Screen Capture

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The Screen Capture tool takes a screen shot of the current canvas state, or record events occuring on the canvas. The Screen Capture tool provides the following options:

• Capture a rectangular region (Rectangle)
• Capture a freehand region (Freehand)
• Capture the entire screen
• Start a screen recording

The Screen Capture Tool is available in both myViewBoard and Desktop modes.

Taking a Screenshot

To take a screenshot, perform the following steps:

1. Click the Screen Capture tool.
2. Click one of the following to take a screenshot of the current canvas state.

   Icon	Feature	Description
   	Capture the entire screen	Click to instantly capture the entire canvas area.
   	Capture a freehand region	Draw a closed shape around the area to capture. The capture is ignored if the shape is not closed.
   	Capture a rectangular region	Click and drag to draw a rectangle over the area to capture. Release to capture.

3. After the capture, the image is saved onto the canvas as a new object.
4. Interact with the image as with any other object in the canvas.

Users that are currently logged in have the option to save the screenshot to their cloud storage.

1. Click the image once.
2. Click the Save as... icon from the menu.
3. Navigate to the desired location, and click the check icon.

Recording the Screen

To record the canvas, perform the following steps:

1. Click the Screen Capture tool, then click the following icon.

   Icon	Feature	Description
   	Records events on the canvas	Click to open the recording toolbar.

2. Set up the recording environment: Volume slider - set the recording volume for the session Specify a recoding mode:
   • camera lenses - record the whole screen
   • pointer finger - specify a freehand region to record
3. Click the record button.
   • If a freehand region was specified, red lines appear along the edges of the screen. Drag these to resize the recording area and then click the record button again.
   • If you selected to record the whole screen, select a video resolution, then click the checkmark to get started.
4. During recording, a floating bar provides the option to pause/resume the screen recording, or stop it at any time.
5. Click Stop to end the recording. Once stop is pressed, review the video using the preview window.
6. Click the Save disk icon and select a location to save the video. You can only save videos to the local hard drive and not to your cloud storage.

Related Media

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-WJVPI214