http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/blog/index.cfm Blog by Pam Berman about eLearning issues en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:28:07 -0500 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss pberman@bloomu.edu pberman@bloomu.edu http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/25/erightsoft-SUPER-Audio-and-Video-Converter We bought a hard drive camcorder to use for events that we would like to vodcast. It is easy to use and we can save the video files right from the camcorder to the computer without having to capture the video. However, I discovered that the audio compression used on the camcorder is Dolby Digital. The audio quality is wonderful. Dolby Digital also is proprietary and I have found that many video editing software programs do not recognize the format. It will not work in the QuickTime Player. So far I have only been able to play it in Windows Media Player. None of the video editing software (iVideo, Adobe Premier or Final Cut Pro) on our Mac can open the audio portion of the file. On the Windows side, Audacity does not recognize it and neither does Adobe Audition. I do not currently have video editing software on my laptop so I am not sure about the Windows version of Adobe Premier. Thankfully, a person on the Audacity forum mentioned a free converter tool called SUPER© from <a href="http://www.erightsoft.com/home.html">erightsoft.com</a> (http://www.erightsoft.com/home.html). I downloaded and installed it. I am very happy to say it works great and it will convert a batch of files. Did I mention it is free? Podcasting Video and Audio Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:00 -0500 http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/25/erightsoft-SUPER-Audio-and-Video-Converter http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/17/Podcasting <h2 id="summary_03_17_06">Summary: Podcasting</h2> <p>Julie Meyer, one of our MSIT graduates, joined me to talk about podcasting today. We met in Centra and recorded the session. Afterwards, I recorded a separate session on how to use Audacity to put together a podcast. The links to the executable versions of the sessions as well as the PowerPoint file used are included here for your convenience.</p> <h2 id="heading_list_03_17_06">Heading List</h2> <ul> <li><a href="#h1_03_17_06">Executable Files of Recorded Centra Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="#h2_03_17_06">PowerPoint File Used in Podcast Session</a></li> <li><a href="#h3_03_17_06">Additional Links</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="h1_03_17_06">Executable Files of Recorded Centra Sessions</h2> <p>Two different sessions were recorded. The executable versions of the sessions are available here:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/eLearning-Concepts---Spring-06---Podcasting_en_US_06-03-17.exe">.exe - Podcasting by Julie Meyer and Pam Berman</a></li> <li><a href="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/eLearning-Concepts---Spring-06---Audacity_en_US_06-03-17.exe">.exe - How to Use Audacity by Pam Berman</a></li> </ul> <p>The section on how to find the number of bytes for the "length" attribute of the "enclosure" element for RSS 2.0 did not show up in the "How to Use Audacity" recorded session. I've included the MP3 properties graphic for one of our podcasts here:</p> <img src="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/enclosure_length.gif" alt="Search for the properties of the MP3 file and note the size in number of bytes."> <p>The value of "length" is equal to the number of bytes for the file, which is 15,413,464.</p> [<a href="#heading_list_03_17_06">Back to heading list</a>] <h2 id="h2_03_17_06">PowerPoint File Used in Podcast Session</h2> <p>The PowerPoint file used in the Podcast session is available in the following formats:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/Podcasting.ppt">Podcasting.ppt</a> - 2003 PowerPoint version</li> <li><a href="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/Podcasting_97-2003.ppt">Podcasting_97-2003.ppt</a> - 97-2003 PowerPoint version</li> <li><a href="http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/eLearning_spring_2006/podcasting/Podcasting_HTML.htm">Podcasting_HTML.htm</a> - HTML version of the PowerPoint slides</li> </ul> [<a href="#heading_list_03_17_06">Back to heading list</a>] <h2 id="h3_03_17_06">Additional Links</h2> <p>Julie has provided some additional links to resources at Penn State Great Valley:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://podcasts.psu.edu/">Penn State University's testing grounds for educational podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="http://gv8722.gv.psu.edu/podcast/data-mining-introduction.mp3">MP3 file of software engineering data-mining course overview</a></li> <li><a href="http://gv8722.gv.psu.edu/podcast/Dr%20Laplante%20and%20his%20courses.mp3">MP3 file of Doctor Laplante's course overview</a></li> </ul> [<a href="#heading_list_03_17_06">Back to heading list</a>] eLearning Concepts and Techniques - Spring 2006 Podcasting Podcasts Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:30:00 -0500 http://iit.bloomu.edu/pam/blog/index.cfm/2006/3/17/Podcasting