Recording lectures as podcasts: An introduction

Oct. 1, 2020

Duane Woods

Jason Toal

In this session:

Participants will

• Be introduced to podcasting projects
• Discover SFU audio resources and community
• Be able to set up for audio recording
• Demo the basics of editing audio
• Share audio content on a variety of platforms.

Theory & Practice:

Why Podcasting?

• Students can listen to anywhere and anytime
• Frees up time in the classroom (Flipping)
• Adds a new form of learning
• High bandwidth not required to listen
• Sparks the imagination
• Great way to share conversations

Theory & Practice:

Best uses

• Shorter lectures
• Interviews or a conversations with an expert or guest
• Sparks imagination and voice rather than visuals
• Record an environment where you want to concentrate on its auditory nature (ie. park, farm, factory)
• Share music or other sounds

Theory & Practice:

Remember DO...

• Plan

• Get a quality recording

• Speak clearly

• Use other sounds

• Keep it interesting

• Length can vary

   

   

   

"I want my professors to know that it is very hard to keep me motivated to listen to the lectures that they post on [Blackboard LMS], which are like more than one hour of podcast. I find it so difficult to just sit there and listen to a person talk and take notes. If I was in class, I would see the professor with movements (showing things with examples), but now I can just see them saying without seeing the example."

 - Norman Eng, WHAT FRUSTRATES STUDENTS MOST ABOUT ONLINE CLASSES (COVID-19 EDITION)

Theory & Practice:

Remember...

• Don't record a 2-3 hour lecture in one file

• Don't read notes/text verbatim

• Don't speak in a flat, monotone voice

   

POdcast Production:

Recording gear

• External Microphone (eg. Yeti) or Headset Mic

• Headphones

• Quiet Space

POdcast Production:

Other Recording Methods

• Smartphone

• Zoom

• Skype

• MDR/Mosaic and MyMediasite 

POdcast Production:

Recording Software

• Audacity (Open Source)

• Audition (Adobe, SFU-supported)

• Zoom/ Skype

• MDR/MyMediasite

Editing Software

• Audacity (Open Source)

• Audition (Adobe, SFU-supported)

Audacity

• Learn the interface & tools:
• Record your voice
• Import other WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A files

MICROPHONE SET UP

• System Preferences > Sound
• Input and Output set to your mic

Audacity