Being able to a take a Screenshot is a very important part of being able to communicate what you see on screen to someone else. Whether working with teachers, students, parents, or PLI colleagues, it's often hard to describe what you see going on on-screen. Very often, capturing a picture of the exact thing you see can communicate so much more than we could in our words. This can be especially helpful you need to reach out to Solutions for tech support of any kind.
Of course, depending on the device you're on, the commands and methods for capturing and sharing screenshots will be different. Below you will find examples of each of the most common devices we deal with here at Proximity Learning.
PC/Desktop/Laptop - Microsoft OS
Press and hold all 3 keys at once: SHIFT + WINDOWS KEY + S
This will let you use the mouse to select the portion of screen to include in the screenshot
(this is the equivalent of the Copy function for an image)
Now you will need to direct that content somewhere so we will complete the Paste function.
Press and hold CTRL + V
Chromebook
Press and hold all 3 keys at once: CTRL + SHIFT + DOWNLOAD KEY
This will let you use the mouse to select the portion of screen to include in the screenshot
(this is the equivalent of the Copy function for an image)
Now you will need to direct that content somewhere so we will complete the Paste function.
Press and hold CTRL + V
Mac/Macbook - iOS
Press and hold all 3 keys at once: SHIFT + COMMAND KEY + 4
This will let you use the mouse to select the portion of screen to include in the screenshot
(this is the equivalent of the Copy function for an image)
Now you will need to direct that content somewhere so we will complete the Paste function.
Press and hold COMMAND KEY + V
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