Research Guides: Library Videos: Make your Own Videos

New Media Center

Lehman Multimedia Center
State-of-the-art facility that serves both Lehman students and New York City's artistic community. The custom-built center has an acoustically designed recording studio, audio and video production control rooms, eight editing suites — one of which is enhanced for audio sweetening — student news room, media conversion room, graphics room, conference room and 5 'technology-enhanced' classrooms.

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For more details, contact the Multimedia Center.

Blackboard Administrator

Faculty questions about making videos available in Blackboard can be addressed by Stephen Castellano, Lehman's Blackboarrd administrator. For more information please see the college's Blackboard page.

Lehman/CUNY Tools

VoiceThread
Software for recording videos, adding commentary, and more. Includes Blackboard Integration.
Zoom
CUNY's license for Zoom allows for 25 video streams simultaneously and up to 100 audio participants. Use your CUNY login information at cuny.zoom.us to access your Zoom account for free. CUNY's subscription includes polling, breakout rooms and live transcriptions.. Lehman Zoom Support Site
Camtasia
Camtasia is Mac/Windows software for recording screencasts and editing video. Videos can be sent directly to YouTube or integrated with Google Drive. Camtasia is the high end of a suite of screen capture products.
SnagIt!
ensing to allow faculty to create, edit and share screen captures and recordings. Snagit screen captures can be edited and annotated for use in other applications, compiled into standalone video vignettes or added to a Camtasia instructional video. These Snagit screen captures can be distributed directly, shared using CUNY-provided cloud storage services like Dropbox or OneDrive, shared in Blackboard, or played during Blackboard Collaborate and Zoom online meetings.

Built-in Tools

Both Windows and Mac computers have built-in tools for screen recording.

Screenshot Toolbar (Mac)
Tool built into Mac OS versions after Mojave. You can make a video recording of the entire screen or just a selected portion of it.
Quicktime (Mac)
Using Screenshot in the QuickTime Player app, you can make a video recording of your computer screen. You can open the recording in the app and save it on your Mac.
X-Box Game Bar (Windows)
Built-in tool for screen capture and sharing on Windows 10.

Open Source Tools

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming available for Windows, Mac or Linux.
ShareX (Windows only)
Versatile tool for recording screen, taking screenshots, and sharing screenshots and screen capture videos.
StreamLabs
Enhanced version of OBS created by Logitech. Notably includes a "test button" to allow users to verify settings are working properly.