Screen Casting or Desktop Screen recording is very simple with the help of software now a days. You need to hit the record button, a video of computer screen is created and it’s ready to upload on YouTube or any video uploading website.

There’re many payed Screencasting tools to choose from but did you know that you can also create Screencast videos inside YouTube without requiring any desktop software. The videos are recorded in 720p HD format.





How to Record Desktop Screen or Screencast with YouTube





#1. Sign-in to YouTube with your Google Account, click the Upload button in the upper left corner and choose Events under Live Streaming. Note : If you’re using this feature first time, YouTube will ask you to verify your phone number to enable Live Streaming on your YouTube Account.





#2. You’re on the Create Event page, fill the details like Screencast video Title, Privacy of the video to either “Unlisted” or “Private” and click the “Go Live Now” button.









#3. You’ll see a Hangouts on Air page, On this Google Hangouts page click on the camera icon to turn off webcam recording and microphone, if don’t wish to record audio.





Must Read : How to Hack Facebook Account & Protect Yourself from Them #4. Click the Screenshare button in the left toolbox and select a desktop window that you wish to record for your screencast. Note : If you’re using multiple virtual desktops, it will only show program windows that are active on the current desktop.





#5. Click the Start Screenshare button to share your screen and then click Start Broadcast to start recording the screen.



Note : Make sure that you’re doing this process in private or unlisted mode so nobody can watch your broadcast while it is being recorded.



#6. Go to your YouTube video dashboard to find new screencast video that you’ve just finished recording.