This workshop focuses on the technical and communication elements of recording and editing audio files. In it, you will create a short podcast from source material that you select. To that recording, you will add a selection of royalty-free theme music.
This workshop requires you to record and edit a 4 to 5 minute podcast from source material of your choice. Your tasks are to record new content, edit the resulting audio file, and to add theme musicfrom a collection of royalty-free tracks.
I recommend two pathways for selecting content to complete this workshop. Option 1 makes you responsible for generating 4 to 5 minutes of spoken content. That is, get on mic and talk (e.g., tell a story, explain a concept, review a product). Option 2 is to select a piece of writing that you can read out loud (e.g., short story, article,). That selection can be something you authored, or something you like that someone else has published or shared.
Search for some royalty-free music and sound effects, or add to the same material that you integrated during the earlier workshops. You may also compose your own.
When you set up your recording session file, set it up as a multi-track recording. Set one of the tracks as your voice. Then add tracks for music and for sound effects.
This workshop requires that you complete the following tasks.
When you save your file for submission, use the filename Lastname_WorkingWithAudioP3.mp3.
Post your audio file to the forum dedicated to this workshop on Canvas Discussions with a brief introduction where you identify your podcast content by topic or title and author, and your theme music and sound(s) by title and source. For example, my class videos use the track "Hubbub" from Purple-Planet.com. Attach your edited workshop mp3 your post.
This section describes the standards by which your work will be evaluated for this workshop. Attend carefully to these details. If you do so, you will earn full credit for the workshop.
There are 50 possible points for this workshop. I will award points according to this standard.
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