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Take a screenshot

A screenshot is a picture of your screen. It’s the fastest way to show a teacher an error message or prove what you’re seeing.

Read It

Step by step.

1

Get the thing you want to capture fully on screen.

2

Use your device’s screenshot action — most have a key combination or a button press that snaps the screen.

3

Your device saves the picture, usually to a Photos or Screenshots folder.

4

Open that folder to find the newest image — that’s your screenshot.

5

From there you can attach or upload it like any other file.

See It

See where a screenshot lands after you take it, so you don’t have to go hunting for it.

Practice It

Walk through the steps on a practice screen before you need it for real.

Watch & Practice

The full watch-along demonstration and safe click-through practice for this skill — and every other digital-school skill — live in the interactive Learning Library, where you can pick your exact device.

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