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: 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 Audacity BUT…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) Audacity Download Link 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 prompts and the directions you copied earlier 2) And this time the “LAME encoder file” will choose where to install the 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 like The 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 and gotten 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 readings and 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 RECORD 2) GOLD SQUARE STOP 3)GREEN BUTTON PLAY 1.Grab your script 2.Press Record 3.Speak into microphone 4.Press Stop when finished 5.Press Play to listen

1.Click FILE in upper right corner of your screen 2. Select: Export as MP3 and then follow the prompts Remember your LAME file Saving directions?... 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 computer 2 Click on OS (C) drive 3 Click on Program Files

1)Under Program files Look for LAME for Audacity 2)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 folder Then select the audio file you created (Mp3) and then press OPEN Then 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 View Announcement 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 Announcement When they click on “Ahoy there! Casting Off and Sailing Away” they will hear the Audio Announcement- You can hear my announcement at : 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