Here are some ways that you can try making video recordings for sharing tips or trainings within your institution or with the FOLIO community.
You should also check with your institution - many colleges and universities have licenses for software that does screen recording. It's also good to make sure that you aren't installing anything that breaks any policies at your institution if you're using a work computer.
Windows or Mac
- If you have access to a Zoom account, start a meeting with yourself as the only attendee, and then record it to your local desktop.
- If you have access to a Microsoft Teams account, start a meeting with yourself as the only attendee, and then record it to your local desktop.
- Snagit is a program made by TechSmith, available for both Windows and Mac OS X, that is very good at doing both image and video capture. It is not free, but it does have a free trial so you can try it out. Several FOLIO community members use this tool and really like it.
- Camtasia is also made by TechSmith and is a much more full-featured screen recording tool. It is not free, but it is a common tool at universities for providing e-learning so your institution may have access to it already.
Windows-only
- Microsoft has a tool called the Windows Game Bar that is designed to capture video from streaming PC games, but can capture anything on a Windows desktop so it can be used for general screen recording.
- This tool may not always be available depending on how your institution controls what is installed/enabled on your laptop.
- https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-capture-video-clips-in-windows-10
- The latest versions of the Windows snipping tool can do video capture, though it doesn't record audio so it's not a good tool for narrating what you are doing.
Mac-only
- You can use the QuickTime player to make a screen recording
- For Mojave or later, you can use the screenshot toolbar