You can record yourself using your Mac laptop provided it has a webcam (most do, embedded at the top of your screen panel). Make sure you’re recording yourself in a quiet environment, with no televisions or radios on in the background.
- Go to the QuickTime Player application. Choose File/New Movie Recording.
- You should see a live video of yourself. To begin recording, click the red record button (a round circular button) similar to this image:
- When done recording, click on the stop button (a black square), similar to this image:
- Save your video file. Choose File/Save.
If you’re needing to send this file to someone at Reed:
- Open a web browser and go to filerobot.reed.edu, and in the “Drop off large files” section of the screen, type in the person’s name you are sending to.
- Choose the video file you saved by choosing the “Choose Files” button, and selecting the file. Keep the browser open until the message “File Robot has received the following files” appears, similar to the image below.
