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MP3 Players and Podcasting
Mary Beckmann - Mon. and Wed. July 7 and 9 – MP3 players and iTunes - 9 – 3:30
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Scott Wagner – Podcasts – Fri., Mon., Wed., Fri., July 11, 14, 16, 18 – 9 to 3:30
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Monday & Wednesday, July 7 & 9, 2008 - with Mary Beckmann
Friday, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, July 11, 14, 16, & 18 - with Scott Wagner
Module 1
Basic operation of an MP3 player, transfer of a CD music file to an MP3 player,
headphones, differences between iPods and MP3 players, models and features,
memory and memory cards, battery power, digital and non-digital readout displays,
types and uses of MP3 players, and file formats
Module 2
iTunes continued, locating, converting, and transferring music, podcasts, and
conversion techniques and free programs, podcasts, music, and audio books, and file
formats, and transferring each to an MP3 player. Software programs, music stores,
Rhapsody, Napster, iTunes, file sharing, and tips on buying music and audio books,
and copyright issues.
NOTE: For a Mac, CTRL in place of right click
INTRODUCTIONS
MP3 PLAYERS – handout, general info, and how the player works
Experiment with microphone, headphones, sound recorder, buttons, etc. using the manual
1. What can you do with an MP3 player
Listen to audio books and podcasts, make podcasts, listen to music from a CD, or purchase
music to listen to – of listen directly on your PC or Mac, but if you do that it’s not portable!
2. Types of MP3 players and buying info
• A generic MP3 players can do everything that an iPod does
• iPods are more expensive, but easier to transfer files and easier to use than an MP3 player
• MP3 players can be either a flash drive player or a USB cable connected player or harddrive
• MP3 players come as 1.1 USB, or 2.0 USB which are faster
• MP3 players may come with a software CD, cables necessary to connect to your computer,
sometimes batteries, and usually headphones
• Software may be needed for Windows 98 operating systems and if a player comes with
software there are usually has two components: one to converts or ''rips'' CD music for MP3
players and one as a file manager that helps to organize music files into playlists
3. The procedure – If you don’t use iTunes, you can easily find low cost audio books and
music, and free podcasts and some free music and audio books too for generic MP3 layers –
but you need to do a little work to get the files from one format to another: