If you prefer keyboard shortcuts, you can also bring up the screen capture tool using CTRL+SHIFT+Show Windows. After you stop the recording, you’ll receive a notification that the screen recording is ready to view in your Downloads folder. You can stop the recording by clicking on the red stop button in the right-hand corner of the dock. The recording begins immediately after the countdown ends. In each case you’ll get a three-second countdown in the bottom right-hand corner of your dock. To record a specific window, click the icon of the app you wish to record and you’re good to go. This is a great choice if you’re demonstrating a game or presenting at work or school with your Chromebook. Occasionally, you might want to record only within a specific window or app.

After you drag to select the desired area, click Record to start the recording. This can be as small or as large as you like, but keep in mind the video may look strange if you select too small an area.

To record only part of your screen, you need to select the portion of the screen you want recorded. To start the recording you can click anywhere on the screen. This option will record everything on your screen.

If you want to record the full screen, choose the left-most icon in the middle of the screen capture toolbar. Let’s take a look at how each of these works. You can choose to record the full screen, partial screen, or a specific window. There are a few different ways you can record the screen. This will record audio with your screen recording, which is very useful for tutorials.

You may also want to turn on microphone access using the settings cog on the right.

The camera icon can be used if you merely want to capture a screenshot instead of video. Make sure the video icon is selected for screen recording.

The Screen Capture toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen.

To get started, click the clock on the Shelf in the bottom-right corner to open the Quick Settings panel.

Using the Chrome OS built-in screen capture functionality is the easiest way to record your screen on a Chromebook. Record screen on a Chromebook with Chrome OS screen recorder In this tutorial, we’ll show you how the built-in recorder works, plus provide the best third-party option for additional customization and editing. Google just introduced this feature in Chrome OS 89. The native screen recorder in Chrome OS is fairly new so you may not have used it before. If you want more options, you can use some nifty third-party apps and extensions to precisely edit your recording. Luckily, Chrome OS has screen recording functionality built-in. Sometimes you might even need to record your screen for a presentation at work or school. Recording the screen on your new Chromebook is incredibly useful for tutorials or just to show something to a friend.

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