Teaching and Learning Center - UNMVC

A Quick History of Microsoft Windows

2011-06-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

By Philip Leimbach, MCT

For those who are not Information Technology people and who do not know the basic history of Microsoft Windows here is a simple breakdown of the different versions of Microsoft Windows over the years.

The 1980’s brought us Windows 1.0 through 2.1x, while Windows at this time was still a huge experiment a few new ideas had made their way to the public eye. Multiple Windows allowing for cooperative multitasking was one of these ideas. But, since Windows was barely a dream the Apple II (MAC System Software 1.0-3.0) ruled the roost.

The 1990’s quickly changed the Desktop Operating System game with the introduction of Windows 3.x systems. Like many long time Windows users, Windows 3.11 was my first real foray into the Windows systems and began a long term work relationship. In 1995 Microsoft began what would become the biggest breakthrough in Desktop Operating Systems when it introduced Windows 95 to the general public. Windows 95 was the first real effort at Plug And Play devices (PNP) with the idea you could take any printer or other device and simply plug them into a computer and “poof” it would magically work. While it was a great idea, it still doesn’t always work like that.

Home computing continued on through the year 2000 with the introduction of Windows 98 which had some improvements over Windows 95 and of course the dreaded Windows ME.

Enterprise computing is where Microsoft would make their biggest splash with the 4th edition of Windows NT called Windows NT 4.0. Windows NT 4.0 quickly gained favor over a then flag bearer of Novell Netware who at the introduction of Microsoft NT server had a 90% market share. Microsoft was able to quickly outpace Novell not only because of an outstanding marketing campaign but also because Microsoft used TCP/IP networking protocol which enabled Microsoft to easily connect to the internet. In 2000 Microsoft introduced Windows 2000 which was an upgrade of the Windows NT 4.0 system and had a much cleaner feel to the user interface as well as other enhancements.

Now where it gets confusing for most people is with the introduction of Windows XP in 2001. Windows XP introduced different flavors such as XP Home and XP Professional. One obviously made for general consumer while the other was made for an enterprise environment. Since Windows XP has been the vanguard of the Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems for ten years now it was not without its issues when first released and by many accounts was not considered a stable platform until after its update called Service Pack 2. Once Windows XP became a “stable” platform it became the Operating System of preference to most standard computer users and is still one of the more popular operating systems.

In 2006 Windows Vista was released and quickly shocked the IT world. After our first install of Windows Vista many IT professionals quickly had flashbacks to Windows ME, it was a huge resource hog that liked to crash just because it could. Many of us who had tested the first Beta version of Windows Vista were quite shocked at how unstable Vista turned out. In fact many IT Professionals, especially Small Business consultants recommended companies not move up to Windows Vista unless they were buying a new computer.

2009 brought us Windows 7, what many believe Windows Vista should have been from the beginning. Windows 7 is much more resource friendly and so far appears to be much more stable. It has many enhancements built to the operating system to make it much prettier than Windows XP but more user friendly than Windows Vista. Windows 7 is much nicer to laptops especially netbooks and has been ported over to cell phones in an attempt to match Apples iPhone and Google’s Android Phone System. With Windows 7, pretty much just drop in a couple of gigabytes of RAM (Random Access Memory) on an average video card and your good, Vista just was not that kind.

What I forgot about the servers, no, not really. After Windows 2000 the servers and the desktops had a parting of the ways. Servers are now called by the year they are supposed to have been released. As of today while a majority of Servers are still Windows Server 2003, the most current flavor is Windows Server 2008 R2. Oh and trust me there are still plenty of Server 2000 systems in the enterprise. But does any of this matter to a non IT guy, no really does it?

