Need to capture an image? Record a video of your screen?
Check out these Image and Screen Capture Tools.
**Updated 9/3/21
Kaltura is good for:
- Screen capturing (video)
- Webcam capture
- Audio recording
- Video editing
- Video management
Kaltura is our campus wide video hosting software available to all students, staff, and faculty. Besides video hosting, Kaltura also has screen capture and basic editing. We recommend using Kaltura as your first choice for screen capture because the recordings can be automatically uploaded to Kaltura and shared and embedded as needed.
TechSmith Capture (formerly Jing) is good for:
- Image & Screen capturing (images & 5 minute videos)
Free
Mac screen capture is good for:
- Capture the entire screen
- Capture a window
- Capture a selected portion of the screen
- Capture a menu
Free (included in Mac OS)
Microsoft Snip & Sketch Tool is good for:
*This is for Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher
- Taking still screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen.
- Time delay screenshots
- Annotations
Free (included in Windows)

Microsoft Snipping Tool is good for:
*This is for Windows 10, 8.1, 7
- Taking still screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen.
- Time delay screenshots
- Annotations
Free (included in Windows)
Screencast-O-Matic is good for:
- Screen capturing (video)
- Video editing
- Video management- hosting (paid plan)
Free/ Educators Solo Deluxe- $ 1.65 /month (billed yearly)
Snagit is good for:
- Image & Screen capturing (images & video)
- Image editing for customizations and enhancements.
- Time delay screenshots
Paid Plans/Free trial


Camtasia is good for:
- Screen recording and Video Editing
- Video storage and management (Screencast)
- Add animations, quizzing, backgrounds
- Audio editing
- Video file exports
Paid Plans/Free trial