Tools: Screen Shots

How to Create Screen Shots

What are Screen Shots?

• A screen shot is a picture of something that was displayed on your computer.
• Windows 10: Use the snipping tool to capture screenshots
• Windows 7: How to Use the Windows Snipping Tool handout (pdf)

Why do instructors use Screen Shots?

• Show a picture of a diagram or process and add it to Word, PowerPoint or Sakai
• Provide a roadmap to a part of your course for your students
• Show your students how to make screen shots, so they can show instead of tell you about a problem

Easiest Ways to Take a Screenshot using Microsoft Windows

• Eight Ways to Take Screenshots (Windows 8/10)
• Use the Windows Snipping Tool (Windows 8/10)

7 Ways to Take a Screenshot using Mac OS

• How to take a screenshot on a Mac

How do you add a screen shot to Sakai?

There's many places you can add an image, such as in Lessons, the Syllabus or your course Home page. In Sakai, there are two ways an instructor can insert an image.

Method 1: Embed Image in Lessons

• In Lessons, click Add Content, then Embed Content on Page
  • Click Choose Files or Browse, select the file, click Open
  • Click Save.
• To add alternative text to your image:
  • Beside the embedded image, click on the Edit button
  • Beside Alt Text, replace the file name with what is important about the image
  • Alternatively, in the Item Description, type in a long description (if your image is a chart, for example) which will display below the image
  • Click Save

Method 2: Use the Text Editor toolbar in Lessons

• In Lessons, click on Add Content, then Add Text
  • In the "Text Editor" displayed, click where you want the picture to display, then click on the image tool on the tool bar
    • In the Image Properties box, click on Browse Server
    • At the top, click on the Upload Files button, then drag and drop your file or click on the Select Files to Open button, find and click on your picture, click Open
    • Now that your file has been selected, in the lower right corner, click on the OK button
  • You'll now return to the Image Properties box:
    • In the Alternative Text box: type in what is important about the image
    • If needed, change the width (such as 300 or 400); Click OK.

Use Jing to create Screenshots

• To draw straight arrows and boxes, and add numbers or text: try out the free tool Jing
• Download Jing free at home, or ask IT to install it at work. Or try it out in Tech Center 219.
• How to Create and Share screenshots with Jing