Becoming familiar with technology and its potential always feels rather lumpy when the application is new. So in this exercise, the awkwardness was not so much around the initial creation of material (an audio file and a video file), but in conversion of the files into a format that makes it acceptable for uploading to the internet.
In the case of the audio file the OU recommended Wave pad sound editor provided a cleaning up function, and the Switch sound file gives a number of different audio file options. The file was then suitable for uploading to my own website for broadcasting.
The video was more problematic as the original .mov file was very large, and needed to be converted into a web friendly size and format. The conversion was done on the Mac software, and could then be exported in a couple of m4 file options. It was also possible to take the Mac exported file and upload to You Tube.
I'm sure the next time around, it will be a lot easier, and it certainly makes me keen to incorporate some multi media files on our website. It also encourages me to consider creating a number of podcast files that can be used on our Distance Learning programme, leaving the tutorial sessions for discussions, rather than presentations.
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