The future holds some interesting avenues. I have seen snippets of Windows 8 and to me it really looks like Windows Phone 7 in many ways, many are speculating with the extreme and sudden popularity of Tablets that Windows 8 is being geared toward Tablet and Cloud Computing. Of course there is the “Cloud” where very little of your data resides locally. With you having such a small local footprint the devices you are using can be smaller as long as they can get to the internet in order to access the cloud. With AT&T having bought T-Mobile to have immediate access to a much faster network (read 4G network) and all wireless delivery companies building cellular devices into Tablets, the cloud is right around the corner. Don’t worry we are sure Microsoft has a solution for better Tablet Computing (I’m guessing Windows 8 will be their start), heck what do you think Windows Office 365(live) is doing? With all the changes that have happened over the last 30 years all I can tell you for sure is to either love change or hang up the keyboard, because I’m sure in 30 more years the 32 gigabyte thumb/flash drive will have gone the way of that super-fast 1.4 megabyte, super small 3.5 inch floppy disk.

Better computing to all

FREE-ACCION – Small Business Workshop

2010-07-15T07:39:00.001-07:00

FREE-ACCION – Small Business Workshop

Please join us on July 15th for a no-cost, informative presentation about Accion and how they may provide access to capital for your business. Money Management International will also have a presentation on financial education and the services they offer. Accion is a nonprofit organization that invests in the community’s most important asset – human potential. They increase access to business credit, make loans and provide training to help emerging and existing entrepreneurs realize their dreams. They service small businesses in more than 150 communities throughout New Mexico. They have term loans from $200 to $150,000.

WHEN: Thursday, July 15, 2010 TIME: 10:00am – 12:00pm

WHERE: UNM Valencia Campus, 280 La Entrada Rd., Los Lunas, NM 87031, CSCC200

CALL: 925-8980 FOR ENROLLMENT or email Ruby, raragon@unm.edu

FREE-ACCION – Small Business Workshop

2010-07-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

FREE-ACCION – Small Business Workshop

Please join us on July 15th for a no-cost, informative presentation about Accion and how they may provide access to capital for your business. Money Management International will also have a presentation on financial education and the services they offer. Accion is a nonprofit organization that invests in the community’s most important asset – human potential. They increase access to business credit, make loans and provide training to help emerging and existing entrepreneurs realize their dreams. They service small businesses in more than 150 communities throughout New Mexico. They have term loans from $200 to $150,000.

WHEN: Thursday, July 15, 2010 TIME: 10:00am – 12:00pm

WHERE: UNM Valencia Campus, 280 La Entrada Rd., Los Lunas, NM 87031, CSCC200

CALL: 925-8980 FOR ENROLLMENT or email Ruby, raragon@unm.edu

Welcome to a new decade.

2010-01-20T07:27:00.000-08:00

Welcome back to a new decade and the start of the Spring 2010 semester! We hope you like some of the changes we've made, in part with help from the STEM grant.

Classroom/Lecture Capture - We have installed 31 Classrooms with Lecture Capture devices, called Media Site this product is from Sonic Foundry. These classrooms have been setup with stationary cameras and microphones. All you have to do is setup a schedule with the Teaching and Learning Center and teach like normal. In addition we have 3 rooms on campus which have stationary cameras and microphones but are setup for mobile capture devices. This is a great tool to help your students study and we at the TLC are more than happy to get you started.

Podiums - 9 Classrooms now have new podiums. We have installed (we feel) easier to use podiums in rooms that had limited instructor areas before. The new podiums were installed in 2 science labs in the Academics building and the remainder where installed in the numerous Computer Classrooms in the Business, Occupational and Technologies Building. These podiums match what we had previously installed in the Vocational and Technical Building.

New Projectors - With all of the technology upgrades going on we were also to install and add new projectors to some rooms. This will really help the campus in the future as we have streamlined our makes and models of projectors to just a few. Additionally the new projectors are much more energy conscious than the projectors they replaced and the bulbs should last twice as long. Wow, a little more green and much more cost effective, what more could you ask for?

New Document Camera - Yes, we had to replace some of the old Canon and Elmo Document cameras. We chose a brand called AverMedia. Most of the AverMedia Document Camera have a much smaller foot print and will be less intrusive into the teaching area while still delivering a high content Doc. Camera.

