Snagit: A Screen Capture Tool

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Snagit can be used to create videos by recording your computer screen, mouse movements, and voice.

This is useful for creating short talks about a piece of art or a website, to show the step-by-step process

of solving an equation, to illustrate your Blackboard course (especially useful if you are teaching

online), or create simple software demonstrations.

Snagit, a product of TechSmith, and can be found at https://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html. You can

try the full version free for 30 days. The cost to own using educational pricing is $29.95 and is found

here: http://shop.techsmith.com/store/techsm/en_US/buy/productID.289742700. Snagit is useful, easy

to use, and, in most cases, exactly what you’ll need for most screen capture needs. The video files you

create can be saved to Screencast.com, or sent to YouTube, for instance, but most simply can be saved

as MP4 files, which are relatively light-weight and almost universally viewable. Videos can then be

uploaded to University of Hartford’s media server, Ensemble, or directly to Blackboard.

Download the Free Version of Snagit

Navigate to the Snagit website (https://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html) and download Snagit using

the link shown below. Follow prompts to download and install.

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Capture your Still Screen Shots

Following are steps for capturing an image using Snagit:

• Open the image or application you would like to capture or take a screen shot of. Snagit

launches automatically on Windows startup and appears docked at the top of your screen.

• Hovering over the bar at the top of your screen. The capture window pops down (as shown

below).

• Click the three-line bars to get the Capture Profiles and choose the Image

button to capture a still image of a window or area on your screen.

• As you can see, you can set Capture Profiles if you want to take your still

screen shot captures into Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or to the clipboard. If

these are not set up, use the Manage Profiles button to set them up so you

can quickly capture as you like.

• You can set your preferences to allow you to capture stills by using button

combinations of your choice by going to Preferences, found via the cog icon

on the dropdown panel and enabling hot keys.

• Choosing the Image button will open the Snagit Editor window where you

can crop, blur, add boxes, lines, arrows, adjust the image and gives you a

range of options for sharing. You can also create libraries of objects you screen shot in Snagit.

• Use the cross-hairs that appear to select an area of your screen to capture.

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• Choose whether or not to capture Full Screen, Window, Region or Area of the Screen or

Standard Size.

o Fullscreen: Click the Fullscreen button to

capture the entire screen.

o Window: Move the cursor over the window to

record. When an orange dashed border appears

around the window, click to select the

highlighted area.

o Region or Area of the Screen: Click and drag

to select the desired area on the screen.

o Standard Size: The video guides show

standard or recommended dimensions for

common video sharing destinations. As you

drag the cursor near one of the standard

dimensions when selecting an area, the guide dimly appears. Continue to drag the

cursor until the border highlights to match the guide.

Snagit Editor

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Snagit Video: Capture your Screen Movements along with Audio

• Open the image or application you would like to record. If you’re using a digital pen, make

sure that it’s ready to annotate. In addition, make sure you either have a head set with a

microphone plugged in or have a built-in microphone, as you would most likely find on a

laptop.

• There are two ways to capture Video:

o Click the big red button and then click the Video Capture

button

o Or, from the dropdown dock, choose the Video button (as

shown to the right) to capture video of a window or area on

your screen. Use the cross-hairs that appear to select an area of

your screen to capture.

• The recording countdown will begin. If you are recording a large area or the entire screen, the

Snagit toolbar minimizes down into the system tray:

Action Button Hotkey

Start the Recording

Click the Record button to start or resume recording.

SHIFT+F9

Restart the Recording

Did you make a mistake and want to start over? Click the Restart

button to delete the current recording and start over using the

same recording settings.

Pause the Recording

Do you need to collect your thoughts or did an interruption occur?

Click the Pause button to take a break. Click the Resume button

to continue the recording.

SHIFT+F9

Stop the Recording

Are you done recording and ready to preview your video? Click

the Stop button to end the recording.

SHIFT+F10

Excerpted from: https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-snagit-12-taking-your-first-video-capture.html

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Get Help for Snagit

You can find a link to Snagit tutorials here: https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-snagit-current.html.

Click for your version (PC or Mac) to find how-to documentation, video tutorials, and ‘hands-on’

walkthroughs.

Getting Help with Technology at the University of Hartford

Faculty Center for Learning Development (FCLD)

FCLD provides consulting and instructional support to faculty and staff who are using technology in

teaching and learning. The FCLD Faculty Lab in Mortensen 203a is available for faculty support and

use and is equipped with instructional technology- related equipment including: PCs, Macs, scanners,

and projectors as well as support staff. Faculty and Staff needing support with Blackboard or other

instructional technologies, should contact FCLD.

Phone: (860) 768-4661 Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.hartford.edu/fcld

Student Blackboard Support

The following is student support for Blackboard only. All other support technical support issues need

to be addressed to the Office of Technology Services (below).

Phone: (860) 768-4636 Email: [email protected]

FAQ/Submit a Ticket: http://www.hartford.edu/studentbbsupport

Information Technology Services (ITS) Help Desk

For general computer and Internet/network support questions (not directly related to the classroom but

rather passwords, Internet/email problems, Banner/Self-Service, campus Facebook).

Phone: (860) 768-4357 Email: [email protected]

Website: http://hartford.edu/ots

Media Technology Services (MTS)

Faculty should contact MTS for assistance scheduling or implementing classroom technology (2-Way

interactive video classrooms, Smart Podiums, laptops, etc.), for setting up WebEx accounts, or for

scheduling and instruction for a wide variety of media equipment and resources like LCD data

projectors, CD/cassette players, TVs and VCRs, digital video, and more.

Phone: (860) 768-4357 Website: http://www.hartford.edu/mts