Astronomy and Cosmology - Slide-based Presentations

How to create screenshots (image files) and screencasts (video recordings) of a computer screen
How to add/embed image and video files into a slide-based presentation

Includes an overview of the different methods available depending on what application and/or operating system one is using.

To take a picture of the entire screen: Press command+shift+3
To select an area/portion of the screen: Press command+shift+4, produces a crosshair, then draw a box around the area you would like a screenshot of.
To select a single window: Use command+shift+4 then press the spacebar - after the crosshair turns into a camera icon, click on the window you would like a screenshot of.

NOTE: Mac’s default location for saving screenshot files is the Desktop.

To save what is on the screen, press command+s.
Screenshots are taken in .png format, and have filenames like: stellarium-000.png, stellariuim-001.png (which can be edited)
Stellarium saves screenshots in different directories depending on your system type. For example, on a Mac, screenshots may save to your default Pictures folder.

Quicktime is a built-in application in Mac OS X and is available as a free download for Windows users.

Go to File, select New Screen Recording
If you would like to include an audio component, select a microphone from the record window by clicking on the small arrow at right for a list of options
Click the red button to start recording video.
You can stop the recording using either of these methods (and depending on what version you are using):
- click the stop button in the Mac menu bar, upper right
- press command+control+escape at same time
- click the stop button in the record window

NOTE: On Mac, the video file will save to the default Movies folder.

Drag-and-drop to place an image in a slide
From the Slides menu, click on Insert > select Image... and choose Upload to browse files on your computer or Your albums if you use Google Photos

From the Slides menu, click on Insert > select Video...

Use Video search to locate a video on YouTube and embed it into the slide (be mindful of copyright/use permissions)
Upload your own video to YouTube, then at Google Slides, use the URL tab to enter the URL for your video

Creating a Google Drive Account

Drag-and-drop to place an image/screenshot file in a slide
Click on Insert in the Slides menu and select Image: choose an image/screenshot to upload or drag an image into the upload window

Drag-and-drop to place video file in a slide. TIP: If needed, adjust size from a corner to keep video in proportion.
From the Home menu, click on Media and select either Movie Browser or Movie from File to browse for a file on your computer.