Online Learning Platform - The Teaching and Learning Center is aggressively working on an Online Teaching Certificate for current faculty. With Dr. Najib Manea, PhD working on theory and design, Philip Leimbach, MCT is working on applications and tools. Call us today to find out more 505-925-8556

We hope you all have a great semester! If you have any problems please do not hesitate in calling us 925-8556

2010-01-08T07:48:00.000-08:00

Have You signed up for your Teaching and Learning Center Classes yet? Here is the schedule so find something you might like and email us at tlc@unm.edu and we will get you scheduled.

Dates Semester Kickoff Classes Time
01/12/10 Web CT 9-11am
01/12/10 Using Smart Boards & Sympodiums 11-12pm
01/12/10 Clickers 12-2pm
01/13/10 Groupwise 9-10am
01/13/10 Classroom Capture Refresher 11-12pm
01/13/10 Groupwise 3:30-4:30pm
01/14/10 Clickers 9-11am
01/14/10 Using Smart Boards & Sympodiums 11-12pm
01/14/10 Web CT 12-2pm
Dates Online Learning Courses Thursdays
Jan 18 - Feb 19 Beginning Online Instruction 12-2pm
Feb 22 - Apr 2 Design & Development of Online Courses 12-2pm
Apr 5 - May 7 Online Instruction Assessment 12-2pm
Dates Skill Developmental Classes Mondays
1/25 - 2/22 Microsoft Word 2007 Level 1 12-2pm
3/1 - 3/22 Microsoft Power Point 2007 Level 1 12-2pm
3/29 - 4/26 Beginning Web Design (NOT Dreamweaver) 12-2pm
Dates Bring Your Lunch and Learn Tue & Wen
Jan 26 & 27 Using Lecture Capture for Class Success 12-1pm
Feb 2 & 3 Blogs in the Classroom 12-1pm
Mar 2 & 3 Portfolio Building Blocks 12-1pm
Apr 6 & 7 Introduction to Digital Communications 12-1pm
May 4 & 5 Introduction to Camtasia 12-1pm

Schedule your Classes for Lecture Capture

2010-01-08T07:47:00.000-08:00

With school starting in just over a week now is the time to schedule your classes for lecture capture. Give your students one more important and easy tool to use when studying. Here is all you do:

Email the following information to tlc@unm.edu

1. Your Name
2. Your Email
3. Class with section #
4. Start time and day (ex. Mon. & Wed 11:30-12:45) NOTE: this is what time your recordings will start and stop, if you need to adjust your times slightly please list those times (ex. 11:40-12:45)

We will schedule your classes, set up a media catalog for each course which will have a URL that you can paste in WebCT or on your website and we’re off to the races.

Virtualizing

2009-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

So I'm sitting here tasked with checking out virtualization. Sure I've used MS Virtual PC's and Servers for my MS Training courses. I was pretty good at loading them and using them. But really not the ideal platform for real life use. So off on the search I go!

So what to use? Xen, Citrix, VMWare, Microsoft or other? Wow, who just through the bag of skittles into my search?

So what am I looking for? Free, inexpensive, easy to learn, setup and manage Virtualization Desktop that can manage Windows XP-7, Mac Tiger-Snow Leopard, and Linux Ubunutu, SUSE, Red Hat and most others, not including FreeBSD. Really I don't think I'm asking for too much. This is only going to run a small section but hey I want what I need!

Film Making in New Mexico

2009-09-23T07:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterdays guest lecture Karen RedHawk Dallett presentation on "Let's Make Movies: New Mexico's Coolest New Industry" was packed. Over 100 people and not just students showed up. The theme, write write write then collaborate. Pretty cool deal and we can't wait to see what else they bring to campus!

New happenings

2009-09-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

Lots of new stuff here on Valencia Campus to add to the huge raise in new faces.

