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Other (Simple) Options on Mac

Quicktime for Mac will record using your webcam, screencasts, and even audio-only clips.  

iMovie is available for Mac users, for free.  This is a powerful video builder or editor tool.  You can either edit clips you record (with your iPhone camera, or Quicktime, for example) or build videos using still images, video clips, and your voice as a narrative.  

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Any digital camera can potentially record video.  These vary widely in form and quality, so that it's too much to cove here, beyond noting that these are perfectly good options.  Plus, if you own this hardware, you probably know how to use it for video!  For example, if you use a DSLR for still photography, the steps are mostly the same as those for static images.   

See the Media Center guide for some basic, easy-to-implement tips for recording with your own camera.

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Video Hosting

Video needs to be hosted somewhere so it can play back ("stream") for viewers. You have many options.

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This video shows you how to log into your Canisius Google Account. Many know this already, but it's good to include it so all of your students are aware: https://youtu.be/SsXjLwnkaKo

If your professor created a sharing folder for a course: https://www.youtube.com/embed/tt0JVTc8Oa8.

If you simply must share with a professor (or anyone else): https://www.youtube.com/embed/0qPeBcwj9u4.

If you need to specifically share a Google Drive-based video in a D2L discussion: https://www.youtube.com/embed/f8UnC_UOhsg.

You can add the Google Drive app to your mobile device (phone or tablet), which can make it easy to get video you record with that device into your Canisius Google Drive.  Using the tutorials above, you can share with your professor or class.

Additional Tutorials

If you are using any video capture or recording through your web browser (such as in Google Meet or D2L's Video Note) you may need to switch cameras.  

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