Making your podcast

You have to ways to make your podcast recording:

• Telephone interview using Skye
• Face to face using the office Digital Voice Recorder

Telephone interview
Setup

• Print out two copies of your interview guide
• Give the guide to your buddy and write down their direct line number
• Get the login details you'll from Bethan (needed for the next step)
  
• Go to Dan B’s computer (Dan is now sitting downstairs next to Andrew)
• Login using the details Bethan gave you ( not you're own)
  
• Put on the headphones and adjust the microphone position
  
• Open Skype (icon on the desktop)
• Add your contact numbers using ‘add contact’
• Use the full STD code e.g. 02074782172

Practice

• Select Tools > Make conference calls
• Add the direct line number of your buddy and click start
• When you buddy answers, the application ‘Pamela’ will automatically record the call
• Talk to each other, and practice your introduction
• Finish the call by clicking the red ‘end call’ button
• Switch to the Pamela application by clicking the tool bar at the bottom of the screen
  
• You should see your recording listed in ‘Skype recordings’
• Press the green play icon at the bottom of the window to check your recording
• If everything has worked, now do the interview
  
• If you are confused, or something does not work, make a note of the problem and email game.master@cyber-chase.co.uk

Interview

• Select Tools > Make conference calls
• Add the direct line numbers of your buddy and interviewee(s)
• Click 'start'
• The call should be automatically recorded, you will get an audio reminder
  
• At the end of the call you will need to take a copy of the audio file
• Your file is in the folder ‘Callrecord’ on the desktop
• Make a backup of this file
• Remove your contact numbers from the Skype application
  

Edit

• Do not spend too much time editing. Just delete the bits you don’t want.
• Open the application ‘Audacity’: Start > Programs > Audacity
• Open your recording: File > Open
• Use the space bar to play the audio
• Use the mouse to position the play head, and to highlight a piece of audio
• Use the DEL or backspace key to delete
• Once you have finished editing save the project: File > Save Project
• Export the edited file as an MP3: File > Export mp3
• (Give the file a new name, do not overwrite the original)
• Make a word document named with the a title of your podcast which contains a short description of your podcast and your Cyberchase identities.
• Put all your files (original, audacity file and edited) on a CD
  
• Give Bethan the CD containing your mp3 file and word document
  
• Email game.master@cyber-chase.co.uk, cc'ing Bethan Williams

Digital Voice Recorder

• Print out two copies of your interview guide
• Get the Olympus Digital Voice Recorder WS-300M
• Make sure it is charged up and has sufficient space for your recording

Practice

• Make a short recording of your opening
• Transfer this file to your computer and check it (via the built-in USB)
  

Interview

• Record the interview with the machine.
• Make sure you take a spare battery.
• When you have finished transfer this file to your computer
• Make a backup of the file and delete from the recorder.

Edit

• Go to Dan B’s computer (Dan is now sitting downstairs next to Andrew)
• Follow the instruction above for the Skype interview.

Please tell us if you have any problems you have, or need more instructions.
game.master@cyber-chase.co.uk