The document provides instructions for students at Mt Alvernia College on how to create podcasts using the audio editing software Audacity. It defines what a podcast is and explains how they differ from mp3 files. It then outlines the recording methods using microphones, sound devices, or mobile phones. The steps for importing audio files into Audacity and editing them, including deleting portions, moving selections, rearranging order, adding songs, and applying fades are described. The document concludes with exporting the final edited file as an mp3 and uploading it to Moodle.

1. For Students @ Mt Alvernia College

2.  A podcast is a series of recordings available on
the internet that are intended for use with a digital
media device.
 The name is a combination of two words – iPod
and broadcast although it is technically inaccurate
(you do not need an iPod).
 The difference between a podcast and an mp3 is
the way in which the user receives the file
(through an RSS feed for podcasts).
 Technically, today we’re learning to make mp3s.

3. Methods to record a sound file:
Using a microphone or headset
Using a sound recording device
You can also use a mobile phone although getting the
files off may require a little fiddling
◦ Eg iPhone – email to yourself; download; open in Adobe
Soundbooth; Save as type mp3.
◦ http://media-convert.com/ (converts online for free)

4. Hold power
button down
to turn on or
off
Use the
record and
stop buttons
Slider on the
back to push
out USB

5.  Insert the USB into the computer
 Locate your file
 Copy the sound file to your user drive
 If you used your phone and need help see me
 You’re ready to edit

7.  Do delete a portion
◦ Use the select tool ( I ) to select what you don’t want
◦ Hit delete on your keyboard
 To Move a selection
◦ Use the time shift tool to drag it into place ( )
 To rearrange the order of parts
◦ Select the part to remove
◦ Edit > Cut
◦ Project > New Audio Track > Click in new track > Paste
(Time shift to move things around)

8.  Add a song
◦ Project > Import Audio
◦ Select the part you want > Cut
◦ Project > New Audio Track > Paste
◦ Press the (X) on the song you no longer want to remove
it
 Fade Out
◦ Select from where you want the fade to start to the end
of the clip
◦ Effects > Fade out

9.  File > Export as MP3
◦ NOTE: if you are using Audacity on the computer for the
first time it will ask you for the LAME encoder.
 You can now upload your mp3 file to Moodle

10. You are only
limited by your
imagination

11.  Sorry but you droning on about a topic for 10
minutes probably isn’t going to excite anyone
 Instead, prepare some questions and have
someone else ask them (then edit in your answers
– like you were interviewed)
 Get a peer who knows about the topic to sit and
have a professional conversation with you
 Interview someone

12.  Atomic Learning
◦ www.atomiclearning.com
◦ Your username is your school email address
◦ Your default password is 123456 (please change this after you
log in the first time)
◦ Student username: mtalvernia password: college
 A Short Teacher Tube Video
◦ http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?
video_id=127652&title=Creatign_a_Basic_Podcast_Using_Auda
city&vpkey=
 Paper Instructions
◦ http://www.slideshare.net/Marcus9000/how-to-use-audacity-
guide-handout