Training on 'How to Podcast using Garage Band'

1. Podcasting Workshop
Paviter Singh
5 June 2009
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2. What is Podcasting?
• Podcasting is the method of
distributing multimedia files, such
as audio or video programs, over
the Internet using syndication
feeds, for playback on mobile
devices and personal computers.
• The term, coined in 2004,
combines quot;iPodquot;, a popular
portable audio device, and
quot;broadcasting.quot;
wikipedia search on ‘podcasting’
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3. Sample Podcasts
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4. The Process
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15. Creating a Podcast
• Have clear objectives
• Instructions / JIT Training
• Assign Teams
• Assign Topic
• Allow for discussion
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16. Creating a Podcast
• Share Rubric
• Aligned to objectives
• Create a Story Board
• Template
• Dialogue
• Pictures
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17. Creating a Podcast
• Guided Research
• Google Customised
Search
• Corbis (Pictures)
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18. Hands-On Practice
• Create a Story Board
• Dowload Pictures
• Record Voice
• Bring in Pictures
• Export
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19. Creation Process
• Open GARAGE BAND
• Select Podcast
• Click Choose
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20. Creation Process
• Choose a File Name
• Choose location to save
file
• click on arrow for
more choices of
where to save the file
• Click Create
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21. Creation Process
• Garage Band opens
• Left: Tracks
• Centre: Recordings
• Right: Media Browser
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22. Creation Process
• Garage Band opens
• Left: Tracks
• Centre: Recordings
• Right: Media Browser
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23. Creation Process
• Click on the red dot on the
‘Male or Female Voice’ track to
activate the microphone
• When you are ready to record,
press on the larger red button
on the centre of the screen
• Refer to your story board while
creating the recording
• The microphone is sensitive -
don’t shout
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24. Creation Process
• Read the whole script
• If you make a mistake, read
out the correction without
stopping the recording
• Do not start all over again
• Errors can be deleted later
• Click on the PLAY button to
stop recording
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25. Creation Process
• BEFORE RECORDING
• Click control and uncheck ‘metronome’
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26. Creation Process
• Correcting an error:
• Bring the needle to where
the mistake is located
• Ensure that the audio track
is highlighted (bright
purple)
• Click on EDIT and select
SPLIT
• This will create a split at the
location you have placed
the needle
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27. Creation Process
• Repeat the step, this time
placing the needle at the
end of “the mistake”
• With “the mistake” standing
alone from the rest of the
track - click on DELETE to
erase it
• Join the two good tracks
together
• Continue until you have
edited the whole recording
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28. Creation Process
• Drag and Drop Pictures
• From Media Browser (Right)
• To Podcast Track (Centre)
• Do not leave any blank spaces on the track
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29. Creation Process
• Add Jingles
• Click on the ‘loop browser’
• All the available jingles will be
displayed
• Select the one you want
• Drag and drop into the ‘Jingles’
track
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30. Creation Process
• Exporting the completed
podcast
• Click on FILE and select
SAVE
• Click on SHARE and
select EXPORT TO DISK
• Export the file to your
desktop
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31. Thank You
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