Skitch

Skitch is a great tool for taking screenshots on your computer.  Skitch was recently purchased by Evernote so now it integrates very nicely with my favorite note taking tool!  You can grab Skitch from http://evernote.com/skitch/.  It is a free download and if you are using a Mac computer you can get it directly from the App Store.

The integration with Evernote is great.  Once you snap a screenshot the image is automatically loaded into Evernote for safe keeping.  But Evernote isn't the only way you can use your images.  They can be saved to your hard drive or shared out via email or social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter.

The fun doesn't end once you take the screenshot.  Skitch has annotation tools built in so you can point out or highlight areas of the image and you can add text to help explain different elements on the image.

Here's a tip from the eLearning team.  If you are having some technical difficulty with an eLearning tool (Canvas, Angel, Tegrity, etc...) and you need to submit a ticket, use Skitch to take a screenshot of the problem and include it with the ticket.  This will help us see the problem and aid in our troubleshooting.

Have fun exploring this free tool!