skitch - valley city state university · components of skitch...

Skitch Skitch'is'an'annota,on'app.'It'provides'an'opportunity'to'“quickly'focus'on'

what’s'important'using'annota,on'and'markup”'tools'(Skitch,'2014).''Tool:%Skitch'is'part'of'the'Evernote'family.''The'app'is'available'for'download'to'Mac,'Windows,'and'Windows'8'computers.'There'is'also'a'mobile'app'that'can'be'downloaded'to:''iPads,'iPhones,'and'Android'mobile'devices.'

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Cost:%Skitch'is'a'free'app.'If'you'plan'to'annotate'pdf'files,'you'will'receive'a'30Tday'trial'and'then'you'will'need'to'subscribe'to'Evernote'professional'at'a'cost'of'$5.00'per'month'or'45.00'per'year.'

Pedagogical%Uses:%Skitch'is'a'tool'that'can'be'used'from'PT16.''The'ideas'below'are'only'a'por,on'of'how'Skitch'can'be'used'to'increase'learning.'Produc)vity%Tool:%Teachers'can'use'Skitch'to'annotate'classroom'worksheets'to'draw'aOen,on'to'key'elements/points.''Teacher%Idea%1:%Open'a'PDF'file'in'Skitch'and'type'in'ques,ons'that'you'want'students'to'answer.'Teacher%Idea%2:%Display'an'image,'screenshot,'or'file'on'Skitch'and'project'from'your'iPad,'together'with'students'annotate'image,'screenshot,'or'file'and'then'email'the'group'document'to'everyone.'Student%Tool%1:%Students'can'use'Skitch'to'label'and'iden,fy'components'they'are'learning'about.''Student%Tool%2:%Screenshot'images'on'the'computer'or'from'websites'and'have'students'highlight'and'annotate'their'thoughts.'

Newsle?er:%%This'newleOer'is'also'availabe'as'a'SMORE'which'includes'a'video'tutorial'on'how'to'use'Skitch.'See:'hOps://www.smore.com/wstvqTskitch''

Why%Use%Skitch?%The'interface'is'set'up'to'be'very'basic'and'easy'to'manipulate.''If'you'have'ever'tried'to'draw'arrows'or'annotate'an'image,'screenshot,'or'pdf'in'PowerPoint,'you'have'probably'found'that'aligning'elements'on'top'of'images'can'be'a'difficult'task.'Skitch'takes'that'difficulty'of'alignment'away'by'crea,ng'an'image'with'custom'annota,ons.'

Components of Skitch

Draw'arrows'and'lines'

text'

Draw'boxes'

Marker'tool'

Stamp'tool'

Choose'your'color'

Tool'thickness'

Poetry and/or Introduction to Dr. O

Example of all

the tools in

Skitch

Choose what you

want to annotate:

Image, pdf file,

or a blank file.

Protect student identities by pixilating their images

Pixelate'images'

Crop'and'resize'tool'