Production: Recording Your Podcast

Equipment you will need:

• Built-in microphone on a computer
• USB headset microphone (Logitech)
• Large group microphones
• Digital voice recorders

Here are a couple that are resonably priced. Cyber Acoustics Pcvoicelink Stereo Headset or Logitech from Newegg

Software you will need:

• Mac: GarageBand
• Windows: Audacity (download here)

Issues/Concerns

• Students
  • Privacy for online posting
  • Appropriate use issues
  • Openly communicate with parents and get approval before using
• Content
  • Permission to use content
  • Appropriateness of content
  • Legal responsibilities for content
• Technical support
  • Server space
  • Training
  • Aggregating
• Recording Management:
  • Record short portions of audio at a time.
  • Record Intro after all segments are recorded.  (hook)
  • Plan other quiet activities during recording or create a ‘sound booth’
• File management: Plan ahead where and how students are saving files in progress.

Below is A video tutorial on downloading and using audacity. (You will need to download this at home to use. At school you can as the helpdesk to PUSH the program to your computer…just be sure to tell them your computer SKU#’s for all the computers you want your students to use and ask for the beta 1.3 version IF you want it to match what we did in our class. The older version is FINE, but some menus will be different from what you experienced in the class. However, the tutorial below is for the older version.)http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/187.flv

MORE audacity help videos Basic Audacity More advanced Audacity

Audacity tutorial booklet created by our own John Altermott. DO NOT republish, printing for in class use is OK. audacity tutorial JA 1

Check out more information about production at Learning in Hand

Continue to Post-Production (editing your podcast) or skip ahead to Publishing.