Use Case

Education & LMS Content Capture

Capture course content, student work, and learning materials for education platforms. Document progress and generate certificates.

Overview

Educational platforms need screenshots for multiple purposes: course previews, student portfolio documentation, progress tracking, and certificate generation. Manual capture doesn't scale for platforms serving thousands of students.

Screenshotly integrates with Learning Management Systems (LMS) to automate content capture. Generate course thumbnails from lesson content, capture student project showcase pages, create completion certificates, and document assessment results.

Instructors use captures for course marketing materials. Students get professional screenshots of their work for portfolios. Administrators generate visual reports on platform usage and course engagement.

Key Benefits

Auto-generate course thumbnails

Capture student project showcases

Generate completion certificates

Visual progress documentation

Results You Can Expect

Automated

course thumbnails

Scalable

certificate generation

Professional

student portfolios

How It Works

Connect Screenshotly to your LMS platform

Auto-generate thumbnails for new courses

Capture student project pages for portfolios

Generate certificates on course completion

Create visual progress reports

Code Example

// Generate course thumbnail from content
const generateCourseThumbnail = async (courseUrl) => {
  const thumbnail = await fetch('https://api.screenshotly.app/screenshot', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      url: courseUrl,
      device: 'desktop',
      format: 'png',
      viewport: { width: 1200, height: 630 },
      aiRemoval: { enabled: true, types: ['cookie-banner', 'chat-widget'] },
    }),
  });

  return thumbnail;
};

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I generate certificates for thousands of students?

Yes! Use batch processing to generate certificates from HTML templates with merged student data. Our API handles thousands of generations per hour.

How do I capture authenticated student pages?

Pass session cookies with your API request to access authenticated content. This enables capturing student dashboards, grades, and private portfolios.

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