# Safe screenshot SOP template

**Procedure:** [name]  
**Audience:** [role]  
**Application and platform:** [name/version if relevant]  
**Owner:** First Role Skills Editorial Desk  
**Reviewed:** [date]

## Before capturing

- [ ] Use fictional records or an empty practice account.
- [ ] Close unrelated tabs, messages, password tools, and notifications.
- [ ] Remove names, email addresses, phone numbers, IDs, tokens, and account details.
- [ ] Write the instruction and expected result before making the image.

## Step [number]: [action]

**Action:** [verb-led instruction]  
**Expected result:** [what the reader should see]  
**Decision rule:** [what changes the next action]

**Screenshot:** [insert the smallest useful crop]  
**Alt text:** [describe the relevant control, state, and purpose]  
**Caption:** [explain why the image matters]

## Final privacy review

- [ ] Crop is tight but contains enough orientation.
- [ ] One callout identifies the relevant control.
- [ ] Color is not the only signal.
- [ ] Export was inspected at 200% zoom.
- [ ] A second reviewer checked for sensitive data.