Free Screen Recorder
Easily record your screen with our free screen recorder. You can capture any area of your screen for quick recordings with the option to add audio narration from your microphone and video from your webcam.
New! Take a screenshot on Windows PC or Mac with our free capture tool! Learn about screenshots
NEW! STOCK LIBRARY BETA
Discover stock videos and images to enhance your recordings.
We’d like to introduce you to the Screencast-O-Matic stock library. You can now find the perfect stock to kickstart or enhance your projects. Send stock directly to the editor to mix and match content.
Included in our Premier Plan. No confusing license agreements. Use on any project!
Record your screen for free
- Record as many videos as you want up to 15 minutes each.
- Capture any part of your screen, your webcam, or both for a picture in picture effect.
- Add audio narration from a selected microphone.
- Add stock music and captions to your recording.
- Use the trim tool to edit the start and end of your video.
- Directly upload to Screencast-O-Matic, Google Drive, or YouTube. Share with a direct link or embed code.
- Quick-share to Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Schoology, Blackboard, Canvas, and more!
Upgrade to get advanced screen recording
- Draw while recording to capture your thoughts immediately.
- Pan and zoom to capture the most important screen area.
- Automated and interactive captioning for accessibility.
- Use the script editor or import a script for perfectly-timed recordings.
Advanced Screen Recording Tools
Personalize your screen recordings with our intuitive video editor
Mix and match screen recordings, imported videos, and audio
- Mix and match videos from your computer, phone and the built-in screen and webcam recorder.
- Add your own music or choose from the royalty free music library.
- Overlay shapes and your images from your computer.
- Import voice narration, captions, and use automated speech2text.
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Create and add animations to your screen recordings
Take it to another level and customize your videos with these amazing animations, overlays and more!
- Zoom in and out, highlight areas and add blurs.
- Add arrows, lines and shapes and images.
- Create transitions for your videos.
- Change colors, sizes and fonts.
- Speed up and slow down any section of your video.
Upgrade to get an extensive suite of video editing tools
Animate video with transitions and overlay effects.
Import video, audio, and images from other devices.
Zoom in/out and highlight areas of your video.
Add and edit narration, music and system audio.
Hide/show, scale/crop webcam or enable green screen.
Add and style text, images, blurs and shape overlays.
Tutorial Videos
Editing Audio 03:17
Overlay Arrow 02:03
Manage Recordings 01:51
How to Blur Moving Text 02:29
Upload to Screencast-O-Matic 02:23
Intro to Free Hosting 03:17
Need to work offline? Get the full install (including the screenshot tool)!
Latest Update: | See What’s New
Admins can remotely install the recorder on all machines. See this article.