AUDACITY IN 30 MINUTES

Cheryl Cross Armondo Collins Chelsea DeAngio

Beth Filar Williams

A workshop by the University Libraries

Oct 18, 2012

POLL: WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AUDACITY?

A. Never even heard of it until recently. B. Have never used it before. C. Have seen it used but never used it personally. D. Tried it but couldn't even install it! E. Used it a few times

OBJECTIVES

• Learn how to install Audacity • Discover how to select, copy and paste portions of audio files • Explore options for silence, fade and amplify audio files • Understand the concept of layering tracks • Record and export audio files

WHAT IS AUDACITY?

• a free, open source, cross-platform audio editor • record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or

digitize recordings • capture streaming audio (depends on your sound

card)

WHY USE AUDACITY?

• Available free for PC, Mac • Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC files • Export MP3 files using LAME encoder library • Easily edit using cut, copy, paste, delete • Create effects, remove background noise • Exported files easily shared on Blackboard, via email

APPLICATIONS

• Podcasts of lectures, class recordings • Voicethread responses combined into podcast • Record voice over narration for multimedia projects • Practice foreign language skills, oration - link with Web 2.0

tools (Voki, Blabberize) How do you see yourself using Audacity?

LET'S DEMO!

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Info from our Instructional Tech Toolkit: http://uncg.libguides.com/content.php?pid=298104&sid=2497737#8574621

• A basic steps guide: https://wiki.carleton.edu/display/itskb/Using+Audacity

• Detailed guide by Dr. Marshall Jones: http://coe.winthrop.edu/jonesmg/lti/podcasting/podcast_audacity.pdf

• Audacity 1.2 Tutorial. Dan's Ed Tech Blog http://www.lifelonglearner.us/other/audacity/audacity_introduction01.html

MORE RESOURCES

• Audacity Manual - Tutorials. (n.d.). Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html

• Hiitola, B. (2010). Getting started with Audacity 1.3 create your own podcasts, edit music, and more with this open source audio editor. Birmingham, UK: Packt Pub. (Available as E-book from UNCG library)

• Schroder, C. (2011). The book of Audacity: record, edit, mix, and master with the free audio editor. San Francisco: No Starch Press. (Available as E-book from UNCG library)