Room C-108 is live and overflowing with Math Students. Check out the new podium in there, it is nice! B-111 just had it's new podium delivered and we will be installing it on Friday to go along with the new Organic Motion Graphics Stage. More new podiums are on the way. Rooms B-124 & B-118 will be getting new podiums installed on Friday as well. Wow I told you lots of new stuff!

& Man lots of new faces on campus!

Lecture Capture Systems In place

2009-07-28T08:48:00.001-07:00

We now have Media Site Capture systems in place throughout campus. Are you ready to add a new dimension to your teaching repertory? With more labs to have Lecture Capture installed this coming month we hope you try out this new system. The Teaching and Learning Center will be offering classes on the Capture Technology through out the Fall semester.

Wondering which rooms are wired with the Media Site systems? Well here is the list of rooms that are ready to record:
A124
A125
A127
A129
A131
A133
A140
A141
C101
C103
C111
C113
H101
H103
H105
H108
H111
V111
V120
and our lab LRC141

With close to another 15 rooms to be installed. So we hope your ready to try out this cool new tool that can benefit you and your students.

Classroom Capture part B

2009-06-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

How many classrooms do you have lecture capture in? Besides finances what else is holding you back? When we are done this summer we will have 33 of 43 classrooms setup for classroom capture in some configuration. We plan to use it as a study tool and a distance education enhancement. Are we headed down the right road?

Transparent Communications with employees and employers

2009-05-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

I've been seeing lots of workshops and post about have transparent collaborative communications between Employers and Employees. Question I have is that such a good thing?

Sure we want great communication streams between the hired hands and the bosses. But, rarely is that the case. So when corporate gets on their high horses and demands more transparent communications I think they're missing one very important element. If employees are telling the companies what they think and their immediate bosses either do not communicate why ideas or bad or why ideas can not be implemented or show disdain for employees who speak up then it is my thought that by the nature of the beast you will only create a larger rift between management and employees. Remember it is the employees who are the engine of the company. You might do the steering but you're not going anywhere without a water pump or carburetor.

Now if they do not want that rift leave things as they are and forget all about the transparent communications. Or if they truly want to move communications through the channels as quickly and as smartly as possible, then you need to review each and every management person and cull out those who are still in the ancient mode of shut up and work or leave. Just my thoughts.

TLC Classes Nearing End of Semester

2009-04-13T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Teaching and Learning Center classes are nearing the end of the semester. Next Tuesday myself and Najib will be in Albuquerque for a full days worth of Microsoft training. Najib will also be out of the office the last week of the month. He will be at a Sonic Foundry seminar learning more about our Media Site systems. The Media Site Systems are staged and should be live before the summer semester starts.

In topics classes on the Podcasting class remains. It will be held next Monday (4/20/09) only!

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is still in full swing, however the Outlook 2007 class has been canceled. Currently it is under discussion whether or not we will have summer Microsoft classes. If you really need them let us know.

Reminder Photoshop CS3 does not end until May 7th. We will be upgrading our Adobe suite after that class.

Only three Seminar classes remain, they are: Adobe Connect, Web CT and Developing an Online Class. Have you completed these classes yet?

Lastly, OSET will be on campus April 30th to do some training. Get with Jami Huntsinger if your interested in more information.

Good Morning from the Blogging 101 Class

2009-04-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

Say good morning class.

Child Care Center Closing

2009-04-10T09:20:00.000-07:00

News yesterday that the Child Care Center here on Valencia Campus will be closing due to lack of funds. I know it may be one of the most used services on this campus. Too bad seeing the kids (best students?) leaving campus I know lots of our students needed their services.

One bright point with it is our nursing program (new) will be moving into the child care center after it is refitted.

What Classes?

2009-04-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

So I guess no one likes MS Outlook 2007. Dang, cool program. So we will be running a "very" abreviated course schedule this summer. What classes are you interested in seeing?

Too many tools?

2009-04-06T09:34:00.001-07:00

2nd life, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, are there too many tools out there? I know we can use them but how? Then you add blog's and wiki's, sometimes to much to keep up with!

