World Language Assessment

Step-by-Step Instructionsfor Recording Student Interviews

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Part 1: Getting Ready Creating the playlist in iTunes is like creating a

folder to store your interviews.

Student Interviews

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1. Open iTunes

2. Click on File and then New Playlist

Double click on this icon in your Dock

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3. Your playlist will appear under ‘Playlists’ and will be highlighted ready for you to type

in the name.

4. Name the playlist by period. Example: Period 1

5. Repeat the steps for each period.

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Checking in!

Now you have your ‘folders’ (Playlists) created in iTunes.

Student Interviews

You are now ready to get your ‘cassettes’ ready to interview your students in GarageBand.

MP3-Student Interviews

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6. Open GaragebandIt’s in the dock.

This is where you will actually conduct the interviews.

7. Click on New Project.

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8. Click on ‘Voice’.

9. Then click ‘Choose’.

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10. Name the project

‘00CIMay2012’Make sure it saves to the ‘Desktop’

11. Click ‘Create’.

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This is how your interviews will be organized in GarageBand

You will enter your students

names here for the first

period.

Checking in!

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Part 2-Setting up your class in Garageband.

When you create your first project in GB, it looks

like this.

1. Delete the default tracks

a. Click in the first track to select it

b.Then click ‘Track’

c.Then ‘Delete Track’d.Repeat steps for the second track

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Now your project looks like this.Checking in!

No Tracks

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2. Adding tracks for your student interviews.

Click on ‘Track’, then ‘New Track’

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3. Select ‘Real Instrument’

Then click on ‘Create’

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4. Click on ‘No Effects’

It will become highlighted so you can change the name. Type in the name of your first student.

Your track will look like this.

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Checking in!

Sometimes you have to click a couple of times to highlight the text in the track box. Take your time.

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Repeat these steps until you have all the students.

1. Click on ‘Track’2. Click on ‘New Track’3. Select ‘New Instrument’4. Click ‘Create’5. Click on the text ‘No Effects’6. Type in Student Name

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Now your project should look like this.

Checking in!

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Part 3-Starting the Interviews

1. Click on the first track to

highlight.

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Checking in!

Your laptops have internal built-in mics. As you talk, you will see the volume here.

Speak at a normal level—not too loud (the recording will be muffled) or too soft.Watch the “health” of your recoding by monitoring the wave forms in the trackeditor (bottom of the screen). Adjust the distance of the mic accordingly.

Too soft Just right Too loud

You can adjust

volume here.

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Recording1. When you are ready to begin the interview, click on the red record button. Count to 2 in your head and begin

talking.

2. To stop, press the space bar on your

keyboard.

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To delete your recording, click on the recording, then press ‘delete’ on your keyboard.

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Your recording should look like this.

Note: Your recording will be much longer!

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Part 4: Exporting the interviews to iTunes.

MP3-Student Interviews

Period 1

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1. Make sure Student is selected

2. Click ‘Share’, then ‘Send Song to iTunes...’

Moving the interview from Garageband to iTunes.

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1. The iTunes Playlist is what Period this student is in.

2. The Artist Name is the name of the student you just interviewed.

3. The Composer Name is YOUR name (name of Teacher).

4. The Album Name is your class, French 2 or Spanish 2.

Leave the rest of the info the same.

5. Click ‘Share’.

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Checking in!

1. The interview imports right into the Playlist you have already

created at the beginning.

Check to see if your information is correct.

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Before you begin recording your second interview...

1. The second student is selected/highlighted.

2. You have muted the first interview.

Click on the button to mute.

Notice how Lisa’s recording is grayed out.

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Now you are ready to begin your second student interview.

Click the Record button, count to 2 and begin the interview.

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When you are done, click ‘Share’ and then ‘Send Song to iTunes...’

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Follow all these steps until all your interviews have been shared with iTunes.

If you have more than one Period, make sure you indicate this here:

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Leah Jensen510-551-6023

leah.jensen@ousd.k12.ca.us

Upcoming Date for TrainingWednesday April 4, 2012-Refresher

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