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HIS 112 - 20th Century U.S. History Prof. DuBose: Create your Podcast (2 ways)

Two Free Methods for Creating Podcasts

This page describes methods for creating a Podcast presentation using Power Point Slides or Audacity, a free application available on most campus machines. Depending on your computer type (i.e., Mac/PC) the instructions may vary. 

1A: Record Audio to PowerPoint

1B: Edit video within PowerPoint

1C: Record full presentation in Zoom

1D: Find your Audio and Video files in your Zoom folder

2A: Get started with Audacity

* unfortunately the top toolbar was not recorded. I state which dropdown each function was found under as I was using it.

According to IT, Audacity should be available on all lab computers. If you do not find it, look for the SoftWare Center icon and download it.

WCC Computer Lab Software Center iconIcon for Audacity download in WCC Software Center

The Getting Started video was recorded on a Mac, but the steps are the same on a mac and pc.

2B(a): Editing in Audacity - MAC Version

2B(b): Editing in Audacity - PC Version

Extract the Audio file from your Video

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