Introduction to podcasting with Audacity
Pre-workshop activities: 15 min
Introductory presentation: 10 min
Hands-on activities: 80 min
What is Audacity?
Audacity is an open-source software that allows you to edit and add effects to your audio projects. This software has numerous features that will help develop your podcasting skills. Learn more about these features through our workshop activities.
The Audacity interface
The Audacity interface seems to take its design from analogue devices, as you can see in this image that compares Audacity with a vintage cassette player.
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Learning objectives
In this workshop, participants will learn about the following:
- the key features of an ongoing podcast or a one-off podcast
- best practices for interviewing people or panels of people for podcasts
- where to borrow high-quality audio recording equipment on campus
- the pros and cons of free and paid podcast publishing services
In this workshop, participants will learn to do the following:
- record high-quality audio using a USB-connected microphone
- trim and split recorded audio
- create voiceovers
- fade audio in and out in separate audio tracks
- use a free podcasting publishing service
- publish a stand-alone audio interview or recording
- OPTIONAL: use Zoom to record remote interviews