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Broadcast Audio Now Available

We are excited to announce that broadcast audio is now available on all paid plans.

Broadcast audio is a new audio option that allows you to share audio captured from your computer’s microphone with your viewers. You do not need to call a conference number like you do with audio conferencing: you simply need to speak into your computer’s microphone. Your viewers will not need to install any software in order to hear your broadcasted audio: all they need is a web browser.

Broadcast audio will be especially helpful for those of you giving webinars or teaching classes as your attendees will not need to dial into a conference line in order to hear you. Although broadcast audio is one-way, you will still be able to interact with your viewers using our integrated chat functionality.

You can broadcast your audio from all supported sharing devices, including Windows, Macs, Chromebooks, iOS, and Android. To enable broadcast audio, go to your Settings & Preferences and select the broadcast audio option in the Audio Preferences section.

Upcoming Changes To Free Plans

We will be making some changes to our free plans starting in January: the regular Free Account will be limited to 40 minutes of free sharing per day. The broadcast feature will also no longer be available on the free plan. You will be able to continue sharing using a unique screen share code that is generated for each of your screen shares.

We will also be discontinuing the Education Free Accounts, which previously offered two hours per day of free sharing for people with education email addresses. We now offer a discounted education-specific solution for schools that priced at $99/year per teacher with the purchase of 10 or more seats. Please contact sales to learn more.

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Announcing Screenleap for Education

We are excited to announce the general availability of Screenleap for Education, a new solution designed specifically for teachers. Screenleap for Education is the easiest way for teachers to share their screens with their students and record it for later viewing. As always with Screenleap, students can view from any web-enabled device without installing any software.

Teachers can use Screenleap for Education to:

  • allow students to follow along from any device,
  • allow-visually impaired students to easily see their screens,
  • give students the ability to review lessons before their exams,
  • track student engagement in real-time, and
  • save hundreds of hours each year by not having to reteach lessons to students who miss a class.

Setup Classes

Getting set up with Screenleap for Education is easy: teachers can create classes and add students manually using our web interface or by importing the class and student information from a CSV file. Only students added to a class will be able to view the screen share for that class.

Screenleap for Education - Setup Classes

Screen Share for a Class

Screenleap for Education makes it easy for teachers to share their screens with their students. They can start a screen share for a class with a single click. We support sharing from Windows, Macs, Chromebooks, iPhones/iPads, and Android devices (including SMART Boards).

Students will see the list of classes they have been added to when they sign in. They can view the screen share for a class and listen to the audio with a single click—there’s no need for teachers to share a new link or code with their students each time they share their screen.

Share Recordings

When teachers share their screen using Screenleap for Education, we can automatically record their screen shares (including audio) using our cloud recording feature and make it available to their students after the screen share ends. Because we perform the recording in the cloud, there is no need for teachers to upload any recording after they finish their screen shares: it automatically becomes available after the screen share ends. Making recordings of their classes available to their students will help teachers improve their students’ learning by allowing students to review class lessons before their exams and when they miss a class.

Track Student Engagement

Screenleap for Education also allows teachers to track student engagement in real-time. Once they start sharing their screen for a class, they can open up a separate page that allows them to see which of their students are engaged with their lesson.

Screenleap for Education - Student Engagement Graph

We track and show them when students are viewing their screen share so they can see when their students are watching their screen share and when they are viewing another site. This allows them to see when they are losing their students’ interest or when they need to intervene with specific students who are not paying attention. Teachers can also review the student engagement graphs after their screen share ends from the recordings page.

Sign Up for Free Pilot

Screenleap for Education costs $99/year per teacher. We are currently offering Screenleap for Education for free for the fall semester. This will let you try out Screenleap risk-free at your school so you can see the benefits for yourself.

Sign up for the Screenleap for Education pilot »

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a demo for your teachers, please contact us at sales@screenleap.com.

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Screen Recording Now Supports Recording Audio

We are excited to announce that we now support the recording of your audio when recording your screen. To take advantage of audio recording, you will need to select Screenleap audio conferencing as the audio conferencing option in your preferences and call in to the Screenleap conference bridge number during your screen share. Everyone calling the conference line will be included in the audio recording.

If you call the conference line before the screen share starts, recording of audio will begin when the screen share starts. Recording of audio will end when the screen share ends or when the last person leaves the conference line, whichever happens first.

We hope you find the audio recording support useful for creating complete recordings of your screen shares for later playback or sharing with your viewers.

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Screenleap Now Supports Sharing Of All Your Apps On Your iPhones

We are excited to announce that support for sharing of all of your apps is now available in the Screenleap for iOS app. Now, once your screen share has started, you can navigate to any of the apps on your iPhone and share those as well. Previously, the Screenleap for iOS app only supported sharing of websites and documents using our internal browser. Sharing of your apps is supported on iPhone 6S and later and iOS version 11 and later.

You can install the Screenleap for iOS app by going to https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1233079037 from your iPhone or iPad.

 

Configuration

In order to enable sharing of your apps, you will need to perform some initial setup.

1. From your iPhone, open the Settings app and tap on Control Center.

2. Tap on Customize Controls.

3. Scroll down to MORE CONTROLS and tap the (+) for Screen Recording.

 

Sharing Your Screen

To share your screen:

1. Tap on Broadcast Screen or Share Screen Privately in the Screenleap app.

2. You will be prompted to allow access to the microphone. Tap OK to grant permission.

3. Once the screen share has started, you will need start the Screen Recording control. To do so, you will need to first open the Control Center.

On an iPhone X, you will need to swipe down from the top-right notch.

On other iPhones, you will need to swipe up from the bottom.

4. You will need to 3D touch the Screen Recording icon by firmly pressing on it. This will reveal the Screen Recording options.

5. Tap Screenleap and then Start Broadcast. Screen sharing will start after a 3-second countdown. You can now navigate to your app to share it. While sharing is in progress, you will see a thin red bar at the top of the screen. On an iPhone X, the time will be surrounded by a red background. To stop sharing your screen, return to the Screenleap app and tap the Stop button.

6. You can invite people to view your screen share by tapping the Invite Viewers link. You will be shown the various options for sharing the viewer URL, including via email, text message, and social media.

 

Settings

You can configure your screen share from your Settings:

Disable sharing when not using Wi-Fi – You can disable sharing when you are not on a Wi-Fi connection to ensure that you don’t accidentally use up data from your cellular plan.

Share screen in high-DPI mode – In high-DPI mode, the screen will be shared at twice the resolution, which will allow your viewers to see your app more clearly. The trade-off when using high-DPI mode is that the frame rate will be lower and the lag time longer.

Record video of shares – Toggle whether you want your screen shares to be recorded. Recording of screen shares is available on the Premium and Max Plans.

 

Let Us Know What You Think

We hope you find the new support for sharing your own apps useful for demoing your company’s iPhone and iPad apps to your potential customers or showing someone you are supporting how to use a feature. If you have any questions or feedback, please send us an email at support@screenleap.com. We would love to hear from you!

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