TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 28, 2018

If you’re recording with mobile devices or lower end cameras, they will most likely have very poor built-in mics that are designed to pick up a wide pattern of sound. For capturing location sounds, or dialog between 2 or more people, we recommend a shotgun mic. The Science Behind Sound. Sound moves in waves.

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Edmego Learning

APRIL 20, 2016

Audacity is a great recording software tool. Do you want your course to sound like it is being played in the Brooklyn tunnel or in a high class studio? You sound like you are in Hollywood. Hence the need to move forward with a content creation plan. Let’s cover some key components. You need to make a choice.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Audacity is a free, open-source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. With Audacity, record live audio, cut, copy, or mix sounds together, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and more. You can add high-quality screen captions and annotations, all for free.

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eFront

APRIL 4, 2012

First step is to download Audacity & AoA Audio Extractor , and if you would like to use introductory and closing music you can find links to free resources in this post. Step 2: Familiarize yourself with Audacity by visiting any of the following. Audacity Quick Help (should be installed locally, internet version if it isn’t).

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 25, 2008

Mark Siegriest is trying to find the best audio settings to balance sound quality and file size. tags: captivate , e-learning , audio , audacity. The most surprising finding in this is that at the lowest bitrates, the file size actually went up, not down. 32kbps was the smallest file size in his sampling.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 24, 2014

Audacity is a free, open-source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. With Audacity, record live audio, cut, copy, or mix sounds together, change the speed or pitch of a recording, and more. The Adobe Captivate software helps you create a wide range of interactive eLearning and HTML content.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 3, 2014

There are several things you can do before, during, and after recording to make your voice overs for eLearning sound more professional in your courses. You don’t want the sound of turning pages in the middle of a sentence on your recording. This is probably the most important aspect to having a professional sounding voice over.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Not everyone will be fortunate enough to have a sound booth or an environment that is ideal for recording audio in, but you don’t have to let it ruin your videos. The sound that you make will actually bounce off those surfaces and go into your microphone. Sound hits the blanket and just gets absorbed. Here’s one last tip.

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Mindflash

JULY 20, 2010

No one wants to be responsible for producing great-looking training that sounds awful, but with training budgets being what they are these days it’s hard to justify the expense of high-quality, professionally recorded audio. Online Training Games: Sound effects can build a sense of urgency or simply enhance the excitement of games.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

    I find that my "off-the-cuff" video demos sound more natural when I record my voice during the recording process. I find that if I try to record my audio after-the-fact (in the tool itself or in an external program), it's more difficult to synchronize my audio with what's happening in the video. 

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Capytech

APRIL 24, 2019

Adding a voiceover to your e-learning course is not as easy as it sounds, however. People who are not used to doing voiceovers, for example, can sound wooden and unnatural. A script is very different from other forms of writing as it must sound natural and conversational. Use Voiceovers Only When They Add Value.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Voice Over Tip: Make your voice sound better and cut through the background music with ease by adding some extra EQ, compression and normalization to it. These tips could also easily be applied in free audio editing software such as Audacity. Here’s Where To Find Good Royalty-Free Music and Sound Effects.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Audacity is a free eLearning tool that you can download and edit your audio. If your aim is to create instructionally sound courses and quizzes, then you’ll appreciate this eLearning management system. Xerte is perfect for developers of interactive courses, who want to create refined content with some minimal scripting.

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Mike Taylor

JUNE 26, 2018

Sound Bible. Video Blocks. Everypixel.com – my personal favorite source of free stock photos and graphics. thenounproject.com – amazing icons. Slide layouts & Diagrams. Slide Model. Slide Shop. Slide Smash. Duarte’s Diagrammer site. Tools & Apps. Google forms. Survey Monkey. Presentation Guild.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 29, 2010

At this point, you'll need to experiment a bit to come up with a volume that sounds the best to you. Without leaving the Edit Audio dialog box, click the Adjust Volume button to display the Adjust Volume controls. If your audio file has multiple sections that are too loud, select Dynamics from the Audio Processing area (as shown below).

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TalentLMS

MAY 14, 2021

It sounds complicated, right? These videos are created using screencasting software (like Loom, for example) that records your screen while also recording sounds. And voice-over videos, that use image and sound to convey information, ensure that both visual and auditory learners will remain engaged. Well, it isn’t.

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TalentLMS

MAY 22, 2017

The Blue Yeti has a few more features than the AT2020—different recording modes, for example — but I like the way I sound on an AT2020 better. To improve audio quality when using these programs, you could consider a piece of audio editing software like Audacity. This type of microphone is critical for any “talking head”-style.

