why use pod-casts? personal connection to students outside of seminar reach auditory learners on...
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Why use Pod-casts?• Personal connection to students
outside of seminar• Reach auditory learners on unit
reading or project instructions• Provide technical innovation,
variety, and value to your classroom
• By the way, you will need your Head-Set with Microphone in order to record your own Pod-Cast during this tutorial----So please grab those and off we go…….
Welcome to a PRIMER on how to create an Audio Announcement for you Classroom!
• This presentation was created with “Foundations Faculty Teaching Academic Strategies ” in mind, and as a PRIMER for those who have never used, but would
like to begin enfolding multi-media into their classrooms. Also, it is for faculty who may have used other forms of multi-media in their classrooms but never actually
created their own audio recordings .
• While this PRIMER focuses in on Audio-Podcasts and learning to convert files to Mp3, and then on how to embed them in the Announcements area, you can also
embed the Mp3 files in the Discussion Board or Doc Sharing or on Web Pages.
• Once you have learned the very basics as given in this tutorial there are many ways to diversify and amplify the uses . (Adding video or photos to an audio message, placing audio into Power Points, and other software products and
venues, etc.)
2) Download Audacity at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
3) Then click the Download Tab at the Top of the Page
Then select Windows (unless you have a Mac) and do not use the Beta version on the right
hand side of the screen
At the next screen is where you will actually download AudacityBUT…You will ALSO find the link to the Lame MP3 Encoder on that page
(screen-shot on next slide)Which you will need in order for your recordings to be converted to a MP3 files
that you can link into your classroom announcements.
1) AudacityDownloadLink
2) Lame MP3 Encoder Download
Save both of these to your Desktop …for now….
IMPORTANT : VERY carefully follow the directions here for saving the Lame Encoder file!You may want to copy and paste these directions into a Word Document temporarily
so as to follow the steps, or it may not install correctly.
1) Once you have completed the initial download of the LAME encoder---go to your desktop icon for this, and
double-click it to install it…and save …follow the directions promptsand the directions you copied earlier
2) And this time the “LAME encoder file” will choose where to installthe converter on your computer- DO NOT change where it installs it .
You may want to write down the file path location ..But it should save to: C\Program files\Lame for Audacity
3) GREAT! Now when you complete your recording in Audacity you will know Where to export the file so that it can be converted to an MP3
Ok! Let’s Shove off..I mean RECORD..raise the SAILS Mates!
IMPORTANT STEP!
Get Out Your MAP: How to install the Encoder!
Grab your Script and Open the Audacity Icon on your desktop and it should look likeThe screen-shot below:
Script for Audacity Announcement; Unit 2 Academic Strategies
Hi Everyone! Welcome to Unit 2! Now that you have begun to get familiar with the classroom through your scavenger
hunt andgotten your “sea legs” for our journey--- we are sailing away on our next adventure!
Jump on-board, as we are casting off to learn some of the most important lessons
anyone can learn ---not just in this course or for your studies—but in life!!
The theme: Time and Stress Management! First be sure to complete your Readings by clicking on the TWO Readings links
under the Unit 2 orange bar- “Port side of our ship” (left) and scroll through the reading
pages. Be sure to click on the links within these readings pages as well, as these are part of
your readingsand very important for you as you complete your discussion postings and
Assignment Template for Unit 2.
I hope you will come to Seminar, where we will talk more about Time and Stress management
and some of the strategies that will help you gain control of Time and Stress in your life.
Remember if ever you cannot attend the seminar, go back into the seminar area and listen to recording during the week,
and be sure to take the Quiz for an opportunity to earn the points you miss when you cannot participate in the weekly seminars.
Ahoy there Mates!—Ready???.......we are casting off and sailing away!(1:26- Run Time One Minute and Twenty-Six Seconds)
1) RED BUTTON RECORD2) GOLD SQUARE STOP3)GREEN BUTTON PLAY
1. Grab your script2. Press Record3. Speak into microphone4. Press Stop when finished5. Press Play to listen
1. Click FILE in upper right corner of your screen2. Select: Export as MP3 and then follow the prompts
Remember your LAME file Savingdirections?... how to locate the converter?….go to the file (C\Program files\Lame for Audacity) It will default to this location in the future- But for the first time you have to locate the folder on your computer.
The next two slides will show you Visually how to navigate there …….
1 Click on my computer2 Click on OS (C) drive3 Click on Program Files
1) Under Program files Look for LAME for Audacity2) Then Select the file you named from this folder
First
Next
1) Classroom open…2) Click Author …3) Click Add Link
You will see a Pop-Up Window…1 ) Choose “I need to upload a file”2) Choose “Link to File or Document “ from dropdown 3) Scroll down to the bottom of this page and to the “Browse “option
After you hit “Browse” go to your C\Program\Lame for Audacity folderThen select the audio file you created (Mp3) and then press OPENThen press “Add Link”– Voila!
FIRST:Click Author MODE and Create Announcement
SECOND: Click “Add Link”
THIRD: Select Type of Link –Choose “Link to a File Or Document” from the Drop-down
FOURTH: Select, “I need to upload a file” Then press “GO”
FIFTH: Wait for the page to Load; type in the “name of the link” and then scroll to the BOTTOM of screen to “BROWSE”
SIXTH: Select your MP3 file from the Folder you NAMED for the LAME Encoder … AND-select the “MP3 file extension” from those files you see there,Press “ADD LINK”
Ahoy Mates! Your link will be added as you close out of the Author Mode -check Course ViewAnnouncement to see your audio link!
Here are the written step by step directions if you missed any of those steps I just showed you—let me know when you have completed them!
Now YOU will see your file in HTML code as in the screen-shot below
***Notice: I went back in to the same announcement section and instead of Add Link I used
Add Image and went through the same process to upload the sailboat image also—ok -so both HTML codes are there--- Now click
POST Updated Announcement
Go back to Course Mode Tab and you will see what your students see then click on the link to assure it plays from the Course mode Tab.
HTML
This is the View My Students Have of the AnnouncementWhen they click on “Ahoy there! Casting Off and Sailing Away” they will
hear the Audio Announcement- You can hear my announcement at : http://fudgelink.com/web/audacity.html
Use the Mp3 ICON on the LEFT
And now YOU are sailing on YOUR way…Casting off with Audio Pod-Casts!
Stay tuned for more ways to create personalized messages for your Audio/Visual Learners
Smooth Sailing to YOU!from the