is complete, return to the same browser tab where you started the recording and click the "STOP RECORDING" button to end the recording.
  2. The screen recording will begin uploading to the folder, and you can check its upload status. Do not close this tab until the screen recording has finished uploading.
  3. After the screen recording has been successfully uploaded, the webpage will redirect to the "Start Screen Recording" page.

Checking the recording

  1. Click on the folder name to access the screen recording file. 
  2. The thumbnail of the screen recording file can be seen below once it is processed.

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