Equipment+Software

=Equipment Software=

Audacity
Audacity is free software that allows you to record, mix, edit, and export audio files. The Lame Encoder is needed to allow export of MP3 files which are used in podcasting. [|Audacity Download] [|Audacity Tutorials] [|Lame Encoder Download] Needed to export MP3 files in Audacity Ver. 1.2.6 (current stable version) Includes instructions.

Skype
Skype allows you to make Internet phone calls free. After you download the software and create an account, you are ready to go. For podcasting, this program can be used to record interviews and add to podcasts. Be sure written permission has been granted by the interviewee. [|Skype Download] [|Video Tutorial] [|Tutorial for Recording Skype Converstations in Audacity] This will allow you to use the conversation in a podcast.

Podomatic
[|Podomatic] [|Podomatic Video Tutorial] (YouTube) [|Audacity and Podmatic Video Tutorial] This gives you a video example of using Audacity and uploading to Podomatic.

Slidestory
[|Slidestory Sign up and Download] The download will be the Slidestory Publisher which will be used to create the podcast. [|Creating a Podcast in Slidestory Video Tutorial]

Windows Software
//Windows Movie Maker//: Allows you to import jpg images and video clips, edit, and add one track of audio.

//Microsoft PowerPoint:// Create slides and save a jpgs. Import slides into Windows Movie Maker. Audio can be created within Movie Maker or created in Audacity and imported into Movie Maker. Caution: Only one audio track can be used in Movie Maker. If you create audio in the program, it will be either music or voice. However, if you create the audio track in Audacity, you can export your tracks (music, sounds, voice) and export as an MP3. Then import into Movie Maker with your slides.

//[|PhotoStory3]// PhotoStory3 allows you to use slides and pictures, music, and voice to create a podcast. You can not use videos in the program.

Additional Equipment
[|Flip Video] Camera

Screencasting
[|Screencast-O-Matic]online [|Jing] free software [|Screencast.com] online

Photo Editing
[|Picnik] Photo editing

iPod Touch/iPad
[|ReelDirector] [|ReedDirector Demo] video clip