How to Use Media Master

1. How to Use Media Master to record your voice in the ESL Lab By Marsha Chan

2. What do I record? • Your instructor will give you a speaking task. • There are many types of speaking tasks. • On the next slide are a few examples.

3. Which equipment should I check?

4. Speaking tasks • Read the words and sentences on paper or on screen. • Answer the questions on paper or on screen. • Answer the questions that you hear in your earphones. (Your instructor may speak to you or play a sound file from CD or the web.)

5. Speaking tasks, continued • Talk about a picture. • Read about a situation, and respond with an extended answer. • Give a prepared speech about a certain topic. • Record a dialog or discussion with a partner.

6. How do I record my voice? • To record your voice, you will use the software called Media Master. • To start Media Master, your instructor may choose one of two ways: • 1. Teach you how to start Media Master on your own computer. • 2. Start Media Master remotely on your computer from the instructor’s computer.

7. Type your name and task name. Click OK. How do I log into Media Master? Mary Smith practice 1

8. It will turn gray. How do I start recording? 1. Click the green RECORD button. The time will increase. 2. Speak into the microphone - loudly and clearly.

9. The the STOP button will turn gray and the RECORD button will turn green again. How do I stop recording? 3. Click the red STOP button. 4. Click the Save & End button. 5. Click the Yes button..

10. Where does my sound file go? • Your sound file gets saved into the Temp folder on the hard drive. • This is a temporary folder to store student files. • You may copy it to your floppy disk. • The file is deleted when the computer is powered off.

11. Find the shortcut to Temp on your desktop. Double-click it to open the folder. How can I find my sound file?

12. Inside the folder, find a file with your name on it. Double-click your sound file. How can I open my sound file?

13. In the ESL Lab, Windows Media Player launches. practice How can I listen to my sound file? Click the Xto close the file. File name Click the buttons. Play and Pause. Go to the end. Stop. Go to the Beginning.

14. In the Temp folder, if there are files that you don’t want, right-click them and select DELETE. They will disappear from the Temp folder. Your instructor will collect only the “good” file(s). Good files - bad files Delete

15. Let’s practice! • Launch Media Master, OR • Wait until your instructor launches Media Master for you. • Look at the directions on the BIG SCREEN.

16. Log into Media Master. • TypeFirst name Last name practice. • Example: Mary Smith practice

17. Hello. My name is ________ ________. This is a practice test. I am calm. I’mnot nervous. I am happy. I’m not sad. I am smart. I can speak English very well! Click the greenRECORDbutton. Speak clearly.

18. Click the redSTOPbutton. • Click the SAVE and close button. • Find your file in the Temp folder. • Listen to it in Windows Media Player. WMP

19. This is the end of the practice test.Please close Windows Media Player. The real test follows.