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Category Archives: Composing with Audio
Planning an audio essay
STEP 1: ROUGH DRAFT If you’d like to produce an audio essay, the first step is to write a rough draft the same way you would for any other kind …
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Tips to ensure a good quality audio recording
If you’re planning to produce an audio essay or to provide audio narration for a visual project, read the following tips. ** ALWAYS DO A TEST RECORDING FIRST ** I …
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How to make a trial recording of an audio transcript draft
Overview After you’ve written a draft of your transcript, make a trial recording, which has these benefits: You’ll learn the basics of how audio recording software works. You’ll discover whether …
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How to record a full draft of an audio transcript
Overview After you’ve made a trial recording of your audio transcript, you will work on further developing, organizing, and improving your transcript, in response to feedback from your classmates as …
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Characteristics of good audio essays
I originally wrote this handout to help my WRTG 2090 students with their personal essays delivered in audio format. Characteristics of Good Personal Essays Here are some of the characteristics …
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Tips for improving audio essays
I wrote this handout for students in my 2010 sections of WRTG 1150 as well as my Spring 2011 section of WRTG 2090, to help them with the digital literacy …
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Easy ways to make a test audio recording
If you want to make a test recording of your essay without having the option to edit it or add any additional sound effects, the simplest way is to use …
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