How to make a podcast at your local library.

Rodney Libraries has free internet, you've written a poem and you want to record a podcast. So how do you go about it?

After you've signed in and are sitting in front of your computer, the first thing you need to do is to record your poem. To do this you need to go into the start menu (the big green button in the left hand corner), go to the programme menu and then click on the programme called 'Audacity'.

After clicking on Audacity, you are ready to go. To record, click on the button with the red circle on it. Make sure you have the headphone and microphone on. To stop recording, click on the yellow square. To listen press the green triangle button. If you've made a mistake you can push undo (located in the edit menu).

When that is completed, go to the file menu and chose 'export as an MP3'. Give it a name and click save. You will get another box come up but you don't need to fill this out unless you want to.

The next step is to send it to us. To do this, just open your email programme (like gmail or hotmail) and attach the file to the email. The file can be found in the my documents folder. There is a shortcut on the desktop. Tell us your name and details and send it to rodneylibraries@yahoo.com.au

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