GarageBand ‘08Making Podcasts

Presented by: Kim DeLeo and Holly Quaratella

What’s a podcast?Are there different kinds?

Podcasts are like radio or TV shows that can be found online.

There are several different kinds of podcasts that can be created in GarageBand:

Audio podcasts: contain an audio file

Enhanced podcasts: contain audio plus markers, artwork and URLS

Video podcasts: contain a movie and audio

Enhanced video podcasts: contain a movie, audio, markers and URLs

Suggested Uses for Podcasts in Education:

Teacher Created:

Welcome Back! message posted on your classroom webpage

Open House presentation posted on your site for those who can’t attend

Announcements for special classroom or school events

Remediation - record and post homework help

Student Created:

Oral reading fluency assessment

Check for foreign language vocabulary pronounciation/fluency

Project alternative: oral recorded research project or creative writing assignment

Pen Pal alternative

Creating a Podcast ProjectOpen GarageBand from the dock or from the Application folder on the hard drive and click Create New Podcast Episode (a new, blank podcast project opens

(If you have other, saved podcasts, you will need to choose File > New from the menu bar in GarageBand.)

Save your project inside the GarageBand folder

Select the track where you will be recording the person doing the podcast and click the record button to start recording. Click the play button to pause. Tips – No need to worry about mistakes all of that can be edited. No need to worry about reading the entire podcast all in one shot. Audio tracks can be rearranged and joined together. Allow some dead air at the beginning and end of each recording so it is easier to join them during the editing phase.

Creating 2

Click on the Jingles track, loop browser, and track info.

Select a jingle and drag it into the Jingle track.

Delete unneeded tracks by clicking on them and selecting Track--> Delete Track. (For our superintendent message we deleted all but the Podcast Track, Male Voice, and Jingles)

Editing

To begin editing click on the Track Editor button and navigate to the spot use wish to delete.

Click and drag over the section you wish to delete.

Click inside the darker shaded selection to disjoin that section from the rest of the recording

Editing 2Press the delete key and the section has disappeared. You can drag the two separated tracks together so they flow smoothly.

To edit the beginning or the end of an audio session click on the edge of the session until you see an arrow. Now click and drag in the direction you need to remove any dead air space. (You may also use the Split feature found in the Edit menu.)

When finished editing click and drag a jingle to the end of the podcast if you wish and save your podcast.

You might get prompted to save with an iLife preview, click yes.

Sharing

When finished saving, click on Share→ Send Song to iTunes.

Fill out the Playlist, Artist Name, Composer, and Album Name. Be sure to Compress Using MP3 Encoder.

Resources

http://www.betalogue.com/images/uploads/macosx/GarageBand3-StartUpWindow.jpg

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=13931&version=2983&page=2