User Guide:

Skitch (App)

Firstly, locate the Skitch icon and

launch the app by pressing it once

This is the homepage.

At the bottom there are several

options of how you would like to

begin creating a new document.

You can scroll through by touching

and sliding along the screen.

In this picture we have selected

the ‘photos’ option. This will let you

select a photo from your camera

roll.

Here, we have selected the ‘Map’

option.

(You will need an internet

connection for this)

You have two choices – ‘nearby’

gives you a map of you current

location.

‘Address’ lets you type in an

address and find a map of a

specific location.

Once you have loaded the maps,

you can annotate them.

This could potentially be used as

part of a Geography based lesson

or as part of an ‘about me’ project

(eg ‘where I live’).

It could also be used as a way to

plan trips out as part of ‘life skills’

based activities.

The ‘Draw’ option allows you to

have a completely blank page.

You can then add drawings and

text to create a document.

This is the ‘settings’ menu.

There aren’t many options to

customise, but it might be worth

exploring to see if you find anything

helpful.

In this picture we have selected

the ‘camera’ option. This will let

you take a photo using the IPad

camera.

This is what we will use for this

User Guide.

Locate the image you want to

photograph and take a photo

using the white button on the

right hand side.

I have taken a photo of a (very

rough!) worksheet.

Once you take the photo it will take

you to this page.

The red arrow will appear – this can

be used or deleted.

If you want to use it and add some

text, simply click on the ‘add text’

option. You will then be able to type

a comment/sentence/word.

The arrow can be moved and re-

sized by clicking and dragging on

the blue dots.

You will then need to open the

‘more tools’ option to continue

editing the document.

Once you have opened the menu,

you will see some new options.

Undo

Crop

Clear all annotations or

rotate

Insert menu

Change colour and line

thickness

If you click on the ‘insert’ menu, you will

see a list of options pop up.

Blur tool – you can select sections

of the document to blur out

Add in Emoticons with arrows

Add in symbols with arrows. You

can also add comments to these.

Pen tool – freehand drawing and a

highlighter

Shape tool

Text tool

Arrow tool

If you click on the coloured dot on

the left hand side you will see

another pop up menu.

Choose from the list to change

line and text colour.

Choose from list to change line

and text size.

To add text, select the text option

on the right hand side.

Click on the page where you want

to insert the text. On this page, I

have placed it on the answer line

of the first question and then typed

the answer with the keyboard.

When you done the typing, a blue

box appears around the text. You

can drag the blue dot to resize the

text.

Above the word there is a blue ‘a’ symbol.

Click on this to select whether the text has a

border or not.

There will also be a delete option

at the bottom of the page

To add in a shape, click on the ‘insert’ menu on the right hand side and select the

shape tool. Select the shape from the sub menu pictured above.

To draw the shape simply click on

the screen and drag until you have

a shape of your chosen size.

If you want to change the

appearance, you can access the

colour and size buttons on the left

hand side of the screen.

To add in an arrow, again open the

‘insert’ menu on the right hand

side. Select the arrow option.

To draw an arrow simply click on

the screen and drag until you have

an arrow of your chosen size.

If you want to change the

appearance, you can access the

colour and size buttons on the left

hand side of the screen.

To add freehand drawings/writing,

open the ‘insert’ menu on the right

hand side. Select the pen tool.

Then simply draw/write anywhere

on the screen.

You can also use the highlighter

tool. Select it from the ‘insert’

menu.

Again, simply draw on the screen

to use the tool.

To crop the page:

Click on the icon at the top of

the page.

Move the white highlighted box by

clicking and dragging.

When you have selected the correct

area, click on ‘crop image’ at the top

right hand corner.

If you no longer want to crop the

image, click on cancel at the top left

hand corner.

The cross in the top left hand corner

will give you the options to either

‘discard changes’, which will close

the document without saving OR

‘save to photos’ which will save the

document to your IPad camera role.

Click on this icon in the top

right hand corner to save or

export you work.

Once you have done this you see

the screen opposite.

At the bottom you can slide between

the different options by clicking and

dragging.

You can select the ‘share’ option

and email the document directly.

(You will need email set up on your

IPad)

You could also select the ‘save’

option which will allow you to save

the document as a picture to your

IPad camera role.

This can then either be downloaded

to a computer or emailed.

There is also an option to add a

caption to your saved document.

You may want to use this to give

it a title or write your name and

the date.

A keyboard will pop up when it is

selected so you can type the

caption.

When finished click ‘done’ on the

keyboard.

This shows the finished document

with a caption ready to save to

Camera roll or email.

If you decide you would like to edit

the document more before you

save, just click cancel in the top

left hand corner.