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360 Training

APRIL 28, 2015

The visual representation of the sound will display as squiggles on the timeline. The louder the sound, the larger the squiggle. The visual representation of the sound will display as squiggles on the timeline. The louder the sound, the larger the squiggle. The louder the sound, the larger the squiggle.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 19, 2015

Audacity is probably the most popular of the free audio editors. Here’s how Wavosaur describes the tool: “a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Use it as a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design.”.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Need to sound more professional in Film making? Audacity Power Users. Find out about some powerful tricks in Audacity ranging from noise filtering to compression. Find Your Training Video Bryant LaFreniere . Best way to have a navigable website to find your training videos. Show Notes. Film Making Terminology Kyle Wilson.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Speaking of audacity…I decided to try out these cool, new stamps on the TechSmith executive team. It sounds like a lot of work, but probably the most time-consuming part of the whole project was choosing the perfect stache for each victim! Please use the power of the stache responsibly, or not. Don’t have Snagit yet?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 1, 2010

I’ve mentioned Audacity before. The tools above are free and help you get better sounding audio. Sometimes we need background music or sound effects. If you have some money you can always buy background music and sound effects on CD. Here are a few sites that offer sound effects and free music. Levelator – after.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 9, 2016

Kathy Sierra has a great blog post on the effect of sound on users that you can read here. We used Audacity to record the audio at 44,100Hz. And, there have been studies that show that the quality of your audio affects your audience’s perception of the quality of your presentation more than the visuals.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 29, 2018

If you know what you’re doing, you can fine-tune audio quality using an audio editing program like Audacity or WavePad before importing it into your transcription software. This feature works by eliminating sound below a certain volume threshold. Here are some quick tips for further improving your transcription efficiency.

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Mindflash

APRIL 29, 2015

There are a myriad of ways to put together a great training video, but I wanted to take you through how we do this at Mindflash to give you some insight on how to get great sounding audio for your voice overs and compelling screen captures and video. It is a great high-quality mic and will give you a natural sounding result.

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Mindflash

APRIL 6, 2015

There are a myriad of ways to put together a great training video, but I wanted to take you through how we do this at Mindflash to give you some insight on how to get great sounding audio for your voice overs and compelling screen captures and video. It is a great high-quality mic and will give you a natural sounding result.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 17, 2010

Sound like an easy task? I only wish I could have got my hands on Flipcameras, Audacity and Moviemaker 25 years ago. Tags: video Moviemaker fieldtrip Audacity digital storytelling podcast visual media video podcast. No - it was actually quite complex. Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 17, 2009

Kathy Sierra has a great blog post on the effect of sound on users that you can read here. We used Audacity to record the audio at 44,100Hz. And, there have been studies that show that the quality of your audio affects your audience's perception of the quality of your presentation more than the visuals.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 5, 2009

Audacity is an open source audio editor. There are also times I like to layer my narration with ambient sound or different effects. That’s easy to do with Audacity. Click here for Audacity tutorials. All I do is drag the image (or folder of images) I want resized onto the icon. How easy is that? Moviemaker.

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TalentLMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Use interesting sound effects and diagrams, to demonstrate your point. Use Audacity to edit the sound. Directions: Your task is to create a video for your prospective employers. Talk about your learning and professional achievements, in short, everything you would say in your resume, but in an interesting manner.

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Similar to an image editor, an audio editor is a piece of software that lets you manipulate digital sound content, like mp3 or wav files. When it comes to audio editors the general consensus is clear: whether you’re on the Windows, Linux or Mac, Audacity is the tool you should first opt for. 4) A video editor.

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LifterLMS

MAY 27, 2019

When you say sound … Like, what do you do to make a nice voice over? Chris Badgett: Audacity. Kim Merritt: Audacity, pull it out of Audacity as an MP3, and then, use it from there. I might add, take away, or say, “Hey, I can’t show this, but I can show this instead.” Chris Badgett: Cool. Very cool.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 7, 2010

Freez Screen Video Capture - Screen-capture & screen-recording tool to record screen activities and sounds into standard AVI video files. Audacity – I use this all the time. WBT Express - Content authoring tool. They offer a free one and paid one. Output video compressor and audio formt output included.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 9, 2009

If you place the microphone too close, you get that distorted clipping sound; and if you have it too far from the narrator, you pick up more ambient noise with the audio being less discernible. Record a demo to make sure it all sounds right. After he was finished, I told that it sounded great and now we’d do it for real.

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E-learning Uncovered

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Sound effects bear a mention here, as well… Need I say more than “Remember the early days of PowerPoint”? A lot of stock photo sites also have music and sound effects. When I’m perusing a collection and everything sounds too happy and upbeat, I often hone in on the minor pieces – those in G minor, B sharp minor, etc. –

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 9, 2019

I mean, it sounds easy to say, but it’s a choice. They have the audacity to expect an audience for your dress rehearsal. TECHSMITH: When someone comes to you and they’re brand new to the video game, they’ve never really made videos, and they say, “I’m new, I want to get started.” Just start.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Scootpad – Okay, I know it sounds like something you would buy your puppy; but excluding the name a practice- instruction-assessment, etc. Audacity – It is a free, open-source audio tool. Koantic – Video authoring tool, can record video from mobile and has a chrome extension. type of offering.

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