Self-operated video prompting and video modeling was compared when used by three secondary students with mild intellectual disabilities as they completed novel recipes during cooking activities. Alternating between video systems, students completed twelve recipes within their classroom kitchen. An alternating treatment design with a follow-up and withdrawal probe was used to illustrate the effectiveness of both systems on each student's independent task performance. Results indicated increased independence following video system use by all three students with video modeling more effective for two students and video prompting more effective for the third. Future directions for research are presented. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)