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This packet has a few audio handouts in it: one on various equipment options, one on getting copyright-free music from ccmixter, and one on Audacity.

I've been doing some work for nonprofits lately, who want to post stories, and the old standby freeplaymusic.com has licensing restrictions for nonprofits. Hence the ccmixter sheet.

The Audacity handout is bare bones.

A collection of resources produced by the Bay Area Video Coalition for use in their Digital Storytelling Institute, a program for training community organizations in digital storytelling. Included are tip sheets on planning your digital story, how to prepare for a video shoot, what audio equipment to use and how to record audio in the field, different camera angles and movements, interview tips, a sample release form, and a glossary of terms for video production and script writing.

Taken from the Year Up Digital Storytelling Manual, a tutorial on how to download and use Audacity, a free audio recording and editing program. Also includes guidelines for using the Samson C01U Microphone and teaching guidelines for how to effectively record voiceovers in a classroom setting.

GarageBand, part of Mac's iLife suite, is a program that allows you to create your own music for your digital story. This tutorial will show you how to get started using GarageBand to mix your own soundtracks. The tutorial is broken into seven sections:

--Projects

--Loops

--Recording

--Filters and Audio Effects

--Podcast Episodes

--Movie Scores

--Sharing

 Thank you to Ted Lai at Instructional Technology Outreach, a division of Technology Services at the Los Angeles County Office of Education, for this tutorial.

KQED is a public radio and television broadcasting organization in Northern California, which also provides digital storytelling training through its Digital Storytelling Initiative. KQED also sponsors an annual digital storytelling contest for California high school students.

To see the manual on KQED's site, click here. Or you can download the PDFs below.

A site put together by the University of Houston, outlining various technology tools you can use to create digital stories. Provides links to different video and audio editing software, guidelines about microphones, public domain and copyright free images and audio, and internet search engines.

Other sections of the same site outline uses of digital storytelling in education, including sample stories, curriculum, and evaluation tools.

http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/gettingstarted.htm

The second section Spreading the Stories training manual, focusing on producing the digital stories. Outlines the steps for gathering and digitizing all story elements, provides vocabulary lists for techinical terms, describes file management, and outlines how to create a rough and final edit in the video editing software.