LSCI 110: DIGITAL ORAL RESEARCH PROJECT

Spring 2012 Course Schedule

Introduction to Oral Research
Interviewing Tips and Practice
Editing Your Interview
Creating Your Webpage



Class meeting: Monday, March 5, 10:10 – 11:00am or Tuesday, March 6, 11:10am – 12:25pm:
Introduction to Oral Research

Video: A Game of Solitaire

Reading:
-     Required: Hoopes, Oral History: An Introduction for Students : Part 1
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Optional:

      An Oral History Primer (Sherna Berger Gluck, CSU, Long Beach)                           
      Introduction to Oral History (Baylor University Institute for Oral History)

Contact narrator/interviewee and set up interview date as soon as possible, but no later than: March 21



Class meeting: Monday, March 19, 10:10 – 11:00am or Tuesday, March 20, 11:10am – 12:25pm
:
Interviewing Tips & Practice


Reading
:
-     Required:
      Hoopes, Oral History: An Introduction for Students : Part 3
      Interviewing tips
     
PEP Filipino-American Oral History Project Sample Events and Questions

Complete interview preparation by: March 23

---> Topic Outline (Click here to see an example of a topic outline) Also include the name and brief description of interviewee and scheduled date of interview - Due: March 23 (email to brenner@smccd.edu)

Complete interview no later than April 13
  * have narrator sign release form before the interview
  * take digital photos of narrator after the interview
  * ask narrator if they have any old photos from the times and/or topics they talked about that you can borrow to scan/copy for your webpage

---> If interview is recorded in digital audio format, export the audio as an MP3 file and submit file by April 13.

---> If interview is recorded in digital video format, upload at least 5 minutes of the interview to YouTube and submit the YouTube URL by April 13.


Class meeting: Monday, April 16, 10:10 – 11:00am or Tuesday April 17, 11:10am – 12:25pm:
Digital audio editing

Reading/software:
Convert audio files to MP3 (if necessary): Switch Audio File Converter 
Audio Editing Software: Audacity       
LAME (required to export MP3 files with Audacity):

·         Instructions for installing LAME for Windows

·         Instructions for installing LAME for Mac

Instructions for how to use Audacity to create audio files for the segments you select

---> Audio log (general topic outline of audio with rough times, see Audio Log Example): - Due: April 20

Editing - April 18 - April 30

Video editing help:

·         Windows Movie Maker video tutorial

·         iMovie (Mac) video tutorial


Edited files
- Due: April 30

 


Class meeting: Monday, April 30, 10:10 – 11:00am or Tuesday, May 1, 11:10am – 12:25pm:
Putting Your Web Page Together

Reading
:
Directions for developing your webpage
Webpage template

---> Web page - Due: Monday, May 14

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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last revised: 1-17-12 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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