Recording audio for the #mfltwitterati podcast with Padlet and SpeakPipe

Press the play icon to listen to your recording.

Tap PLAYBACK and SAVE or tap the microphone to carry on recording. To start again, tap DISCARD AND RESTART. Add a title and tap SAVE.

You can add written comments underneath each audio recording too if you would like.

1. Episode Feedback Padlet - <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastfeedback">https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastfeedback</a> When you go on the Feedback Padlet, you&apos;ll be able to see different columns for different episodes. Record your feedback under the correct episode column and please add your Twitter username in the title along with the title for the feedback in your note. Listeners should add their Twitter username in the title along with a title for their feedback. e.g @username + feedback title 2. MFL Show and Tell Padlet - <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/mflshowandtell">https://padlet.com/Joedale/mflshowandtell</a> The MFL Show and Tell Padlet is for you to describe an idea that you&apos;ve tweeted about recently using the #mfltwitterati hashtag which you&apos;ve tried and which has proved successful. This could be a tech or a non-tech idea. NB If you heard about the idea from someone else, please namecheck them.

Please start a new column for your idea. Others can then leave feedback underneath your idea in the same column. Listeners should add their Twitter username in the title along with a title for their idea. e.g @username + title. 3. Asynchronous interview Padlet - <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastinterview">https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastinterview</a> The Asynchronous Padlet is for those people who have agreed to do interviews rather than for general use. It allows Noah and myself to ask you questions and for you to record your answers in a chronological order. 4. Roving Reporter Padlet - <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/rovingreporter">https://padlet.com/Joedale/rovingreporter</a> The roving Reporter Padlet is aimed at those of you who are attending some sort of a regional or national languages event or meeting and for you to record a short 1 to 2 minutes

A message appears to say your message has been sent and I will receive an email telling me that someone has left a voicemail. We would appreciate it if you could keep your feedback to 60 seconds maximum. Thank you.

Microphone positioning

Add your Twitter username in the Your name box plus a title for your feedback. 

If you simply hold your phone under your chin and not speak directly into the microphone with your mouth no nearer than 4-6 inches away, it should sound great. You can obviously re-record as many times as you would like and please listen to the recording before sending it to check there are no pops and rumbles in the recording.

General Feedback with SpeakPipe

Another quick and easy way of submitting general audio feedback is to use SpeakPipe which works on iOS, Android and PCs/laptops. The widget can be found on the home page. <a href="http://www.mfltwitteratipodcast.com">www.mfltwitteratipodcast.com </a>

Once you tap Start Recording again, you need to give permission for SpeakPipe to access your microphone so you can record your feedback.

Tap on the SpeakPipe widget and tap Start Recording.

Introduction

This guide is designed to walk you through the process of audio recording in Padlet using iOS or Android devices and the web tool SpeakPipe. Padlet is a free cross-platform noticeboard app which is great for users to post multimedia messages. It has recently added voice recording as an option which makes it straightforward now for listeners of the #mfltwitterati podcast to send us their reflections. There are four Padlets we&apos;ve created. 1. <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastfeedback">Episode Feedback Padlet</a> for feedback or ideas relating to something in a specific episode. 2. <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/mflshowandtell">MFL Show and Tell Padlet</a> - a place for you to share a tech or non-tech idea that you&apos;ve used in the classroom and have found successful. 3. <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/podcastinterview">Interview Padlet</a> - This is for use by people who we have arranged to do more formal interviews with.

4. <a href="https://padlet.com/Joedale/rovingreporter">Roving Reporter Padlet</a> - This is designed for those people who are out and about at events or who are going to an event in the near future and either want to say something about it, or give a review or maybe you bumped into someone who you&apos;d like to do a mini-interview with.

Recording in Padlet using the app

Alternatively, if the link to the Padlet has been sent to you via Twitter or elsewhere, tap on it and tap the Safari icon which will be top right or bottom right depending if you are using an iPad or iPhone.

To record audio, first tap the + icon at the top of the column of the episode you would like to leave feedback for. Messages will appear in chronological order.

On the screen which appears, put your Twitter username for a title and tap the 3 dots to bring up the menu explaining what you can add to a Padlet.

On the menu, tap Voice. You will need to give permission for your microphone to be accessed if you want to be able to record your voice.

When you are ready to record, tap the pink circle with a white microphone in it.

Suggested timings Episode Feedback Padlet - up to 1 minute maximum MFL Show and Tell Padlet - up to 2 minutes maximum Roving Reporter Padlet - up to 2 minutes maximum Tap PLAYBACK AND SAVE when you&apos;ve finished.

Instructions for Android users

Recording in Padlet in Chrome

Copy the URL of the Padlet you would like to add some audio to from earlier in this guide. Launch the Chrome app. Close the OPEN IN APP message by tapping on the x bottom right and paste the URL in the address bar. To record audio, first tap the + icon at the top of the column of the episode you would like to leave feedback for.

either explaining a little bit about the event or giving a review of some part of it or you could do a short interview with another attendee. The Padlet is again set up in columns so check first if someone has already started a column for that event and add to it if they have, rather than starting a new column. When adding your audio please put your @username and the title of the event plus its date please at the top of the column. Could contributors to the same column put their @username in their title too. iOS users should download the app, Android users could download the app, but if they copy and paste the Padlet link into the Chrome browser to use the web interface, it will let them pause their recordings.

Instructions for iOS users

Using the Padlet app

Copy the URL of the Padlet you would like to add some audio to from earlier in this guide. Launch the app and tap on JOIN A PADLET. Tap Paste URL.

Suggested timings Episode Feedback Padlet - up to 1 minute MFL Show and Tell Padlet - up to 2 minutes Roving Reporter Padlet - up to 2 minutes Tap the Pause button when you&apos;ve finished.

You can listen back to your recording by tapping play.

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Safari may block some audio or video from playing automatically and ‘read to me’ will skip these. You can configure this in Safari’s preferences.