Update: Last revision to printable tutorials was made on 09/22/2008.

When Wes Fryer (SpeedofCreativity.org) published his Audacity and Olympus WS-110 QuickStart Guides, I was thrilled! Unfortunately, in my work setting, these guides didn’t work because we had an abundance of Olympus WS-100s, and there were a few additional things I thought the guides should have.

Also, the release of Format Factory for Windows made Switch Free for Windows unnecessary. After all, if I’m going to use FormatFactory to convert proprietary PhotoStory WMVs to MP4, why mess with yet another conversion program to do audio when FormatFactory can handle it?

So, I decided to remake the QuickStart Guides–although I borrowed from Wes’ hard work in each section–to reflect my own preferences. This is the result. Like the Print VoiceThread Tutorial, this guide is designed to be printable (22 pages) and, of course, you have edit rights since the files are available in open document format (use OpenOffice.org to open it) and PDF. Knowing that you may want to make modifications, this work is shared under Creative Commons ShareAlike- NonCommercial-Attribution Copyright.

I hope they will be helpful to you! I do intend to add a tutorial for FLIP cameras to the tutorial and hence cover audio and video aspects in one document.

• Podcasting with Simple Tools – Open Document format version
• Podcasting with Simple Tools – Acrobat PDF

This work is still in DRAFT (in case you find typos and explanations that end abruptly) and I will be making modifications and uploading those as I make them. So check back in a month or so. If you use it–in whole or part–please let me know, ok?

For fun, I also prepared a “work” version that takes into account Apple Blog server.

• Podcasting with Simple Tools (work version) – PDF
• Podcasting with Simple Tools (work version) – Open Document Format version

Updated: Fixed a typo on the front page, revised the title slightly, and added the link for where updated copies will appear:

• Podcast Panopoly, ShareMore! Wiki

  Here’s the table of contents:

• Introduction – The Rise of Citizen Journalism in K-12 Schools 3
• The 4 Strategies 4
• Strategy 1: Capture and Share Experiences that Engage. 4
• Strategy 2: Use simple technologies to capture student, staff, and
• parent voices. 5
• Olympus WS-100 Quick Start Guide 6
• Prepare Windows Media Audio (WMA) File for Editing 7
• Converting WMA to MP3 Format with Format Factory 8
• Audacity QuickStart Guide 10
• Hosting Audio/Video Content 14
• Strategy 3: Get Signed permission forms 14
• Guidelines for Publishing to the Internet 15
• Web Publishing Guidelines Agreement 17
• Web Publishing Permission Form – Students 18
• Formulario de Permiso para Publicación en la Web 19
• Strategy 4: Share your podcast via a blog! 20
• Getting YouTube Video off the Web