ETEC 565 HJD e-portfolio

With this e-learning toolkit exploration, the first challenge was getting past the ‘I don’t want to’ and ‘Garage band or nothing’ mental state. I trusted the instructions and decided to dive in. Once the initial bump was worked out, it was very easy to create a simple voice cast. Then I tried it again with music playing in the background. I prefer with music but I can see the power of having just the voice recording done for specific learning tasks for students, particularly those with attentional difficulties. What surprised me the most was the quality of the recording and the ease with which mp3 files can be created. This would not be an onerous task for an instructor to complete, once there was an identifiable need. My next challenge is to try creating some supporting voice casts to link into course modules.   Here is a sample of my Audacity challenge – Success.