Delhi Online Education DOECAST

I retweeted a post today that went like this: “@rosslarocco,@gfriese: 3 ideas to create #eLearning content with #GoogleVoice, http://ow.ly/hFR7 easy audio recording 4 faculty!” After visiting that page it hit me that the text transcription of the voicemails in GoogleVoice could have some implications for section 508 compliance in online courses. Basically, by using GV to record audio you will also automatically get a text transcription of the audio. Although you won’t have the highest quality of audio, as we’ve seen over the last decade or so, great content overcomes diminished production values. Also, the text transcription won’t be perfect, but after touching it up, you will have at least had a super easy way to record and embed audio into your course, as well as a head start in transcribing the text for the audio.

So here goes:

And here’s the text, which I can retrieve from either the email GV generates or logging into GV itself:

Hey,  this is Clark. This little mini lecture is about how you can use your google voice number to leave yourself a voicemail and then you can embed that into your course has an audio file. So you could use it for recording, say, a little mini-lecture or an announcement for students for which want audio and so on. And then once I’m done, of course google voice is also going to transcode or make a transcription of that voicemail into text which means that I can take that text and I can touch it up, because I’m sure there’ll be a few errors in there, or you know here or there. But I can touch that up and then I can, you know, use that text transcription to make this audio more section 508 compliant by including the text transcription of the audio file in my course as well. So I’ve got an easy way to call in by phone, basically, or on the computer as I’m doing and make an audio recording that I can… it’ll give me an MP3 of that recording it’ll make make it so that I can embed that recording into an activity or discussion forum in my Moodle course, for example. And it will also transcribe it in the text so it’s kind of a multifaceted easy way of doing audio for an online course and helping you along the way of getting a text transcription for that audio as well.  So I think that is pretty cool and, have a great day, thanks.

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More on using Odeo for adding audio to courses. How to embed the Flash audio player, and other things to do with odeo.

Note that some functionality happens through studio.odeo.com (recording, setting up podcasts, saving audio, etc.)

 and some happens through odeo.com (sharing, subscribing, etc.)

One account gives you access to both, but it can be confusing!Â

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More on using Confluence: theory and practice with Brian Hutzley, Vice President of Business and Finance.

Brian takes us through some ways committees are using Confluence for project management.Â

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Adding narration to PowerPoint to enhance online and asynchronous learning.

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For those who didn’t see DOECAST 4 – it discussed the importance of using various kinds of media, and of creating materials for online learning that are engaging. One simple way to prepare PowerPoint presentations for online or elearning is to add audio narration to your presentation. Just text is not enough! This video will take you through how to do this…

To best work with this, have PowerPoint open along with your web browser and work along! To do audio narration, you do need a microphone or headset with microphone like this one (1/8th ” audio plugs) or like this (USB connection).

For more information and links, visit the Delhi Online Education page:
www.delhi.edu/online/

Other referenced links: www.slideshare.net
Note: presentations on SlideShare.net will not play audio narration…

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Big one! How to embed a Wiki or Podcast into your WebCT course!

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Here’s the code to paste into WebCT. Be sure to change the all caps parts and NOTE: Please delete and retype each ” quotation mark! They are pasting into WebCT incorrectly! (They should be straight lines instead of curving…) There are 6 quotation marks you need to replace after you paste this into WebCT:

<iframe src=”http://CHANGEME.pbwiki.com/CHANGEPAGENAME?raw=bare&embed=1″ width=”800″ height=”500″></iframe>

Other relevant links:
http://studio.odeo.com – easily record and set up a podcast
http://pbwiki.com -easily set up and create a wiki
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=665134 -Subscribe to DOECAST by Email

How to add images and plugins, plus some wiki pedagogy…

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Wikis Part 2

Relevant links:
http://www.profetic.org:16080/dossiers/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=110
http://pbwiki.com

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/discuss/05discuss01.htm

This video covers a bit of information for those who are new to the concept of wikis, and how to set up your free wiki at www.pbwiki.com.

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This video covers a bit of information for those who are new to the concept of wikis, and how to set up your first free wiki at www.pbwiki.com.

Here are some relevant links:

What is a wiki?
http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education

Set up a wiki:
http://www.pbwiki.com
http://www.wikispaces.com

Delhi Online Education:
http://www.delhi.edu/online/

Here are some relevant links:

What is a wiki?
http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education

Set up a wiki:
http://www.pbwiki.com
http://www.wikispaces.com

Delhi Online Education:
http://www.delhi.edu/online/

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