LSCI 110: DIGITAL ORAL RESEARCH PROJECT

Spring 2008 Course Schedule

Orientation meeting: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 10:30 am
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)


Class meeting
: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 10:30 am: interviewing tips & practice
Reading
: Interviewing tips & practice

Contact narrator/interviewee and set up first interview date as soon as possible, but no later than: Sept. 19

Complete interview preparation by: Sept. 24

Topic Outline (Click here to see an example of a topic outline) - due: Sept. 24

Complete interview no later than Sept. 26
  * 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: Oct. 8 

(
If interview is recorded in digital format, be sure you know how to export the audio as an MP3 file.)

Tapes will be digitized by:

Class meeting: Wednesday, October 15, 10:30 am: Digital audio editing
Reading
:
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: Oct. 22

Editing -  Oct. 22 – Nov. 5

Edited files - Due: Nov. 5

Class meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 10:30 am: Putting your web page together
Reading:
Directions for developing your webpage
Webpage template

Web page - Due: Thursday, May 15

 

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last revised: 9-3-08 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

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