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.
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Taking a Screenshot
To take a screenshot, perform the following steps:
- Click the Screen Capture tool.
- 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. - After the capture, the image is saved onto the canvas as a new object.
- 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.
- Click the image once.
- Click the Save as... icon from the menu.
- Navigate to the desired location, and click the check icon.
Recording the Screen
To record the canvas, perform the following steps:
- Click the Screen Capture tool, then click the following icon.
Icon Feature Description 
Records events on the canvas Click to open the recording toolbar. - 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
- 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.
- During recording, a floating bar provides the option to pause/resume the screen recording, or stop it at any time.
- Click Stop to end the recording. Once stop is pressed, review the video using the preview window.
- 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.
Recording an audio file
To record an audio file, perform the following steps:
- Click the Screen Capture tool, then click the following icon.
Icon Feature Description 
Records audio from the computer. Click to open the audio recording tool. - During recording, a floating bar provides the option to pause/resume the audio recording, or stop it at any time.
- Click Stop to end the recording. Once stop is pressed, review the audio using the preview window.
- Click the Save disk icon and select a location to save the video. myViewBoard saves the audio as an .mp3 file.
myViewBoard will record all sounds played on the computer and heard through the microphone.
Streaming the Screen
myViewBoard also supports streaming the screen online, if you do not plan to save it locally. myViewBoard supports streaming to the following services:
| Service | Details |
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| YouTube |
Stream URL: rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2 |
| Facebook Live |
Stream URL: rtmps://live-api-s.facebook.com:443/rtmp/ |
To learn more about streaming, see Live Streaming a myViewBoard Session.
Screen Recording in Android
The screen capture and recording feature is also supported in Android. However, if you need a standalone recording solution for Android, see myViewBoard Screen Recorder for details.
Related Media
Screen Capture - Screen Recorder
Screen Capture - Screen Shot
Screen Capture - YouTube Live Streaming
