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>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 16:57:33 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Ralph Schultz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7156.4 permission to make audio CDs (!)

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>Judy, are you setting your files up as streaming audio or are files 
>going as MP3 files? If they are being streamed are you using WMA and 
>WAX files or Quicktime?


Ralph Schultz

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>  >Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 08:41:17 -0400
>  >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information 
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>  >From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
>  >Subject: Re: #7156 permission to make audio CDs
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>  >I am wondering if anyone has ever asked for permission from publishers
>  >to make audio CD copies for students. We have been making cassette
>  >copies for students upon request. Audio CDs would be an extension of
>  >this,...
>
>Not exactly, since an audiotape can be erased and re-used but a CD is
>(probably) forever. I guess you could do it by having the students trade in
>the CD for ch. 1 for Ch. 2, and then storing the ch. 1 copies for next
>term. I know lots of places have been burning CDs for a while, though, so
>there will be more informative answers.
>
>For most of the courses what we have done is put the audio online. This is
>of course a special expense (for the server)--which I suppose is why the
>publishing companies are happy to have us do it. We copy the cassettes for
>those who have trouble accessing the online audio and can't spare the time
>to work in the lab.
>
>A couple of the courses here at UF have just ordered the audio CDs with the
>books and the students buy them. This was less practical with
>audiocassettes since they are harder to produce and bulky to bundle. I
>think it has seemed cost-effective to the instructors. For these courses
>the lab is just a backup (sometimes needed though when CDs are lost or late
>in coming at the beginning of the term).
>
>Judy Shoaf
>University of Florida