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As teachers, you would no doubt appreciate the effectiveness of an audio visual communication. The audio visual format allows expression by people and this is useful for those who may have an inhibition in expressing themselves in written forms. How liberating it might be for a student struggling with the letters to be able to express a piece of creativity with an audio recording!  Other than as forms of expression, an audio visual communication can be an effective form of digital story telling and creating community stories around people, events and institutions.  With devices like mobiles and sound recorders, creating audio and even video files is becoming easier and more common. Getting familiar with different FOSS tools for creating, re-purposing and publishing audio and video OER can be very useful.  

As teachers, you would no doubt appreciate the effectiveness of an audio visual communication. The audio visual format allows expression by people and this is useful for those who may have an inhibition in expressing themselves in written forms. How liberating it might be for a student struggling with the letters to be able to express a piece of creativity with an audio recording!  Other than as forms of expression, an audio visual communication can be an effective form of digital story telling and creating community stories around people, events and institutions.  With devices like mobiles and sound recorders, creating audio and even video files is becoming easier and more common. Getting familiar with different FOSS tools for creating, re-purposing and publishing audio and video OER can be very useful.  

In this chapter, you will learn how to create and re-purpose audio and video OER. You will learn

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to  

# about popular repositories for accessing audio and video OER

# access audio and video OER from popular repositories  

# how to create audio resources using your audio recorder (in your mobile phone)

# create audio resources using your audio recorder (in your mobile phone)

# how to edit audio resources using an audio editor (''Audacity'')

# edit audio resources using an audio editor (''Audacity'')

# how to create video resources using your video recorder (in your mobile phone)

# create video resources using your video recorder (in your mobile phone)

# how to create simple video resource using a screen-casting tool (''RecordMyDesktop'')

# create simple video resource using a screen-casting tool (''RecordMyDesktop'')

# how to edit video resources using a video editor (''OpenShot'')

# edit video resources using a video editor (''OpenShot'')

# how to embed / insert links to audio and video resources in a text document (''LibreOffice Writer'')

# embed / insert links to audio and video resources in a text document (''LibreOffice Writer'')

# Inserting links to audio and video resources in a ‘slide presentation’ (''LibreOffice Impress'')

# insert links to audio and video resources in a ‘slide presentation’ (''LibreOffice Impress'')

=== Accessing audio OER repositories ===

=== Accessing audio OER repositories ===