How do I publish audio on this site?

Interns can post audio on this site by clicking 'create content/audio'.  Choose the appropriate category for your content (introduction, assignment, interncast, etc.)
Please do not publish audio by attaching it to your blog post (as we did in the early days of the Academy).

All audio published to the Webcast Academy and Worldbridges sites should be:

  • an mp3 file encoded at no more than a 64kbs bitrate. Higher bitrate files can be exchanged as pre-edited raw files. 
  • Sample rate should be 22 or 44khz in order for the audio to work with audio flash players.
    Screencast: Configuring Audio Specifications in Audacity
  • ID3 tags should include the Title, Artist, website URL (in comments section), and Licensing information
    (creative commons licensing info)
    Screencast How to deal with ID3 tags
  • Filenames should always describe the content of audio, date produced, and be unique from any other filename. For example, intern introductions should be named like - jane-doe-introduction-2007-08-01.mp3
    Do NOT use spaces or special characters (i.e. # @ & $ !) in filenames. Underscores and dashes are fine.


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Basic Computer Literacy

Check these resources for basic computer terms and knowledge gaps:

PC Driver's License in English
http://www.dlgi.org/uploads/media/ECDL_Syllabus_4.0engl.pdf

European Computer Driving License
http://www.ecdl.com/publisher/index.jsp

International Computer Driving License (ICDL) http://www.ecdl.com/icdlap/sitemap.jsp
Check this resource for other languages
(used in approx. 150 countries and translated in over 40 languages)

General information    
How Computers Work http://computer.howstuffworks.com/
How PCs work http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm
YouTube Lockergnome How to Learn Computers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBdcKxKmUyo
YouTube Lockergnome Top 5 Tips for Novice Computer Users
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiBsLegCyok

James/Eurominuteman

Technical specifications & English style guide

Non-English/non-romanic letter foreigners need to know the style differentiation between computer specifications and your English style guide.

Example for English style guide features

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9xxrf5_70dvvs63

James O'Reilly

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