tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53855477302013819.post7208105539972944427..comments2010-07-06T01:46:06.880-07:00Comments on E Learning: The end is near!!!Michelle burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13131258023420313724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53855477302013819.post-90747123392878781422010-07-06T01:46:06.880-07:002010-07-06T01:46:06.880-07:00Michelle, I don't know why you have been havin...Michelle, I don't know why you have been having such trouble with the podcasts, but I can suggest a few things. Ir seems strange that you were having difficulties uploading the file to your Dropbox site and I wonder if you were trying to save the "Audacity" files - these are a special type of file that only Audacity can read but they are not useful for your audience and it is necessary to export the files (as I think that you discovered).<br />The best format to export the files is as MP3, which is the standard podcast format that you will find on the web. Unfortunately, for copyright readons, if you are using Audacity you have to download an additional file which does this (the information is given on the Audacity web site). MP3 is better thatn WAV as the files are much smaller and hence easier to send over the Internet. They are also easier to play in a web browser - I found that to listen to your podcast I had to download it and play it from the desktop (I yse VLC Player, but Windows Media Player works, and I probablky iTunes.<br /><br />The sound level on the your recording was quite low, so it would be good to experiment with settings of the recording level in Audacity to see what gives the best results.<br /><br />Don't give up. but build on your success so far in creating Podcasts. I was interested to read Anne Caweley's post about the value that she found podcasts to provide her children, after a very slow start in gettting going.<br />TonyTony Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432784274122059564noreply@blogger.com