[FM Discuss] Book Sprint Badges

[John Curwood]

Hi mick,

I worked through the challenge, except for the last part, Uploading to 
IA or soundcloud as I have run out of time. I have left a number of 
comments on the P2PU site.

In all it took me about 1hr 20, but 20 minutes of that was downloading 
and installing Audacity (My computer is really old and slow!) Also alot 
of time was just spent waiting for web pages to load etc (would say you 
could knock another 10-15 min of the total time for that so say it took 
me about 45-50 minutes of actually reading the workbook and performing 
the exercises.

cheers,

John

On 26/04/12 18:22, mick fuzz wrote:
> On 25/04/2012 17:54, John Curwood wrote:
>> On 25/04/12 04:40, mick fuzz wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm really not sure which approach is best for these workbooks.
>>>
>>>   * Very short chapters
>>>   * Longer Chapters which group commonly performed tasks into sections
>>>
>> I Would use the second method, but have the different tasks build on 
>> each other. For eg. have a chapter on basic editing, that starts with 
>> opening a file, and then moves to the different editing tasks. As 
>> these manuals are written in a workbook style, I would have a 
>> specific audio file that the reader would work on as they follow 
>> through the workbook. So for the trimming example, I would have this 
>> file require trimming of some unwanted sound that comes at the 
>> beginning or end of the file, you have a specific part of the file 
>> that you want to cut and move. Another skill that would be included 
>> in this would be the selection of parts of the audio file that you 
>> need to trim. I have found that most people Learn  best when they 
>> have a specific example to work through along side a manual/workbook 
>> that is tailored to that example. The hardest part with this design, 
>> is to come up with the example file to work with as would would need 
>> to meet the specific criteria that require all the actions in the 
>> workbook chapter to be carried out on the file.
> John this is great feedback.
>
> In fact it would be fantastic if you could try out the course and copy 
> and paste your feedback there. I've encouraged people to to this here, 
> in the additional task.
> https://p2pu.org/en/groups/the-quickest-audacity-course-in-the-world/content/edit-your-file/ 
>
>
> I'll try to do as you suggest with a specific audio file to work with 
> - and prescriptive task  in the p2pu course
>>
>> I would love to help with setting up this pilot, although my 
>> experience with the specified applications has been pretty basic, I 
>> have had to create a number of workbook style manuals on different 
>> spreadsheet tools at work.
>>
> In a way that's good that you are not familiar with the software. You 
> can be a valid tester. :)
>
>> You also talked before about what style of workbook would be best. I 
>> think when it comes to learning skills, the style of manual you use 
>> is quite different from that usually found in the documentation 
>> section on most software sites. I have found that that usually just 
>> tells you the technical aspects of how to use a tool. (e.g. you go to 
>> this menu, adjust this option and click OK, etc.). When it comes to 
>> manuals that will be used by trainers/educators in a teaching 
>> situation, the manuals need to go in deeper and show how said tool 
>> can be used to create a desired outcome.
>>
> Again, this is exactly the kind of feedback we need to collate to make 
> sure we are going in the right direction here.
>
> What would be fantastic, is when you have 45 mins free, try the 
> challenge and feedback and problems, improvement you would suggest.
> https://p2pu.org/en/groups/the-quickest-audacity-course-in-the-world
>
> Also tell us how long it takes you (including installing the software).
>
> nice one
> Mick
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