Resources

Below are listings of additional resources for inspiration and tutorials. If you can't access a link, Google the title and you should be able to locate what you need.

Music and Sound Effects

Audio Nautix – All music in this online collection created by Jason Shaw.  Released underCreative Commons license 3.0
AudioFarm  – Upload your own music or download from independent artists.
Brainy Betty – Hundreds of free PowerPoint templates, backgrounds, animations, music for presentations, royalty free photos, tutorials, flash and video introductions, & teacher resources.
ccMixter – Download, sample, cut-up or share
Free Music Archive – (I recommend searching by genre on this site.)
FreeMusicPublicDomain.com – The songs can be licensed for educational use for free. (Creative commons license) – Users can also purchase standard licenses of songs for $25 each.
Free Stock Music – 100% free video production music
FreeSound – Collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
Getty Images–In addition to royalty-free photos and videos, the site also has good quality royalty-free music, too.
Incompetech by Kevin MacLeod
Jamendo – Free music downloads for private use & royalty-free music for commercial purposes.
Legal Music for Videos – Creative Commons
Moby Gratis – A project by ambient/electronic musician Moby, this site has high quality music that can be used for free for non-profits and students.
Partners in Rhyme – Royalty-Free music & sound effects
Sea Breeze Computers  – page of multiple links
SoundBible– Free sound clips, sound bites, and sound effects
Bensound–Free music, organized by genre.  Uses Creative Commons licensing/
 Multimedia Inspiration

Story Center
Bookslut
Harriet
HTML Giant
Electronic Literature Vol. 2
Iowa Review, Spring, 2017
The Continental Review
Black Cake
Cold Front
Montevidayo
The Volta

Fictional Podcasts

Alice Isn’t Dead
Black Tapes
Edict Zero
Limetown
The Truth 
Welcome to Nightvale 
We’re Alive 
Rabbits
Best Short Stores Podcasts

Training resources

Audacity (for podcasts)
Sound effects



i-Movie and Movie Maker
Additional listening & watching

Sound effect & music sources

Further reading

Educational Image Search Sources

Library of Congress
The British Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NASA Images
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library
NYPL Digital Collections 

Online resources

This class operates as a “Mac shop,” meaning that the programs and equipment that will be covered will be Apple brand. The skills that are obtained in the course are transferrable to a PC environment.

All of the equipment for the course will be provided through Writers House and the Plangere Culture Lab. Access to USB mics, flip cameras, or portable travel drives (if needed for storage) will be made available upon request through the Plangere Culture Lab. Students will have access to MacBook Pro laptops (from the Plangere Culture Lab or the Collaboratory) during class. Laptops can be booked for work on course projects through the Plangere Culture Lab.

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