audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for a variety of operating systems

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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and

recorder for a variety of operating systems

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About Sound

•.wav - a format developed by Windows and used extensively on Windows operating systems

.mp3 - audio format that compressed sound with minimal loss of quality (i.e. audio file size is a lot smaller as an .mp3 compared to a .wav). This is the most popular sound format for music.

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Streaming

•Technique for transferring data such that it can be processed as a steady and continuous stream.

•The client browser or plug-in (WMV, QuickTime, Flash) can start displaying the data before the entire file has been transmitted.

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Podcasting

•audio files downloaded automatically to a computer or mobile MP3 device.

•subscribe (mostly free of charge) to a podcast, and then as new audio files become available (episodes), they are automatically downloaded to our computer.

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Podcasting and Feeds

•A feed, also known as RSS feed, XML feed, syndicated content, or web feed, is frequently updated content published by a website.

•Usually used for news and blog websites, but can also be used for distributing other types of digital content, including pictures, audio or video.

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Podcasting and Feeds

•Feeds can also be used to deliver audio content (usually in MP3 format) which you can listen to on your computer or MP3 player. This is referred to as podcasting.

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Podcasting and Feeds

•RSS feeds can also be used to subscribe to blogs, wikis, websites with a news delivery function and social bookmarking sites. Trainers can selectively release podcasts and blog materials to learners by encouraging learners to use RSS feeds.

•Audio Files can easily be recorded using sound recording software that enable mixing in of multiple voices, sound effects and music.

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Using Podcasts in Training record face to face sessions or summaries of sessions•self-paced learning •guest speakers from remote locations•subject experts or industry figures•assessment tool •third party content•walking tours for induction/instruction•case studies/scenarios•vocabulary

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•Open iTunes - If you don’t have it installed on your computer, get it from http://www.apple.com/downloads/•Find the xml page for the RSS feed you want to add:•(in this example we are subscribing from the e Trends podcast http://www.networksevents.podomatic.com/

•Click on RSS Feed

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•Click on RSS Feed

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•The page refreshes, copy the url from the address window:

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•The page refreshes, copy the url from the address window:

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•In iTunes, click on Advanced, the Subscribe to Podcast:

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

•Enter the url of the rss file you have just copied, then click OK

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Adding a podcast feed to iTunes

• Available files will begin to download to you computer.

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ABC Radio Podcasts

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Program Page - RSS

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RSS File

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Export

•Due to licensing rights Audacity exports in .wav format

•To export in .mp3 format need to download a LAME encoder

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Audacity Workspace

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Audacity Workspace

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Sound Source

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Sound Source - Import

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Sound Source - Import

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Settings

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Recording

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Recording new track

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Copying Sequence

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Pasting Sequence

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Cleaning up Edit

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Adding Effects - Echo

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Adding Effects

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Saving and Exporting

Project Files (.aud)

WAV’s

mpeg’s

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Lets make a podcast - Planning

•Script/Plan material/topic – have a clear purpose

•5 – 10 minutes maximum

•Variety of voices

•Consider mixing up the audio presentation through the use of narrative, question and answer, interviews and guest speakers

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Lets make a podcast - Recording

•Desktop computers/Laptop sound cards

•Personal Digital Recorders

•Consider an external microphone. Hold it Steady)

•For podcasts with spoken voice only, the quality does not need to be that high for effective podcasts.

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Lets make a podcast – Assemble files

•Audacity Demo

•Intro, Guest, Music, Fillers

•Exporting

•Publishing/Distributing

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Lets make a podcast – Assemble files

•Audacity Demo

•Intro, Guest, Music, Fillers

•Exporting

•Publishing/Distributing

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MP3 Export – Bit Rate

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Saving and Exporting

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Publishing/Distributing

• Save in MP3 Format

• Upload to web and link

• Embed using course genie

• Use Podcasting

• Learn HTML and embed your own!

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Publishing/Distributing

• Podomatic Demo

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Our podcasts

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Thank You

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