Week Six Link Repository
Freeconferencecall.com
Sign up for an account (by providing a name and an e-mail address) and you will receive an e-mail with your account information. To set up the conference call, you must use the conference dial-in number and the provided access codes for you and your interview subject. You will obviously need to send the dial-in number and the access code to your interview subject in order for them to participate in the conference.
When the call is in progress, you can begin recording by pressing *9 and inputting your subscriber PIN code that was included in the initial e-mail from freeconferencecall.com. After inputting your PIN, you will be returned to the call and alerted that recording has begun. To stop recording, press *9 again.
You can log into freeconferencecall.com and download the audio file of your recorded phone conference. Use Audacity to edit the file. Export your edited version in MP3 format and upload it to your site by following the handout on Blackboard.
Anarchy Media Player Plugin
Download and install this plugin to allow your audio assignment to open in a nifty little embedded media player when users click on it. See the “Posting Audio” handout for more details.
Feedburner
Your blog’s RSS feed is an important tool for delivering your content to subscribers in a quick and convenient way. WordPress automatically generates the RSS feed for your blog. Depending on your theme, you may have to add a widget to give users a link to your RSS feed. This is something you definitely want to have in a prominent location on your site to encourage repeat customers. Once The Feedburner service allows you to customize, optimize and receive statistics for your RSS feed. This is optional, but encouraged. See the post on installing Feedburner for complete details.