Music CDs: Buy, Burn, Play (2½ hours)

Prerequisites:

Introductory skills, knowledge of the keyboard and mouse, typing skills, being familiar with a basic photo editing program, click and drag, some file and folder terminology.

Fee:

$25

Need to Bring to Class:

• 2 blank CD-R disks for burning your music
• 3 or 4 music CDs professionally made, for example, "The Best of Frank Sinatra"

Description:

This is a beginner/intermediate class in creating a compilation of your favorite music on one CD. You will copy, burn and convert music while understanding the various music file formats.

This is NOT a beginner's class in the basics of the computer.
Must bring two CD-Rom disks to class or pay an extra 50 cents.

Instructor:

Roberta Przybylski

Goal:

• Learn the basics of music and audio file formats
• Explore various audio common software
• Convert music files to other formats
• Learn MP3 converting and players
• Practice downloading songs from a music service online
• Learn the basics of recording your audio to the computer
• Burn your favorite tunes to a compilation