If the students have Google Apps for Education accounts, it makes it very easy to sign in and save their files to Google Drive. From there it can be shared with others or turned in through Google Classroom.
I was very impressed with the ease of this process. Students who wrote and practiced their scripts ahead of time finished their short recordings in about 10 minutes. Those who remembered doing similar projects with Audacity in the past agreed this was much simpler. (Though Audacity is an excellent tool for multi-track projects.)
We did run into a few bumps using the process outlined below.
- It seemed to freeze more often if students opened the recorder in full screen. I suggest keeping it in a smaller window as shown in the tutorial.
- When the recorder did freeze, closing and reloading seemed to solve the problem. No one reported that their file was lost. It autosaves frequently.
- Sometimes it wouldn't properly load the window asking for permission to access the microphone on the Chromebook. This stumped me and some students at first, but eventually the recording window would show up with a small icon in the upper right. By clicking that, I was able to grant access and complete the activity.
Thanks for this recommendation and tips! My students completed a podcast type activity last week but they used their phones to record. The next step is to convert their voice memo files to MP3s for easy embedding in Edmodo. I wonder if Twisted Wave can save me some steps! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteYes, it will probably work very well for that too. By the way, if they're using iPhones or iPads, I recommend Voice Record Pro. It's a great free app for recording audio. It will send it to Google Drive (and other applications).
ReplyDelete