MMJ-Audacity Step #1; Removing Questions

IN-CLASS LAB TIME STRUCTUREWe move in steps as a class through projects; the course is structured to give students plenty of in-class time to complete this work – IF and only IF – they come to class and focus on the task at hand! We simply cannot hold the class up because people are absent and/or not using their time wiselyEverything students need to know to complete the project will be on Blackboard but they will miss out on all the in-class help and instruction for days they missEveryone is held to the same standard whether they are present in class or not

IN-CLASS LAB TIME STRUCTUREStudent attendance is both assumed and crucial to their successBENCHMARK GRADE credit is only granted during IN-CLASS LAB TIMEFINAL AUDIO PROJECTS due dates (completed and posted on blog) is TBDNO LATE WORK ACCEPTED – I will adjust the due date for everyone if – and only if – I determine that in-class lab time was not sufficient

REALITY CHECKThe projects that depend on in-class lab time are a full 50% of students’ final grades and, from now on, the bulk of what we do is in-class lab work on projects requiring students to come to class and focus on the task at handIf students don’t come to class, they will fall behind and there is no extra credit or late work acceptedThe material simply can’t be retaught because individual students are not here; the class is structured as in-person onlyStudents have until 3/27 to officially withdraw from a class

AUDACITY – STEP #1REMOVING QUESTIONSCOMM 106

AUDACITY-BASICSALWAYS plug headphones in before starting AUDACITYNEVER drag your work off your USB to the desktop/lab hard driveALWAYS click on the PROJECT file on your USB to open your work – that file’s icon should look like this

AUDACITY-STEP #1: REMOVING QUESTIONSLocate the AUDACITY PROJECT FILE on your USB that you started last week and double-click it to open your saved work

If you see a help screen in front of you work, just click “OK” to close it

AUDACITY-STEP #1: REMOVING QUESTIONS

You can now listen to the imported file through your headphonesSimply hit the SPACE bar to start the audio playingYou use the control buttons at the top to run the audio


Your imported file should look like thisToday we will edit this file so all that remains are the answers to the questions you asked in your raw interview file


Listen to your file and highlight the audio of your questions which is what you DON’T want to keep You highlight the audio by clicking inside the audio file and dragging to the left or right while keeping the mouse button depressed


The highlighted area will now be dark gray and when you hit the SPACE bar/PLAY button the only audio that will play what is in this dark gray area This is so you know EXACTLY what you’re about to edit out


When you are certain that the dark gray area contains only audio you do NOT want you are ready to delete that portion – TIP: you can visually see where audio begins and ends so use that information to help make your edits


Make certain you are NOT clipping your interview subject’s answers! Clipping is when part of the intended audio is deleted and the soundbite sounds “clipped” and cut off, lessening the quality; Clipping will result in a lower overall grade for your project


NOW YOU EDIT OUT THAT SECTION BY DOING ONE OF THESE 3 MOVES:From top menu go EDIT DELETE to

edit out that portionUse the shortcut key combination

Ctrl+K to edit out that portionUse the DEL key on your keyboard to

edit out that portionALL HAVE THE SAME END RESULT!


That section is now deleted and the gap closed up – playing it back all you should hear now is one answer going directly into the nextYou will use this track going forward to choose the bites you’re going to edit into your final audio project


TIP: If you make a mistake, the UNDO function will do just that – UNDO your last several edits, etc.From top menu go EDIT

UNDO to undo your last moveUse the shortcut key

combination Ctrl+Z to undo your last move


AUDACITY-SAVINGGET IN THE HABIT OF REGULARLY SAVING YOUR WORK BY CLICKING INTO THE “SAVE PROJECT” BUTTON VIA THE TOP MENUTIP: You only use the “SAVE AS”

option if you are making a new project file, NOT if you are working on an existing one

Before you leave today you should have all the questions removed and only answers left in a continuous timeline – doing so will earn you a BENCHMARK CREDIT for STEP #1Do NOT worry about “small” edits like pauses, “ums”, and “ahs” in the answers – you can edit those out later in the process


AUDACITY-LOOKING AHEADOur next step will be choosing the sound-bites you want and then writing/recording your narration to tie it all togetherWe will also be adding music to the project but not until you have your bites and narration doneFeel free to use the AUDACITY Help Manual and the internet to figure out answers to your questions

MMJ-Audacity Step #1; Removing Questions

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