What is Loom?

Loom can be used to quickly create and share videos by recording your computer screen and camera.

Be sure that there is not any confidential or personally identifiable information in your videos.

We use the free version of Loom, you will be limited to having 25 videos on your account at once with a 5 minute recording length.

Please note that student are not allowed to create Loom accounts and videos per SOPPA*

Getting Started

To install Loom, head over to this link, and add it as a chrome extension.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loom-for-chrome/liecbddmkiiihnedobmlmillhodjkdmb/related

Once added, it will appear next to your other extensions in the top right hand corner of chrome.

(the extension icon).

To get started, click on the extension icon, then hit sign in with google, and agree to the terms and services.

Open

It will then ask you what you're using Loom for, leave it on education and hit continue.

Open

Next, you be taken to a screen asking if you'd like to download the Loom app, go ahead and ignore this for now, and just hit continue.

Once you hit continue your account is set up. Go ahead and close out of this page.

Using Loom

If you'd rather see a video of how this all works, check this out after you complete the initial set up, there are written instructions below.

Click on the extension in the top right corner, and allow both your microphone and your camera on the website when it asks.

 When you are ready to start recording, press the start recording button.

This will start recording your screen and what you are saying. When you are finished, click the red stop button next to wear your camera is.

Once you hit the red stop button, you will be taken to Loom's website. Here you will be able to edit the title of your video, as well as get the link that you will share with your students.

Under the Share section, you'll want to make sure that you are set to Link Sharing, so that only people with the link will be able to access it. 

You can access all your videos by logging into Loom's website. https://www.loom.com/my-videos

Be sure that there is not any confidential or personally identifiable information in your videos.