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.
- Install Audacity on your laptop:
- For Mac computers Click Here, newer Macs use the “Apple Silicon DMG” installer; older Macs use the “Intel DMG installer.” IMPORTANT: do not use the “Audacity installer (recommended) via MuseHub.”
- For a Windows 64 bit computer Click Here and choose the appropriate installer for your system.
- If you have a Windows ARM computer, which is quite unlikely in 2025, Click Here.
- 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.