Day Three

Introduction to using audio

Today we are going to learn how to make an audio recording using the classroom computers.

follow these step-by-step instructions to create your first audio sample:

1) Open up GarageBand on your computer.
2) Choose to create a Podcast when you open up the program.
3) Title your sample Podcast with your first name, last name, and your groups country.
4) Start recording your voice by selecting the male or female voice round record button, and then the large red record button at the bottom of the screen.

5) Record yourself reading one of your assignments from day one or two.
6) Once you have finished your recording save it by choosing the file tab and selecting save.
7) Next choose Share at the top of your toolbar and select share Podcast to iTunes.
8) Open up itunes and locate the file you have just created.
9) Select the iTunes in the top left corner on the menu bar, open up preferences.
10) Under the General Tab find the Import Settings button. Click that and choose Import Using: MP3 Encoder. you only have to do that one time.
11) Now highlight the audio file (song) you just imported from GarageBand, and click on Advanced in the menu bar and choose Create MP3 Version. This will duplicate your audio file so there will be two (with the same name) in the iTunes music library. The bottom one will be your MP3 file.

12) Drag that file out to the desktop, and be sure it says .mp3 at the end of the filename.
You've just created an mp3 file!



Now we are going to make your audio samples you have just made into Podcasts we can post onto blogger!
1) Go to Podbean.com and using your school email accounts create a podbean user name a password (make sure you un-check the box saying that you would like to receive the podbean newsletter)
2) Once you have registered and logged in with your new user name and the password that has been emailed to you, click on "publish podcast".
3) Next select the "publish new story" button, and give your post a title and tag. Make the title your first and last name, and the tag your country.
4) Scroll down to the Podcasting box.
5) Click Browse, and find your .mp3 that you have just created.
6) Click Publish at the bottom.



Now that you made you a podcast we are going to copy the embed code from PodBean
1) Under the Listen Now button, you'll see Standard Podcasts: Hide Player; Play in Popup, Download, and Embeddable Player. Click Embeddable Player.
2) Two thin players (one white and one black) will appear.
3) Choose which color you want.
4) Click in the box under "Copy & Paste the following code..."
5) Select all (apple-A).
6) Copy all the text(apple-C).

Time to paste the embed code into a blogger post
1) You are going to post your podcast as a comment to this bog page.
3) Click the Edit Html tag.
4) Click in the post message box and paste the text from PodBean into it (it should be a lot of text).
5) Publish your comment, view it, and test your audio file.
Make sure you put your names on your comment post!

HOMEWORK: listen to five minutes of your favorite radio show and your parents' favorite radio show and write a paragraph on your thoughts about what you've heard. Try to compare and contrast the two radio shows, and say what you liked and disliked about each.