Burning DVD's

2009-04-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

Burning DVD's of the multi-media presentation I put together for Miriam Gustafson. How come Vista does not like to burn DVD's? Been through 3 already and not one "good" copy yet!

Class'

2009-04-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

We have a few classes that have just started. Have you signed up for your classes from the Teaching and Learning Center?

Also, anyone interested in specific topic classes next fall please let Philip know. leimbach@unm.edu or 5-8556 on campus.

Distance/Online Education

2009-04-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

With new markets needing to be explored how many of you are interested in developing skills for teaching Online and or Distance Education courses? How many of you are working on these very issues now?

Did you know?

2009-04-01T09:14:00.000-07:00

The Teaching and Learning Center has staged 27 Sonic Foundry Capture systems in classrooms throughout campus? With the goal of having them ready for lecture capture by the Summer semester.

In addition there will be additional rooms wired with cameras an microphones for mobile capture systems!

Are you ready?

VOIP hardware vs. Software

2008-11-12T12:57:00.000-08:00

Want to know the difference in Software and Hardware VOIP? Check out what Cisco has to say:

The Death Defying Adventures of Philip the huh?

2008-09-05T07:36:00.000-07:00

So September 7th was a big day for me and I didn't even know it!

I had to do some maintenance on our new Media Site Server on 9/7 and then I was suppose to have brought back or stationary classroom capture systems. So I go along, do what I can to the server, load up the dolly to take the new capture systems out to the car. So far so average!

Well when I walk out to my surprise there are no cars in the parking area. Especially MINE! Well now I would have thought it had been stolen if all of the other cars had not been missing. Come to find out all vehicles had been moved pending the arrival of Mrs. Obama later that evening. So now the hunt was on, where was my University Vehicle (just glad it wasn't my own truck, read on and you will understand) had it been towed or what?

So the I am told by Media Technology to go to the "SUB" administration and ask a particular individual. Well he was in a meeting because obviously this is a huge day on campus. So I speak with his assistant. She was under the impression that all vehicles had been moved to the main campus parking structure. Since it is just a short jaunt over to the parking structure I stroll over, climb the stairs to the top and begin my decent. Guess what, no car! Well there is a parking area just across the street (right on route 66) so I cruise it, still NO car! Well now isn't this interesting?

I find someone from parking services. He says that all cars that they moved were moved to the UNM Hospital garage across campus. OK, no worries I walk over to the UNMH garage walk up one side and down the other and guess what, yep NO CAR! OK now my 320 pounds of out of shape being is wearing my energy down.

So I call back to the "SUB" administration. They call automotive services who had brought over spare keys to move the car. Come to find out it was in their lot. No problem, at least now I know where it is located. After I walked back across campus. A gentleman from automotive services comes to pick me up and takes me to the car. Thought the adventure had come to a close I did learn somethings.

One, give my pager number to the girls at the front desk here on campus, because while my cell phone may not work underground, my pager does! Because guess who knew my car had been moved and had a phone number for me to call to get it back?

Two, watch something on the news other than the weather. I could have taken care of all of this at another date.

Three, the secret service keeps their dogs in good shape, bomb dogs that is.

Four, Philip keeps himself in bad shape. Round just is not good for tracing around campus.

Five, DO NOT believe the media. They say Obama supporters are all young and vibrant. yeah right if 80 is young and vibrant!

And last but not least it is not polite to tell them older ladies what you really think of the two candidates when your asked for the 6th time if you are registered to vote!

ps. oh yeah if in Albuquerque, Golden Pride Ribs are not bad for lunch.

Media Site

2008-09-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

Well we tried out our Media Site mobile systems. Worked great except for some funny reason between the office and the classroom I didn't get the Microphone hooked up correctly so I lost audio on the capture. Oh well better luck next time.

New People Stuff

2008-08-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

New Student Orientation. New Faculty Orientation. Convocation. Being new to a first semester I am learning there is barely enough time to take a breath let alone stay caught up with everyone's demands!

