Screen Capture & Casting

OVERVIEW

In DoDEA we use Techsmith's Snagit for the purposes of screenshots (still images of what is on your computer) and screen capturing (video/audio of what is on your computer). We have other options as well.

Snipping Tool

Windows 10's native (already loaded) screenshot tool; very simple, but does the job of screenshooting images on your computer.

HOW TO ACCESS: Click the Windows icon in the lower left of your screen, type snipping, and choose Snipping Tool.

ALLOWS:

full screen, window, rectangular, and free form screenshots (still images); does not allow for screen capturing (video)
delayed capturing of up to 5 seconds (e.g. to capture a menu)
very limited editor to annotate your screenshots; for example, allows pen, highlighter, and eraser, but not adding typed text, rectangles, arrows, or circles

SNAG-IT

Snagit by Techsmith is a screen capture tool. It used to take screen shots of on the computer or to create screen casts of demonstrations when using various software and cloud resources.

HOW TO ACCESS: Click the windows icon for TechSmith. Snagit is one of the menu choices.

Snagit Help 2020.1.pdf

Screencast-O-Matic

Easy-to-use screen capturing (video) tool that does not require a login.

HOW TO ACCESS: Visit this link and click Launch Free Recorder and click through the prompts.

ALLOWS:

up to 15 minute screen captures (video) of your screen, your webcam, or both with a Screencast-o-matic watermark with the free version
recording of your voice narration
customizable recording sizes
ability trim the beginning, ending, or both of your video and save as a video file (which you can then upload to Google Drive)

WELCOME TO SCREENCAST-0-MATIC

Introductory Video

BEGINNER GUIDE TO FREE SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

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