Jing Screen Capture Utility

MrYardley — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:34:00 +0000

Jing is a product that can capture either a still image of anything on your screen or a recording of up to 5 minutes of your screen. Wouldn’t it be handy to show the students how to do something, rather than just trying to explain the steps. Once you start using screen capture you wonder what you did without it. It is great for taking a picture of a website, Google earth images, or application instructions.

Jing is made by Techsmith who makes the best and most widely used professional screen capture applications. This free version is easier to use and has most of the features that you would need as a teacher. Jing is also Mac or Windows compatible.

Hover Snap Screen Capture Utility

MrYardley — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:17:00 +0000

Have you ever wanted to take a picture of your computer screen so that you can show students how something should look, or just capture a window with important information. I am searching for programs that do just this. There are many commercial software vendors that do this, in fact I use a screen capture tool that makes movies of everything that happens on the screen called Camtasia Studio. Techsmith the maker also creates a program called Snagit that takes still images of your computer screen. But I have been introduced to a free program that has similar functionality.

Hoverdesk creates a free application called Hover Snap.
Hover Snap is a simple to use screen capture utility that allows you to take a snapshot a your entire screen, a specific window, or a user defined area. Unlike the commercial versions it lacks image editing capabilities, but that can easily be done in other applications. It has a very small file size, and is easily configured.

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Jing Screen Capture Utility

Hover Snap Screen Capture Utility