Preparing for New Classroom Capture System

2008-08-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

As we prepare for our new classroom Capture System from Media Site. There are a few things that have become apparent. Number 1, is that Universities still like to kill trees. Number 2, is don't be in a hurry. The more of a hurry you are in the slower the process, something along the lines of watching a pot boil! Number 3, companies who deal with universities play things so close to the vest and have no concept of outside operations that they have a hard time communicating procedures!

So while we are trying to get our static IP addresses in (thanks Vista!) I also have to map out a plan of how to build a Win Server 2003 Enterprise, Install the Capture Systems which have not arrived, get this done at a remote campus over 2 hours away, make it to the install and training sessions at our main campus AND still get stuff done for new faculty orientations. All while trying to figure out a test for our student employees!

Then again it could just be me!

When all else fails

2008-08-11T12:22:00.001-07:00

page yourself!

Classroom Capture

2008-08-07T08:37:00.000-07:00

We are moving ahead with a classroom capture system after some adventure in the paper field. We have decided to use the Media Site Solution in a partnership with main campus and one of the departments from the school of medicine. There are lots of good systems out there, Echo 360, Accordent but from a managment prospective this was our best fit of a solution for right now!

Finals Time

2008-07-30T08:08:00.000-07:00

Well UNMVC's finals are this week. Good luck to all! We will see most of you the week of the 18th for student and faculty orientations!

Some of the things we're looking at for this August:

Classroom Capture to be installed - Should be ready by mid-semester.
Using Clickers in Art History - Thanks Michael.
Classroom readiness, making sure that all classrooms are ready for the Fall.
Test servers in place, we will be using them to test Moodle and other such tools.

See you all in a few weeks!

Workshops are ready are you?

2008-07-17T14:36:00.000-07:00

We have new and exciting workshops ready for the Fall Semester. These will be one hour sessions designed to inform and excite you about the new technologies being used in classrooms all over the world.

Here is a list of some of the new workshops, Valencia Campus Faculty and Staff check us out online to sign up:

Introduction to Web Design (Get ready for Dreamweaver)
Web 2.0 (Beyond the pretty buttons)
Blogging
Wiki's 101
Twitter - An Introduction
Podcasting
VODCasting
Google Docs

It could be worse

2008-07-17T14:35:00.000-07:00

You could be flipping hamburgers down at KFC.

The Difference between Trying and Doing?

2008-07-14T12:30:00.001-07:00

The difference between trying and doing:

$20.00 per hour!

Philip’s Philosophy

2008-07-09T14:15:00.001-07:00

On a scale of 1-10, if you are not a 12, you had better get to studying!

Podcasting at UNM Valencia

2008-07-08T12:48:00.001-07:00

University of New Mexico

Podcasting

At the Valencia Campus

Philip A. Leimbach, MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCDST

7/8/2008

Contents

A Short History of Podcasting 1

Why Should You Podcast 1

The Script 1

Software & Hardware Needed to Podcast 1

Hardware 1

Software 2

Loading the Software Up 2

How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder? 2

Windows 2

Mac OS 9 or X 3

Audacity 3

System Requirements 3

Recording Your Podcast 4

Edit Your Podcast 4

Publish Your Podcast 5

The Basic Steps of Publishing Your Podcast 5

Sale Your Podcast 6

Students 6

Friends, Colleagues, Associates and Enemies 6

Friends and Family 6

Colleagues and Associates 6

Advisories & Competitors 6

Review 6

Bibliography 7

Podcasting

A Short History of Podcasting

Podcasting is a play on the words IPod and broadcasting. The term took hold about 2004 and quickly became a generically coined phrase. Podcasting allows you to publish Audio recordings, traditionally to RSS or Atom Feeds via blogs. Therefore, a Podcast is your blog read aloud. Now some of you might wonder; what is the difference between a Podcast and a Vodcast, actually it is all in the name. A Vodcast is a Video on Demand Broadcast.

