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Enhancing Online Courses with Instructor's Voice: Advantages, Disadvantages & How-To Guide

Learn why and how to add instructor's voice to online courses, with steps on creating, editing, and inserting audio files. Discover the benefits for various learners and explore top audio editing software options.

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Enhancing Online Courses with Instructor's Voice: Advantages, Disadvantages & How-To Guide

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  1. Dr. Sribhagyam Srinivasan Mr. Jim Ellis Lamar State College – Orange Personalizing Online Courses by Adding Instructor’s Voice

  2. Agenda for this session • Why audio • Advantages • Disadvantages • Audio files or Podcast? • Software • Overview of the process of creating, editing, exporting and inserting sound files into course content

  3. Why Audio - Advantages

  4. Why Audio - Disadvantages

  5. In a nutshell • Meet the needs of most students - varying learning styles and aptitudes • Appeals to audio/visual learners • Benefits non-native speakers as well as foreign language, speech therapy, and music learners. • Benefits vision impaired students • Allows for convenient access 24/7 and multi-tasking • Ability to replay and review information • Missed Classes - Provides ‘make up lectures’ • Portability

  6. Audio files or Podcast? • How do you decide?

  7. Software • Top Ten Reviews of audio editors • http://audio-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ • Free open software • Audacity • Wavosaur– Does not need to be installed • Wavepad Sound Editor • DJ Audio Editor • Power Sound Editor Free

  8. Process Overview • Download Audacity software • Download LAME MP3 encoder • Set the properties for Audacity • Record a 1-2 min audio clip • Edit the audio clip • Save the audio clip as an mp3 or wav file • Upload the clip to your LMS • Upload to other programs such as SoftChalk.

  9. Audacity software • Open source • Free • Frequent updates • Good community forums • Download Audacity software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

  10. LAME Encoder • LAME Encoder required to export files as MP3 files. • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

  11. Set Audacity Properties

  12. Set Audacity Properties

  13. Record

  14. Edit

  15. Save

  16. Upload to LMS

  17. Play audio in LMS

  18. QUESTIONS?

  19. THANK YOU!

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