04.03 Individual Podcast Edit Assignment

Assignment Deliverables

1. An individually edited podcast listening copy
   • Label the file YYYY-MM-DD Lastname Firstname Podcast (.mp3)
   • Export as a stereo MP3 at 192 kbps or higher

Also preserve a 48 kHz, 24-bit WAV export copy for your own archive.

Assignment Overview

Your group recorded conversations together, but each student must make a separate edit. Begin with the stereo mix recording and create your own Adobe Premiere Pro project on your computer or Adobe Podcast Studio Project online.

Editing is an interpretive process. Your edit should remain truthful to what each person meant. Do not rearrange words or statements in a way that creates a claim the speaker did not make.

Editing Requirements

Create a focused podcast approximately 3–8 minutes long. The finished episode should introduce the topic and driving question, develop the conversation through purposeful selections, and reach an intentional ending. Remove material that is repetitive, technically interrupted, or unrelated, but preserve enough pauses, breaths, reactions, and room tone for the conversation to sound human.

Use Premiere Pro’s transcript to make the rough cut, then refine the audio directly in the timeline. Enable Show Audio Time Units when you need to trim between video frames at the sample or millisecond level. Listen across every edit and correct clipped words or unnatural overlaps.

Balance the voices so every speaker is intelligible. Music and sound effects are optional and should be used only when they contribute to the structure. Any outside media must be licensed for your use and credited.

• Adobe Podcast Studio
• Adobe Premiere Pro - Text Based Editing

Workflow

1. Copy the shared stereo mix into your own organized project folder.
2. Preserve an untouched full-recording sequence.
3. Create your own Premiere Pro project or Adobe Podcast Studio Project.
4. Transcribe the recording and create a rough-cut.
5. Edit the conversation for meaning, structure, and pacing.
6. Refine the audio
   • In Premiere, use the rolling edit tool and the Constant Power audio effect for smoothing cuts and transitions.
     • How to use text based editing in Premiere
   • In Adobe Podcast , use Enhance Audio after your edits to smooth out cuts and transitions.
     • How to use Adobe Podcast
7. Balance the dialogue and add optional music or sound when appropriate.
8. Export and listen to the complete MP3 outside or Premiere Pro or Adobe Podcast Studio.
   • It is important to listen to the audio file in another program, ideally on another device to confirm the edit and audio quality.
9. Submit your individual MP3.

Optional Publication

You are not required to publish the podcast, and publication does not affect the grade. Do not post the episode publicly unless every identifiable participant has explicitly agreed to public release and all music, images, and sound effects are created by you, licensed by you, or in the Public Domain.

If everyone agrees, you may upload a video version to YouTube as public or unlisted, or use Spotify for Creators to begin a freely hosted public podcast. YouTube requires a video episode, so an audio-only podcast edit must be combined with a still image or other visual and exported as an MP4 video file from Premiere.

Grading Rubric

Assignment Resources