Why Should You Podcast

How do you reach your students? Do you simply teach them and forget them? With Podcasting you can now allow your students a 24/7 portal to you, without phone calls or a continuous barrage of emails asking the same questions! Podcasting allows you an avenue to your students that while very similar to Blogging gives a much more personal touch!

In addition, a Podcast allows you to continue your class without using classroom space. Therefore, if you know you will be out of town, the weather is bad, or you are sick, you can build in a system where your students can grab the Podcast and

The Script

Scripting? Of course writing what you are going to say before you say it makes a world of difference. I strongly recommend scripting your content out and practicing it a few times before actually sitting down at the microphone. Remember to be thoughtful and insightful in what you are going to say, the students will not be there to ask you questions so you should consider giving them as much information as possible in anticipation of their questions. Practicing your script will allow your presentation to flow smoothly and the information to be delivered in an accurate manner.

Software & Hardware Needed to Podcast

Hardware

First, we will look at the hardware you will need to Podcast. You will need a computer, yes, a laptop works well. Next, I suggest a headset with microphone, nothing fancy a $20 set from a local mass-market store will work fine. However, as you advance you might want to consider an upgrade for quality reasons. Now a standard microphone and speaker system will work, but in my experience, the quality is not as good. In addition, you have to work about technical things like feedback and echo.

Software

There are many brand names when it comes to recording your voice for web use. With Macintosh (Apple), you can use software like Garage Band. For this class we are using Windows PC so we will look some free software called Audacity. Audacity is also available for Mac and Linux.

Audacity comes in two parts. First, Audacity itself can be found at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows the second item you will more than likely need is called LAME, which can be found at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3 both places you will also find full installation instructions. Now you will see other download options on these pages. While there is, nothing wrong with installing the add-ons I recommend learning the software before installing more than you must.

Loading the Software Up

How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder?

Because of software patents, we cannot distribute MP3 encoding software ourselves. Follow these instructions to use the free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity.

Windows

Go to the LAME download page.
Under "For Audacity on Windows", left-click on the link "libmp3lame-win-3.97.zip" and save the zip folder to anywhere on your computer.
When you have finished downloading the ZIP folder, unzip it and save the file lame_enc.dll that it contains to anywhere on your computer.
The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where lame_enc.dll is saved.
In case of difficulty, please view our more detailed instructions at the Audacity Wiki.

Mac OS 9 or X

Go to the LAME download page.
Download either libmp3lame or the version of LameLib for your operating system.
When you have finished downloading, use Stuffit Expander to extract the files. (This may happen automatically.)
Save the file called "LameLib" or libmp3lame.dylib anywhere on your computer.
The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where LameLib or libmp3lame.dylib is saved.

Audacity

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista: Audacity 1.2.6 installer (.exe file, 2.1 MB) – Is the latest version of the free Audacity audio editor. The actual link is http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=6235&filename=audacity-win-1.2.6.exe this link will start the download process and just follow the instructions on the screen.

System Requirements

Windows 95 and NT are not supported.

The values in the "Recommended RAM/processor speed" column below are for tasks like recording for an hour, or editing three 20-minute tracks simultaneously. The values in the "Minimum RAM/processor speed" column will be fine for smaller/shorter tasks, especially if unnecessary programs are closed.

Windows version	Recommended RAM/ processor speed	Minimum RAM/ processor speed
Windows 98, ME	128 MB / 500 MHz	64 MB / 300 MHz
Windows 2000, XP	512 MB/1 GHz	128 MB/300 MHz
Windows Vista Home Basic	2 GB / 1 GHz	512 MB / 1 GHz
Windows Vista Home Premium/ Business/Ultimate	4 GB / 2 GHz	1 GB / 1 GHz

Table 1 Requirments for Audacity

Recording Your Podcast

Table 2 Screen Shot of Audacity

In this section, we will discuss the basic menus and the buttons need to start a Podcast

Edit Your Podcast

Below is the basic editing screen. We will not discuss editing in depth, which is something for you to learn as you get more experience.

