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Setting up a new Podcast in Garageband 09-Tutorial
Setting Up a Podcast Project
1. Open GarageBand
2. Select New Project on the left and Podcast on the right. This will open GarageBand in a podcasting configuration.
Setting the GarageBand Audio Source
1. When GarageBand has launched, choose GarageBand > Preferences.
2. Click the Audio/MIDI tab and then choose Audio Input.
Note: Make sure it is set to your microphone if you are not using the Built-in Audio (as a line-based microphone or internal mic.)
3. Check the input and monitor settings for the track you want to record into. Double-click on the track and adjust the input and monitor settings in the bottom right area of your GarageBand window. Recording Levels are also set here.
Recording Audio in GarageBand 09-Tutorial
Choose a Track
GarageBand 09 is a multitrack editing program. The new podcast that you’ve created will open with a male voice track and a female voice track as well as numerous sound effect tracks. Choose the appropriate vocal track for your podcast’s primary voice.
Start to Record
1. Press the red Record button to begin recording from the microphone or external source. As soon as the Record button has been pressed, begin speaking or press the play button on the external source.
2. If everything is set up correctly, a waveform will appear in the track showing the volume of the audio from the recording. Note: You will not hear voice or music play through the computer speakers while recording, only during playback.
3. To stop recording, first quit speaking or stop the external source, then press the Stop/Play button in GarageBand 09.
ENGL 15: Creating a “Year in Review” Retrospective Podcast and Video
Dr. Peter Froehlich and Dr. Maggie Froehlich assign one podcast and one video in their four sections of English 15 taught at Hazleton.
The podcast is a podcast narrative highlighting a year in American history (post 1945) of the students choosing. For the video, the students were put into groups by era (e.g. the early 1990s) to create a 10-minute video narrative based on their combined years.
About the Course Project
Course: ENGL 15 – Rhetoric and Composition
Instructor: Maggie Gordon Froehlich and Peter Alan Froehlich, Hazleton
Number of Students: 80+ students across four sections
Semester: Spring 2009
Duration of Assignment: 4 weeks for podcast and 5 weeks for video
Benefits
Students exposed to writing for new media. Students uploading podcasts to iTunes have a better sense of who the “audience” is in terms of writing.
Grading Process:
The podcast and video both count as an “essay” writing assignment in this course and are graded primarily on the quality of the writing or structure as well as creativity.
The podcast is worth 20% of the total grade and the video is worth 25% of the grade.
MKTG 220: An Introduction to Selling Techniques
The students are required to turn in a proposal for the product they are intending to sell, within the first 5 weeks of class. Once this is approved they draft a paper that is written for the buyer of their product. From this paper, the script for their video is created and shooting takes place during the last month of class, making their video the capstone project for the class.
PT 384: Kinesiology Movement Analysis Video Project
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The project is a video-based movement analysis of a physical motion (i.e. soccer kick, baseball throw). Students choose a 10-second motion to analyze (e.g. throw a baseball or step off a staire), video tape the motion, and then put it into a format that they can share with classmates in a presentation.
Grading Process:
The final project is worth 10% of the course grade. The grading rubric is shown below.
| Final Project Criteria | Possible Score |
|---|---|
| Video/Diagrams: show phases of movement; correlate to text; are clear; are referenced if copied | 10 |
| Description of whole movement: general terms; all major areas of body covered; content accurate | 10 |
| Description of starting position: anatomical terms; clear and accurate | 10 |
| Inclusion of 3 joints: joints are clearly defined; joint movements are clear and correct | 15 |
| Muscular action: prime movers identified; type of contraction is clear and correct; synergists included, if appropriate | 15 |
| Spelling, grammar, neatness | 10 |
| Bibliography | 5 |
| Presentation | 15 |
| Cooperative effort | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
Choosing the Right Hardware (mics, etc.) for Podcasting
Before you get started podcasting, you'll want to select the recording hardware that is appropriate for your needs. You may be doing all your recording from an office, or studio, or you may need to be more mobile. Consider what type of podcasting you'd like to do as you read through our list of recommended audio hardware.
Complete Studio
For those that want high production value, stereo recordings. If you plan to have two or more people participating in your podcast, ex. an interview or round-table discussion, this bundle is for you. You get two studio-quality microphones, USB computer audio interface/preamp, mic cables, and powerful recording software. Don't forget the desktop mic stands.
M-Audio Classroom Studio Bundle (w/ bonus mic stand) Unfortunately, these items have been discontinued. We are waiting on the release of upgraded model. However, these items can still be used while at the Penn State Digital Commons and for loan at Penn States Media Tech Services.
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