Pre-Workshop Videos & Activities
This workshop is primarily hands-on practice with Audacity in order to learn to use key features of the software.
To participate fully, please do the following before the workshop.
1. Install Audacity on your laptop:
- For newer Mac computers (~2019 onward), use this ARM 64 dmg Apple Silicon installer.
NOTE: for older Macs (typically before 2019), use this x86_64 dmg Intel installer. If you end up on Audacity’s Downloads page, we do not recommend using any installers named “Audacity installer (recommended) via MuseHub,” becasue MuseHub is bloatware that will be installed along with the Audacity installation.
- For a Windows computer, use this 64 bit installer.
- Audacity also has a Linux installer. See this Installing and updating Audacity on Linux page for details as needed.
- If none of the above installers work, especially for an older computer or operating system, then choose from this list of older Audacity versions.
2. Review the following videos:
- Should I Make a Podcast? (4 min)
- Planning your Podcast (5 min)
- Sample Podcast Script (2 min)
- OPTIONAL: Podcasting 101 from PRX & Google Podcasts is an excellent series of 10 short videos that cover the podcasting creation process from start to finish. They include a video on monetization, which is a topic not covered in this DSC workshop.