quickstart guide (PDF) is available from our COV project which addresses Audacity basics. More Audacity tutorial links are available on my Podcasting 101 wiki. For some reason, my Audacity program never seems to export in a Flash-player compatible sample rate, so I fix this using iTunes. open the Audacity-exported 32 kbps MP3 file in iTunes, and “get information&# about the file to add ID3 tag information. Moving at the Speed of Creativity Home About Attribution Guidance Podcast Release Disclosure Policy Handouts! Resources! Handouts too! 2009/). Thanks again! MORE >>

Audacity : free open source audio recording and editing software. Windows Live Movie Maker : free and simple-to-use video editor. The other day this guy asked me how to develop color schemes for his rapid elearning courses. Like a lot of guys, he has some issues with color perception so he wanted an easy way to match colors. have the same challenge. In fact, my wife’s probably getting annoyed with me always asking which shirts and pants match when I pack for the conference trips. It’s a good thing I can trust her. start by picking a color from the he image using Pixie. original. MORE >>

Examples of this type of software include: Audacity - an audio editor Freemind - a mind mapping tool OpenOffice.org - an office application suite for a range of operating systems including Windows and Linux NeoOffice - A port of OpenOffice.org to the MacOS X platform. should note that while most of the tools I will discuss in this series of articles are ‘true’ open source applications - freely distributable (“free as in speech”), some (like Microsoft Movie Maker) are free from cost - “in the sense that one does not have to pay for some good or service. ” (Wikipedia.org). MORE >>

This is the same approach used by filmmakers to plan out scenes, props, and actors required in every different part of a movie. When working just with live video from a webcam or video camera, the simplest editing options are the default PC and Mac programs: Windows Movie Maker and iMovie. For audio editing alone, Audacity is a free program that many use for creating sound clips, sound effects, and podcasts. While we have Adobe Captivate, I spend most of my time making screencasts and videos with Camstudio (open source), my Flip Mino Camera, and Windows Movie Maker. MORE >>

When you’re presenting a sequence of images, an animation, a software demonstration or a movie, the verbal content of your message can be delivered in sound without taking attention away from the visual elements. In the case of the latter, it pays to work with dedicated audio software if you can, as this will provide you with much more flexibility when it comes to editing (although professional audio editors are expensive, free software such as Audacity is good enough for most purposes). What contribution can it make? Where is it less effective? What sound is good for. MORE >>