Skills:
- Be able to use the Webcast Academy website
- Produce and publish listenable audio that is encoded at Academy audio specifications
Screencasts:
General
- Class of 2.4 Intro Screencast
- How to participate in group skype chat
- How to post audio
- How to use GMT time - What time is it?
- Two Audacity Screencasts - #1 and #2
- Configuring Audio Specifications in Audacity
- Setting Preferences in Audacity - Windows
- Audio editing (amplify, compression, noise removal)
- How to deal with ID3 tags
- ID3 Tags with ID3-TagIT
Meeting Agenda & Assignments Below
Meeting Agenda
- Welcome to the Academy
- What is a 'collaborative community'?
- Everyone's a teacher, everyone's a learner
You should> We can... ,- Aim to make the Academy better than when you found it
- Site Orientation http://www.webcastacademy.net/Site_Orientation
- Look for answers in the FAQ, Book of Webcasting, & Search
- Post questions to the Forums or Group Skype Chat
- Post reflections in your Blog
- Adding signature to Account
- Post all audio by clicking 'create content/audio'
- Joining skype chat - not going crazy
- What is a 'collaborative community'?
- Hardware & Software Requirements
Assignments:
- Post a short text introduction in the Class of 2.4 Introductions thread.
- Record a 1-2 minute audio introduction using audio specifications (Filename: your-name-Introduction-2007-10-xx.mp3) and publish it (create content/audio) on this site.
- After participating in or listening to the recording of our first meeting and completing the above assignments, post a text blog entry (create content/blog entry) about anything related to your academy experience.
- Post any questions in the forums or group skype chat.
- If you are interested in connecting with others in a smaller group during the week, add your info to the Webcast Academy wiki.
Comments
Assignment Structure & Process Template for Windows
Workshop Template for Week 1 and 2
Audio Introduction / Recording Both Ends of a Telephony Call
Information captured and acquired from Class 2.3 has lead to the design of a template covering the above assignment structures and processes.
Newer enhanced topics have been blended into the webcasting process, such as the use of a 24 bit external sound card and its support softwares, as well as sound card setting software, audio production monitoring, and some new editing resources.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9xxrf5_670g6dps8f6
Please feel free to request an invitation for collaboration to this Google docs template by sending your deployed Google email. Your input is appreciated, as well as input from Mac and Linux users, who may want to derive a template fitting to their purposes.
Such templates could enhance the repeatability of this learning adventure and also create room and potential for further-going upgrades and innovations.
James/Eurominuteman
The Real Barebone Requirements for Webcasting Novices & Newbies
A matured course note summary from the Class of 2.3...
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9xxrf5_214gjr99k
James/Eurominuteman