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Listening to students individually takes time—a precious commodity for choral directors. MENC member Shari Tarleton uses GarageBand to assess her choral students individually in a group setting, and it’s saved a lot of time and effort.Simple Steps to SuccessStep 1—Set up: Work with your technical staff to set up folders in the school’s shared storage space for your students’ files. Discuss size limitations.Step 2–Training: Teach students how to record themselves with GarageBand and store their files.Tarleton walks students through the process, posts instructions, and provides a handout. Here are her helpful hints: Everyone records at once. Talk students through the process step-by-step the first time, moving around to help students. Establish a signal for students to use when they’re ready (e.g., thumbs up). Prepare for technical issues (e.g., problems uploading GarageBand, dead batteries, students can’t find GarageBand on the dock) Be very clear about starting and stopping. Count in to hit “record,” ensure students know where they’re stopping in the music. Record only sections of music—16 to 32 bars—or the files will be too big to manage. Ask students to turn off GarageBand’s metronome (a common problem). Allow time for students to listen to themselves as soon as they’re done. They’ll do it anyway.
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