Omnivorous Surfer

Do you ever use web page screenshots, either via digital delivery or on paper, to assist in teaching or training? I know I do. I utilize both Windows 7 Snipping Tool and Jing, but I think this tool is going to be one I will use frequently because of its additional features and ease of use.

Awesome Screenshot is an extension currently available for Chrome and Safari, with a Firefox version to be released soon (according to the website).

First, Awesome Screenshot will let you capture the entire page (my other tools don't do that), the visible page, or any part of a page. Once captured, you can crop the image if you wish, More importantly, you can add a variety of markings, including text. This is so much easier than what I've been doing! The image below of part of the Awesome Screenshot webpage I created will give you an idea of what it will allow you to do; the red markings (you can change the color) were my additions.


When you have marked anything you want to mark, you can choose to save the image to your computer; instantly share it via Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail; or get a link to the image for sharing yourself.

Students could use this as well as they find things to share while doing research. Find a good diagram, capture it and annotate it or question it. Find an interesting comment, capture it and mark it up.

Thanks to Richard Byrne, Free Technology for Teachers, for his post sharing this. (Don't follow his blog? You should!).

If you don't use one of the supported browsers and you don't always have access to a Mac or a Windows 7 PC, you might like my post on ScreenRip32.