How to Create Screenshots
Windows
Use the built-in Snipping Tool application.
Click the Start Menu and type "Snipping Tool"
A small window like this will appear
Once you have this Window open the rest of the screen will have a transparent white mask on the screen. You can go ahead and select(click and drag) what you want to capture.
You can also change the mode do capture a full screen or window snip as well.
Don't for get to save your capture. Click on the Save icon (floppy disk icon)
Mac
To capture the full window
Press Command+Shift+3
To do a free rectangle capture
Press Command+Shift+4
This changes the cursor to a crosshair, which you can use to select rectangular portions of the screen.
To get a transparent window to pop-up
Press Command+Shift+5
From here you can select to take a screen shot of
Full screen
window
rectangle
record full screen
record window
How to take a screenshot on your Mac (Apple Support).