Difference between revisions of "Orientation Session on Audio Resource Creation for Volunteers"

Revision as of 08:29, 22 May 2024

Background

IT for Change has been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) and Government Colleges for Teacher Education (CTEs) to conduct workshops focusing on creating rich audio story-based resources by government higher primary school teachers. The volunteering work will involve creating additional high quality story-based audio resources in multiple languages. The first phase of engagement will focus on story narration and recording by the volunteers.

Objectives of the workshop

Briefing volunteers about the program objectives and setting expectations
Sharing story narration and recording guidelines

Volunteer Information form

Click here to fill the volunteer information form.

Agenda of the workshop

Session name	Time	Session details
Introduction	14:30-14:40	* Introducing IT for Change * Brief overview of the project and the workshop
Project Specifics - I	14:40-15:00	* Project Overview * Story Selection Guidelines * Story Narration Guidelines * Sample Story Narration
Project Specifics - I	15:00-15:15	* Story Recording Guidelines
Way Forward	15:15 - 15:20	* Next steps in the process - Google Form & Sample story recording
Q&A and Closing	15:20-15:30	* Answering queries (if any) and closing

Resources

Technology Resources

Resource	Link	Purpose
Story Repository (Storyweaver)	Storyweaver	One of the largest story repositories which allows anyone to download, translate and create stories
Audacity handout	Audacity handout	A detailed user manual page about audacity (by IT for Change)
Audacity video tutorials	Tutorial videos	Video tutorial series on variety of tools in Audacity (by IT for Change)
Audacity official site	Audacity official manual	Official site which keeps you updated on newer versions, tools and features

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-|11:45-12:30
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-|* Playing Exemplar Audio
+|* Project Overview
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Discussion about the Audio with Teachers
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> Story Selection Guidelines
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-|12:30-1:00
-|* Listening to Teachers' Recorded Audio Stories from the previous workshop
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-|Introducing audio editing
-|2:00-4:30
-|* Creating the Main Resource Folder
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Importing first Audio as Project (for the practice)
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Saving the Project with Proper Naming
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Basic Editing Practice on the Audio
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Basic Interface of Application – menu, Zoom In/Out, Track
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Understanding of basic functionalities
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> Story Narration Guidelines
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Understanding Stereo and Mono tracks
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> Sample Story Narration
-|Working with Audacity
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-|Distributing audio files
-|4:30-5:00
-|* Assigning the stories to the teachers
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Listening to all the assigned audio stories and note the points on required modifications
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-|Editing the audio
-|10:00-1:00
-|* Exporting final version of 3rd audio with metadata
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-|-
-|Exploring an application
-|2:00-3:00
-|* Learn page, tutorials
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-| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |Way forward
+|Project Specifics - I
-| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |3:00-4:00
+|15:00-15:15
-|* Assignment
+|* Story Recording Guidelines
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-|* Way forward
+|Way Forward
+|15:15 - 15:20
+|* Next steps in the process - Google Form & Sample story recording
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-|* Feedback
+|Q&A and Closing
+|15:20-15:30
+|* Answering queries (if any) and closing
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