Table 3 Scree Shot of Audacity in Edit Mode

Publish Your Podcast

So, now your podcast is done! How do you get it published to the masses or at least your class? The easiest way is to publish your podcast to your University of New Mexico website. From there you can easily link it to your blog or class wiki.

The Basic Steps of Publishing Your Podcast

To publish your podcast to the internet, you usually need to do the following:

Register a Web Address – also called a domain name
Find/Buy Web Hosting – to store your blog/site and your audio files on the internet
Start a Blog - this is your web site for posting your show notes, links, etc.
Create an RSS Feed – this is the feed that your listeners subscribe to so they can automatically download new episodes of your podcast

These four things make up a typical podcast hosting setup for publishing your show to the internet: web address, hosting, blog & RSS feed. There are a number of tools and services you can use for each of these four things. (Orden)

Sale Your Podcast

How do your students know about your Podcast? How do your co-workers, family and friends know about your Podcast? Why should anyone worry about a Podcast?

Students

Well it is obvious your producing it for your students, so you must reinforce every class where and why there is a Podcast for them, at least for a few weeks. You must sale your Podcast to them as a meaningful and useful tool to ensure that your students will gain the most benefit from your hard work!

Friends, Colleagues, Associates and Enemies

Why should they care? Well the reason will vary from person to person but here are a few reasons to consider a Podcast as a valuable tool.

Friends and Family

Here is a way you can stay in constant contact with your friends and family. They will be able to watch your success and help you progress.

Colleagues and Associates

Here is where your Podcast can shine the most. How do you collaborate with others? How do you progress in your career when you are expected to work in a collaborative environment? If you Podcast while working on other projects others will see the work, you are doing, beyond just the one project. It is not unusual for people you are working with to be enthused and exhilarated by work you do outside of the actual group activities.

Review

Podcasting is a simple process that becomes easier with time. Once you have done the initiatory you can work on building a better product and then streamlining the Podcast for maximum ease of creation with maximum effect and benefit of your students. Just remember your Podcast becomes a public document once published, so measure what you say and how you say it.

Bibliography

Orden, J. V. (n.d.). How to Podcast Tutorial. Retrieved from http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/21-podcast-hosting.htm

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Welcome Podcast

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Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of New Mexico Valencia Valencia Campus

New Web Site is now in Beta Testing

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The Teaching and Learning Center's website is now in Beta Testing mode. Come by and check us out at- http://www.unm.edu/~tlc/contents/meet_the_staff.html then let Philip know what you think about it by emailing him at leimbach@unm.edu or calling him at 5-8556.

Adobe CS3 now at the TLC

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Starting in the Fall 2008 semester we will be introducing classes in Adobe CS3. Hope you all are ready to learn something new and exciting!

Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Center

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Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Center and the University of New Mexico Valencia Campus.

The UNM-Valencia Teaching & Learning Center is located in the heart of the campus in the Learning Resource Center (LRC). We seek to enhance teaching and learning, improve student and faculty success and stimulate instructional effectiveness. The Center hosts a variety of faculty workshops and seminars and offers a wide range of instructional resources. The TLC is located in Room 138 and 139 of the LRC while our lab is in LRC 141. We are open Monday-Thursday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Fridays from 8:00am until 12:00pm or by appointment. Technical classroom support is available until the last class of the evening starts.

Our main goal is to provide the campus with it's technological needs and guidance in the effect use of technology in the classroom . We offer many workshops in a wide range of instruction including computer software, Microsoft Office, Audio and Visual Equipment, Classroom Management and much more. We also offer to the staff and faculty a variety of Teaching Resources including a specialty equipment checkout, private teaching library, and anything else instructors might need.

We have an excellent staff that works directly with the staff, and faculty and we are always looking for ways to improve teaching methods for stronger student success. Please come by and see us whenever you get the chance and see for yourself all that the Teaching & Learning Center has to offer!