Audio

e.g. lecture capture, 'flipping', demonstration, short clips, podcasting, audio feedback on assessment

Listen to, share and discover music online. Access to community generated content such as playlists and recommendation.

Find out about using video.

Find copyright-cleared sound clips here

Find more here: http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/discipline/audio?page=1

Popular sites

rdio

Rhapsody

Pandora

Shazam

Spotify

Last.fm

Mog

Hype Machine

Grooveshark

turntable

Soundcloud

Cost

Basic accounts are normally free, although there may be a charge for premium services such as offline syncing.

What media are students allowed to use?

Basically students can use anything in assessed work without worrying about copyright, however, after it's assessed it cannot be used in any other way (as part of a portfolio for example) without breaking copyright laws. See: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/copyright/using-materials.shtml

Also see:

Text-to-Speech (TTS)