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R-MC Faculty Teaching Toolkit: Screen Capture Tools

 

Screen Capture, Lecture Capture, Pre-Record Your Content

Compare Tools

Compare tool features using the table below. To learn how to use each tool to create screen recordings, click the tool name.

Records screen and webcam/microphone Built-in Editing Closed Captioning Included Interactive Elements Storage Process
Canvas Studio logoCanvas Studio green checkmark

green checkmark

 green checkmark green checkmark Campus has a large but finite amount of storage available
  1. Create or upload recording
  2. Edit, add closed captioning, comments, quizzes, etc.
  3. Link into Canvas course
loom logoLoom green checkmark

Limited

 X X Unlimited
  1. Create recording in Loom
  2. Upload to YouTube or Canvas Studio for closed captioning
  3. Link to in Canvas
​Panopto green checkmark

green checkmark

 green checkmark(but takes up to 8 hours) green checkmark 5 hours
  1. Create recording in Panopto
  2. Upload to YouTube, Canvas Studio, Sharepoint or Google Drive for storage
  3. Link to in Canvas

powerpoint logo

PowerPoint

 green checkmark X X X X
  1. Create recording in PowerPoint, saved locally to your computer, OneDrive, or Google Drive
  2. Upload to a video editing tool if edits are needed.
  3. Upload to YouTube or Canvas Studio for closed captioning
  4. Link to in Canvas
Zoom logo green checkmark

X

 X (but can generate transcripts) X Campus has a large but finite amount of storage available.
  1. Create recording in Zoom
  2. Upload to a video editing tool if edits are needed.
  3. Upload to YouTube or Canvas Studio for closed captioning
  4. Link to in Canvas