LSCI 110: DIGITAL ORALRESEARCH PROJECT

Spring 2009 Course Schedule

Orientation meeting: Tuesday, March 10: Introduction to Oral Research
Film: A Game of Solitaire
Orientation reading:
An Oral History Primer (Sherna Berger Gluck, California State University, Long Beach)
Introduction to Oral History (Baylor University Institute for Oral History)

Contact narrator/interviewee and set up first interview date as soon as possible, but no later than: March 20

Class meeting
: Thursday, March 19
: Interviewing tips & practice
Reading
: Interviewing tips & practice
PEP Filipino-American Oral History Project Sample Events and Questions

Complete interview preparation by: March 26

Topic Outline (Click here to see an example of a topic outline) - Due: March 26

Complete interview no later than April 21
  * 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 on tape, submit completed interview tape(s) by: April 16


If interview is recorded in digital format, export the audio as an MP3 file and submit file by April 21.)

Tapes will be digitized by: April 21

Class meeting: April 21: Digital audio editing
Reading
:
Convert audio files to MP3: Switch Audio File Converter
Audio Editing Software: Audacity
How to Use Audacity
Creating audio files for the segments you select

Audio log (general topic outline of audio with rough times, see Audio Log Example) - Due: April 23

EditingApril 21 - April 30

Edited files - Due: April 30

Class meeting: Thursday, April 30: Putting your web page together
Reading:
Directions for developing your webpage
Webpage template

Web page - Due: Thursday, May 14

 

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last revised: 4-15-09 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

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