Intro:
who I am and what the LRC is
quick tour of the LRC website (over 200 mp3 files online, most from
commercial sources, some homemade)
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmlrc/
Objectives
for this afternoon
1. Consider the range of uses for audio material
2. Become familiar with Audacity (including how to download)
3. Record your own message (including some optional commercial
material) and edit as needed
4. Save your work in mp3 format
5. Do something with your product (send in email, send by FTP,
post on webpage)
6. Use Nvu or Mozilla Composer to make a webpage, including a
link to your mp3 file
7. Use Fugu or SSH to post your page to your UVM network space
WHY AUDIO?
Use the medium or mix of media suited to the instructional objective.
Use audio when sound is the primary mode of learning --as
opposed to still images or moving video.
Some examples:
- email a friendly voice mail (approx. 1 MB
per minute)
(send larger files by using File Transfer Protocol)
- introductory message
- language learning
- poetry/dramatic reading
- music
- lectures or commentaries on visuals
- broadcast journalism
- student assignments
AUDACITY
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Orientation to Audacity to make a recording
- audio control buttons
- before recording, check System Preferences
and Audacity preferences
- make a sample and use to illustrate simple
edits and multiple tracks
- menus
- recording from other sources (CD for this
example)
- possible with vinyl records
- exporting as mp3
RTHK phony
announcement
What to do
with it?
- download to an i-Pod and carry it around with you
- mail it
- post it
If you don't have a web page, you will need to
create one with Nvu or Mozilla Composer.
(WebCT is an alternative place to post.)
Use Fugu or SSH File Transfer to move the mp3
to your web space.
If you're going to have a lot of mp3 files,
think about a system for naming files.
- teach your students how to play / download the files