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Best Practices for Voice-Over

CourseArc

Multimedia Principle – People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone. Here are some key principles related to creating multimedia content that Mayer shares: Redundancy Principle – People learn better from graphics and narration than from graphics, narration, and on-screen text.

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TCC09: Podcasting with Section 508

Experiencing eLearning

open source software options: Audacity. Mixer–no open source ones out there, but Audacity does a lot. At the other end of the spectrum, you can use a headset mic and Audacity. Audacity has its own tutorials, including video. From PowerPoint: Save as Pictures. microphone–dynamic or condenser. Pop filter.

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What You Need to Know to Get the Best Audio

TechSmith Camtasia

You could create a picture perfect video, but poorly mixed audio will distract your viewers’ attention. The Free Way – Audacity. If you aren’t looking to invest in high-end audio software, Audacity is a free piece of software created and maintained by a community of programmers and audio experts. Normalizing audio is important.

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Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3

Edmego Learning

Competency is the big picture. If you are adding voice overs to your content, use a tool such as Audacity to handle your recordings. As you have seen in this series, I have basically created a “Maximizing Retention” competency. It was a planned out series of posts that direct to an overall theme. That is your theme.

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Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3

Edmego Learning

Competency is the big picture. If you are adding voice overs to your content, use a tool such as Audacity to handle your recordings. As you have seen in this series, I have basically created a “Maximizing Retention” competency. It was a planned out series of posts that direct to an overall theme. That is your theme.

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The Best Self-Paced Learning Activities for Adult Learners

ReadyTech

All you need is a microphone, software for recording (such as Audacity), and a speaker to share your content with listeners. When it comes time to create the presentation itself, all you have to do is type up each point as a slide and add pictures or other visuals if needed. You can use PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi.

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How to Animate Your Lesson Videos with eLearning Video Creator Kim Merritt

LifterLMS

It turned out so cute, and they liked it very much as well, but we did a whole series of those, and that is, you can see it on our website, but it just kind of proves the point of how far you can go with animation as far as picturing just about anything. Chris Badgett: Audacity. Chris Badgett: So, go to theurldr, and check that out.