{"id":325,"date":"2012-09-25T18:56:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/?p=325"},"modified":"2012-09-25T19:03:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T19:03:08","slug":"audacity-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/2012\/09\/25\/audacity-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacity &#8211; I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/files\/2012\/09\/Audacity-logo-r_50pct.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-332\" title=\"Audacity-logo-r_50pct\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/files\/2012\/09\/Audacity-logo-r_50pct.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is our second workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Audacity is a great resource for educators. It is an open-source and cross-platform audio editing program. Today, participants will record and edit short podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective:<\/strong> Participants will record and edit short podcasts in Audacity. Audacity projects can include recorded audio, sound effects and\/or musical tracks. Participants will post their completed .mp3 files to our WordPress site as links or attachments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordPress Membership:<\/strong> Workshop participants who don&#8217;t have VC email will need to create an account. Manage this yourself or have Erin, Baynard or Joe help you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage I<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check to see if Audacity is installed. If it isn&#8217;t, download it and install it to the saved files directory from <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Set up your headset in the apple menu &gt; preferences to accept USB microphone input.<\/li>\n<li>Check the preferences in Audacity to receive input from the USB headset.<\/li>\n<li>Create a one minute podcast talking about your family or the people with whom you live.<\/li>\n<li>Export an .mp3 version of your recording. You will need the <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/help\/faq_i18n?s=install&amp;i=lame-mp3\" target=\"_blank\">LAME mp3 encoder<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the .mp3 file to WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Stage II<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Listen to the file you created. Edit it to make it better. Use these <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.vassar.edu\/mod\/url\/view.php?id=129052\" target=\"_blank\">tutorials<\/a> to help you.<\/li>\n<li>Find a sound effect on the web. Include it in your podcast. Replace the podcast from Stage I with your revised podcast.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Stage III<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add intro, outtro, or background music to the file you created for Stage II.<\/li>\n<li>Replace the podcast from Stage II with your revised podcast.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/files\/2012\/09\/Audacity-Workshop.pdf\">Audacity Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our second workshop. Audacity is a great resource for educators. It is an open-source and cross-platform audio editing program. Today, participants will record and edit short podcasts. Objective: Participants will record and edit short podcasts in Audacity. 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