Chrome Extension
      Back to home
      1. Membership.io Help Center
      2. Apps
      3. Chrome Extension

      Annotate your recordings

      Bring your video recordings to life with our annotation tool

       

      🧰 What You Will Need

       

      Update on Our Chrome Extension

      We want to be transparent about our current challenges with the Chrome extension. Due to recent changes implemented by Chrome, we’ve had to rebuild the extension from the ground up. While working diligently to ship the updated version, we’ve encountered several unexpected roadblocks impacting stability.

      Our team is fully committed to resolving these issues and delivering a reliable update as soon as possible. We deeply appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this.

      If you have any questions or need support in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

      December 5, 2024 Update - We’ve rolled out a new version that has fixed some issues but our work continues.

      Step 1 - Start a recording

      Once you've installed and pinned the Chrome Extension to your Chrome browser, click the Membership.io icon in your browser's top-right corner. After clicking the icon, a pop-up window will appear. From this window, click ⏺️ Start Recording.

      Launch the Chrome extension

      There are three main recording options: Screen, Tab area, and Camera. For example, if you choose Screen and click Start Recording, you must select between Entire Screen, Window, and Chrome Tab. Click Share after you have made your selection to begin the recording.

      Choose what to share

      Step 2 - The Annotation/Drawing tool

      Once the recording begins, click the annotation (pencil) icon of the Control Menu.

      Chrome extention annotation tool

      Step 3 - Draw, erase, and point to information

      Now that the annotation options are visible, you can draw, highlight things, and do more on your recording.

      Annotation tool - buttons

      When you click the annotation icon, you'll have these options (from left to right):

      • Select tool: Select different elements you've drawn on your canvas

      • Pen tool: Draw free-hand in your chosen color anywhere on your canvas

      • Highlighter tool: Emphasize text and other details

      • Eraser tool: Delete anything you drew

      • Color and stroke: Choose the color and thickness of your drawing
      • Text tool: Enter text anywhere on your canvas
      • Shape tool: Draw a shape outline/fill
      • Arrow tool: Point out details seen on your canvas
      • Image tool: Upload images from your local storage

      • Other options: Undo, Redo, and Clear canvas

      Here's a quick demonstration of the drawing/annotation tool. Let's see it in action:

      Annotation tool demo

       

      📚 Up Next

      1. Build a Playlist with your Chrome Extension recordings

      2. Use the Library Spotlight Search (Beta)

      3. Retrieve recordings that failed to upload to your Library