Creating a Lesson

To create a new Lesson, click on the New Lesson button.

A new lesson will be created and opened for editing. Click on the lesson title to edit it.

There are several ways to create new steps:

1. Click the Step button - this creates a blank step.
2. Click the Capture button to capture a screenshot and create a new step. You can also open the Capture Palette by clicking on the arrow next to the camera.
3. Turn on the Clipboard Recorder. Any image you place on the system clipboard will be added to your ScreenSteps lesson.

Here you can see that I have captured an image. A step has been created. You can add a step title (1) and/or step instructions (2). Just click on the fields to edit them.

Select an image by clicking on it.

You will see the image annotation tools appear in the toolbar. Select the tool you want to use and draw on the image.

Open the Inspector palette to adjust the color, thickness and other annotation parameters.

Here I have used the rectangle tool.

Don't worry about saving. All of your changes are saved as you make them. Some additional things you might want to do are:

1. Export the lesson to HTML, PDF, to your own blog/wiki, Word (Pro only) or to ScreenSteps Live.
2. Share the lesson using ScreenSteps.me or by copying it to the system clipboard as HTML or PDF.
3. Add tags
4. Enter a description for the lesson
5. Go back to the Lesson Library (that is where you can see all of the lessons you have created)